Logistics Material Manager

Fluidstack

5d•$140,000 - $180,000

About The Position

Fluidstack is hiring a Logistics Material Manager to support logistics and material purchasing across a growing network of data center sites. The role focuses on ensuring operations teams have the consumables and equipment they need, and that materials for each new site are available before go-live. It includes managing replenishment and inventory levels, purchasing, vendor relationships, forecasting, and procurement processes as sites and schedules change. The manager will work with Data Center Operations, inventory control, warehousing, and finance to use consumption data and build schedules to plan purchases. They will also develop a consistent purchasing playbook—including standard catalogs, preferred vendors, and ordering thresholds—for adoption at new sites. Fluidstack describes its operating environment as high urgency and high intensity, with autonomy and long hours in pursuit of fast, lean logistics operations.

Requirements

Experience owning minimum/maximum inventory levels and replenishment for consumables across multiple sites or a high-volume operation.
Experience tracking and reducing stock-outs and overstock.
Experience negotiating vendor pricing, payment terms, lead times, and service levels, with demonstrable results.
Experience determining when to consolidate spend with national suppliers and when local vendors are preferable, and managing vendors to performance.
Experience purchasing for a new facility or site launch against a changing schedule, ensuring materials are available on opening day.
Ability to work across operations, warehousing, finance, and engineering.
Data-driven purchasing skills using consumption history, lead times, and vendor performance.
Ability to maintain clean, auditable purchasing records.

Nice To Haves

Data center or critical facilities operations experience.
Experience with auto-replenishment and vendor-managed inventory programs.
Familiarity with procurement and ERP platforms such as Zip or NetSuite.
Experience with spend analytics and category management.

Responsibilities

Manage auto-replenishment and minimum/maximum inventory levels for data center operations consumables across sites.
Purchase equipment and consumables for new site launches, ensuring materials are available before go-live.
Negotiate vendor pricing, payment terms, lead times, and service levels.
Develop vendor strategies by site that balance cost, local availability, and continuity of supply.
Coordinate with Data Center Operations, inventory control, warehousing, and finance to translate consumption data and build schedules into forecasts and purchase plans.
Create and implement an operations purchasing playbook, including standard catalogs, preferred vendors, and ordering thresholds.
Use purchasing and vendor data to make ordering decisions and maintain auditable records.