Global Sourcing & Materials Manager

Fluidstack•Austin, TX

11h•$180,000 - $280,000

About The Position

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI, aiming to deliver 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else. This involves acquiring power, designing and building data centers, and operating them. The company values extreme ownership, velocity, first principles thinking, and a passion for the AI frontier. The Supply Chain Team is critical to achieving Fluidstack's ambitious goals, focusing on supplying 10GW of compute, making supply chain a competitive advantage, and building accurate supply chain prediction models using AI. This role will own the live order tracker for all open purchase orders, expedite critical orders, run weekly and monthly supply chain reporting, act as a liaison across multiple project sites, and travel to vendor facilities to validate progress and build relationships.

Requirements

Personally expedited orders in capital equipment or industrial environments where slipping delivery dates had direct consequences for a project schedule, and negotiated revised commitments directly with vendors under pressure.
Maintain order-tracking systems well enough that any stakeholder can understand the status, risk, and recovery plan for every open PO without asking for explanation.
Ability to read engineering drawings, specifications, and purchase order documentation well enough to catch scope discrepancies before they become vendor disputes.
Coordinated across multiple project sites or workstreams simultaneously, keeping each location’s material requirements on track without letting the sites compete for the same vendor capacity.
Ability to write and communicate clearly enough to deliver a root cause analysis and recovery plan to a project manager or leadership team in one page.

Nice To Haves

Experience in multi-site EPC or construction environments.
Commodity experience in electrical equipment, mechanical rotating equipment, or structural materials.
Experience with international shipping, Incoterms, and customs compliance.
Experience with supply chain analytics and project management software.

Responsibilities

Own the live order tracker for all open purchase orders across global suppliers, covering manufacturing progress, inspection milestones, and contractual delivery dates across multiple concurrent project sites.
Expedite critical and at-risk orders before they hit the schedule: renegotiate delivery commitments, coordinate freight and logistics partners, and escalate to senior leadership when a vendor cannot recover on their own.
Run the weekly and monthly supply chain reporting rhythm: on-time delivery rates, lead time accuracy, vendor performance scores, root cause analysis on late orders, and recovery plans presented to project managers, engineering, and leadership.
Act as the supply chain liaison across multiple project sites, aligning procurement priorities so vendor capacity and logistics conflicts are resolved before they surface as site delays.
Travel to vendor facilities and project sites to validate manufacturing progress, close issues that cannot be resolved remotely, and build the supplier relationships that drive accountability on the next order.