Category Manager, Data Center Construction (English, Bahasa Melayu)

About the role

About the job

Within the Google procurement organization, the Category Management team partners closely with key stakeholders to help shape and implement procurement strategies. The Category team is responsible for developing and driving category strategies, managing stakeholder relationships, and bringing excellence to Google-wide sourcing, supplier, and contract management.

In this role, you will be responsible for pioneering innovative category and sourcing strategies, cultivating strategic supplier relationships, and optimizing spend categories through data-driven insights to unlock value for Google. The name Google came from "googol," a mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. And nobody at Google loves big numbers like the Finance team when providing in depth analysis on all manner of strategic decisions across Google products. From developing forward-thinking analysis to generating management reports to scaling our automated financial processes, the Finance organization is an important partner and advisor to the business.

Responsibilities

• Support development and execution of category strategies aligned with organizational objectives for assigned indirect spend categories.
• Build and maintain relationships with suppliers to ensure quality service delivery and alignment with organizational objectives. Support execution of sourcing strategies, Request For X (RFx) processes, negotiations, and supplier evaluations within designated categories.
• Analyze spending patterns, market trends, and identify value opportunities within the category, and analyze procurement data, generate reports, and provide insights to support decision-making and performance evaluation within the category.
• Advocate AI first procurement strategy, proactively identifying opportunities to automate transactional workflows and leveraging predictive analytics to drive engaged advantage and category excellence.
• Travel on-site to drive key procurement activities.

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