Supply Chain Specialist

Antares • Los Angeles, CA

13d • $95,000 - $125,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As an early member of Antares’ Supply Chain team, the Supply Chain Specialist will help the company meet aggressive timelines and develop a supply chain that enables factory-produced microreactors at scale. The role executes and improves workflows connecting business requirements, suppliers, purchase orders, delivery, invoicing, and payment across direct and indirect procurement. It combines hands-on purchasing and supplier management with analytics and process development, in partnership with Finance to improve controls and reporting. The ideal candidate is organized, analytical, and comfortable balancing urgent actions with longer-term improvements.

The position is based at Antares’ facility in Torrance, California. Employees are required to work in the office five days per week. Travel of up to 20% may be necessary to meet with suppliers and support business needs, and long hours or weekends may be required for critical milestones.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, finance, engineering, information systems, analytics, or a related field, or at least 5 years of relevant experience in procurement, supply chain, supplier management, or business operations.
• Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones.
• Ability to travel up to 20% when necessary to interface with suppliers and support business needs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience across both direct and indirect procurement categories.
• Experience improving procure-to-pay or source-to-pay processes in partnership with Finance or Accounts Payable.
• Proficiency with ERP, MRP, procurement, purchasing, or accounts payable systems.
• Experience creating dashboards and recurring reports using spreadsheets and/or business intelligence tools.
• Demonstrated success managing supplier performance, commercial issues, and corrective actions.
• Proven success in a fast-changing hardware environment.

Responsibilities

• Execute direct and indirect sourcing, purchase order management, and delivery follow-up.
• Manage supplier performance, risks, open actions, and recovery plans.
• Partner with Finance and Accounts Payable to improve approvals, invoice matching, exception handling, and payment visibility.
• Create dashboards and reports for spend, purchase order status, supplier performance, lead times, and overdue actions.
• Document procurement procedures, approvals, data standards, and ownership.
• Maintain supplier and purchasing data to support sourcing decisions and negotiations.
• Balance urgent needs with controls, documentation, and scalable processes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time