Arens, Manuel
Global Procurement Manager - Google, California, USA
Experience
Manuel Arens is an experienced data management professional and leader of a highly qualified team. In fact, Arens holds the position of global procurement manager in Google's Technical Infrastructure and Data Center division, where he has spent most of his career. Based in Mountain View, California, he has provided solutions for the tech giant's operational challenges, such as master data integrity, vendor data updates and vendor prioritization. He has led data center supply chain planning and vendor risk assessment, generating process and workflow management improvements that have resulted in significant cost savings.
With more than a decade of work providing digital solutions and leadership for companies in diverse industries, he has extensive experience in all aspects of strategic solution delivery, including marketing, media analytics, measurement and attribution. In fact, he has received several awards for his work, including the BIM Leadership Award, the Search Leadership Award, Export Lead Generation Program Award and the EMEA Best Sales Model Award.
Arens also served as Sales Manager in Dublin, Ireland. In this role, he built a team of 4 to 14 members over three years and led the sales team to achieve results and collaborate well with each other and cross-functional teams. He also served as Senior Industry Analyst, Hamburg, Germany, creating storylines for over 150 clients using internal and third party tools to support analysis. Developed and wrote in-depth reports to demonstrate his mastery of the subject matter, including understanding the macroeconomic and political/regulatory factors affecting technology adoption and diffusion.
He has also led teams at companies such as Eaton, Airbus and Siemens, where he gained valuable account and supply chain management experience. He is particularly noted for continually exceeding expectations by building valuable customer relationships and working seamlessly with people at all levels of an organization, including stakeholders, management, team members and customers. His data-driven approach and ability to develop innovative and scalable solutions to industry challenges have made him a prominent leader in his field.
- Senior Manager, B2B Analytics and Technology at Google, USA
- Sales Director at Google, Ireland
- Senior Industry Analyst at Google, Germany
- Account Manager at Google, Ireland
- Accounts Payable at Eaton, UK
- Supply Chain Manager at Airbus, Germany