Program Manager, 3PL Category Management, Cloud Indirect Category Management
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 8, 2026. Google scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the job
A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you’ll 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.
As a Category Manager, you will be at the forefront of a new, strategic organizational design. You will be empowered to transform how Google Cloud manages its key indirect spend categories, including Professional and Software Services, (3PL) Third Party Logistics, Transportation, Automation, Real Estate, and Reverse Logistics. This is not an operational role. it is a strategic leadership position designed to build a scalable foundation for the future.
You will act as the single, strategic voice to our most critical suppliers, owning the commercial relationship and long-term category vision. Your mandate is to move beyond tactical execution and drive the end-to-end strategic flow: from partnering with business leaders to determine long-term demand planning within your category, category strategy, sourcing execution, and value realization to handoffs with Operations who will help see this strategy realized. You will be supported by centralized Centers of Excellence that manage contract execution, cost intelligence, and supplier performance, freeing you to focus on high-impact strategic initiatives and senior stakeholder engagement.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.Ireland: €116000 - €118000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Netherlands: €124000 - €127000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Author and execute multi-year category strategies, roadmaps, and governance frameworks from the ground up to support Google Cloud’s long-term capacity and infrastructure growth. Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing and competitive RFx events, translating complex operational demand into scalable commercial contracts (MSAs, leases, SLAs).
- Serve as the primary commercial relationship owner for strategic suppliers, driving high-stakes negotiations, executive business reviews (QBRs/SBRs), and formal supplier segmentation.
- Embed with cross-functional leadership across Operations, Global Capacity Planning, and Finance to align capacity roadmaps and drive shared OKRs.
- Decompose Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and leverage clean-sheet should-cost models alongside centralized analytics to deliver bottom-line savings and volume bundling.
- Mitigate supply-chain and commercial risk by building pre-qualified supplier pipelines and tracking continuous improvement via performance scorecards.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in sourcing, category management, or supply chain management, managing indirect spend portfolios.
- Experience in commercial contract management and leading supplier negotiations (e.g., master services agreements, commercial leases, statement of work, or SLAs).
- Experience with commercial real estate (industrial warehousing, data centers, colocation), logistics/3PL, or related technical infrastructure categories.
- Experience developing and executing category strategies, governance frameworks, or sourcing processes.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or MBA with a supply chain, engineering, business, or technical emphasis, or equivalent industry certifications (e.g., CPSM, CSCP, PMP, Lean/Six Sigma).
- Experience leading strategic sourcing and managing enterprise-scale, multi-million-dollar indirect spend portfolios, translating long-range operational demand and capacity plans into multi-year category roadmaps.
- Experience leading Executive Business Reviews (QBRs/SBRs), supplier segmentation programs, performance scorecards, and supply-chain risk mitigation frameworks.
- Proficiency with SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle, Looker, or Tableau with exposure to AI-driven sourcing or market intelligence tools.
Advanced commercial and financial modeling skills, including clean-sheet should-cost modeling, TCO decomposition, and complex volume rebate structures.