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Bloom Logistics Operations Manager

Google

Amsterdam
Full-time
5-10 years experience
On-site

€114,000 - €116,000 per year

Key Skills

Logistics Operations
Process Improvement
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Data Analysis
Capacity Modeling
Lean Six Sigma
Project Management
Business Process Re-Engineering
Quality Management
Vendor Management
Warehouse Operations
Data Center Logistics
Forward and Reverse Logistics
KPI and SLA Monitoring
Operational Automation
Executive Communication

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain operations, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 7 years of experiencedeveloping operational process solutions, and working with cross-functional teams to drive these changes.
  • 5 years of experience analyzing data and generating business insights.
  • Ability to travel up to 50% of the time within EMEA and APAC.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Certified Lean Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt) or PMP certification, with demonstrated success in business process re-engineering, quality management frameworks or capacity modeling.
  • 7 years of experience in a customer or client-facing role supporting logistics.
  • Experience in data analytics, capacity modeling, and leveraging data to solve complex operational challenges.
  • Experience with data center logistics or warehouse operations.
  • Strong executive presence with exceptional written and verbal communication skills; proven ability to influence cross-functional leadership (Legal, Engineering, Product).

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.

Google 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 Google enhances 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 Google 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 Google platforms, we make Google'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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Netherlands: €114000 - €116000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage daily logistics operations, material flow, and 
    3PL (Third-Party Logistics)  warehouse/data center vendors, including overseeing budgets, invoices, and capital improvements.
  • Monitor SLAs, KPIs, and vendor scorecards to ensure business continuity and build business cases for process and logistics improvements.
  • Design and execute comprehensive forward and reverse logistics strategies aligned with the organization's long-term business goals.
  • Drive technology-driven automation, reduce MTTR, optimize capacity, and eliminate obstacles in material flow to lower operational costs.
  • Partner with internal Google teams, carriers, and external vendors to align priorities, reduce delivery cycle times, and scale operations efficiently.

Core Responsibilities

Manage daily logistics operations, material flow, and third-party logistics vendors, monitoring budgets, service levels, performance metrics, and business continuity. Develop and implement forward and reverse logistics strategies, process improvements, and automation while partnering with internal teams, carriers, and vendors to improve delivery speed, capacity, and cost efficiency.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain operations, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience, along with seven years of operational process development and cross-functional change experience and five years of data analysis experience. Preferred qualifications include Lean Six Sigma or PMP certification, logistics client-facing experience, data analytics and capacity modeling expertise, relevant warehouse or data center experience, and strong communication and leadership influence.

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

About Google

Industry: Software Development

Company size: 10,001+ employees

A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone. Check out our career opportunities at goo.gle/3DLEokh

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