Head of Supply Chain

Fluidstack • Austin, TX

1d • $262,000 - $418,000

About The Position

Fluidstack is hiring a Head of Supply Chain to own sourcing and purchasing for critical equipment categories supporting a 10GW build, including switchgear, transformers, generators, UPS, chillers, CDUs, and other long-lead equipment. The role is responsible for securing vendor capacity and lead times against the forward build pipeline, tracking supplier commitments from purchase order through delivery, and responding promptly when shipment dates slip.

The Head of Supply Chain will build and lead the category team, establish the sourcing playbook, and be accountable for results. The role partners with Design, Construction, and Manufacturing to ensure equipment arrives ahead of schedule and procurement does not become a critical-path constraint. Fluidstack describes its operating culture as highly autonomous, urgent, first-principles-oriented, and focused on building large-scale AI compute infrastructure.

Requirements

• Personally owned more than $300 million in direct materials spend on physical equipment.
• Experience holding vendors to production ramp commitments and responding to supplier schedule slips.
• Experience building a category or sourcing team, hiring team members, setting processes, and handing off categories that continued delivering.
• Hands-on experience with electrical and mechanical equipment lead times, including factory slots and test dates.
• Experience scaling supply at a company progressing from prototype to volume, creating the playbook where one did not exist.
• Experience making sourcing decisions with incomplete data, taking ownership of unsuccessful decisions, and articulating what was changed as a result.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with data center or utility-scale electrical equipment.
• Experience in fast-scaling hardware industries such as EV, aerospace, or energy storage.
• Experience dual-sourcing a critical category through a supply shock.
• Experience with supplier quality and factory acceptance testing programs.
• Experience with modular or offsite construction supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing and purchasing for critical equipment categories supporting a 10GW build, including switchgear, transformers, generators, UPS, chillers, CDUs, and long-lead equipment.
• Secure vendor capacity and lead times against the forward build pipeline.
• Track vendor commitments from purchase order through delivery and act when shipment dates slip.
• Build the category team by hiring category leads and buyers, defining the sourcing playbook, and owning results.
• Work with Design, Construction, and Manufacturing to ensure equipment arrives before it is needed by the schedule.
• Keep procurement from becoming a critical-path constraint.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed