A problem isnt truly solved until its solved for all. Thats why we are build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at our company, youll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish - working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.
our company Cloud Logistics (GCL) enables Alphabet stakeholders and customers to deliver the equipment that provides compute and storage capacity globally.
In this role, you will be the leader of how our company optimizes daily logistics processes while incorporating current industry standards and best practices. You will be responsible for driving continuous process improvement recommendations, managing the implementation of changes within operations, standardizing user documentation, creating processes that motivate action, and interacting with all partner teams. You will initiate and oversee operational improvement efforts for the company Cloud Logistics, analyze operational impacts to inform improvements, work with key stakeholders, motivate innovation within the operational teams, and create presentations or documents for the leadership team highlighting operational performance and improvements.
Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of our company platforms, we make our company's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.
Responsibilities
Own the day-to-day logistics operations management of multiple data center or warehouse locations.
Create, lead, and support cross-functional company initiatives/projects.
Manage third-party logistics partners with associates on their teams dedicated to our account. Manage and monitor metrics for key performance indicators (KPIs), vendor performance scorecards, and development of business cases to support logistics process changes or improvements. Drive alignment and prioritization of initiatives.
Manage quarterly budgets, invoice control, and capital improvement projects within your locations. Manage relationships with multiple internal customers at data centers.
Recognize improvement opportunities to the cost or quality of services to be provided. Be proactive in turning these thoughts into a documented business case, present the business case to your peers and management for approval, and provide ongoing project management.
Requirements: Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience building relationships with stakeholders or clients.
5 years of experience identifying issues in processes and creating solutions, and working with cross-functional teams to drive these changes.
5 years of experience in a customer or client-facing role, supervising and managing third-party logistics relationships.
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time as required.
Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree in Business Administration or a related field.
Certification in CSCMP.
5 years of experience analyzing data and generating business insights in order to guide business decisions.
Data center logistics experience.
Experience with data center logistics/warehouse operations.
This position is open to all candidates.