Global Data Center Supply Chain Leader

Fluidstack; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 396,000 - 436,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking a senior sourcing leader to own procurement for critical electrical and mechanical equipment behind a 10GW build. You will lock vendor capacity, track commitments from PO to delivery, and ensure purchases land before schedule needs.

You will build the category team, define the sourcing playbook, and partner with Design, Construction, and Manufacturing to keep procurement off the critical path.

Qualifications

• You've personally owned $300M+ in direct materials spend on physical equipment.
• You've held vendors to production ramp commitments and can name a slipped date.
• You've built a category or sourcing team with dedicated processes.
• You've worked lead times on electrical and mechanical equipment hands-on.
• You've scaled supply at a company from prototype to volume and wrote the playbook.
• You've made sourcing calls with incomplete data and learned from the outcomes.
• Bonus: data center or utility-scale electrical equipment and dual-sourcing experience.

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing and buying for every critical equipment category behind a 10GW build: switchgear, transformers, generators, UPS, chillers, CDUs, and long-lead gear.
• Lock vendor capacity and lead times against the forward build pipeline.
• Hold vendors to production ramps by tracking commitments from PO to delivery and act when ship dates slip.
• Build the category team: hire category leads and buyers, define the sourcing playbook, and own the results.
• Work with Design, Construction, and Manufacturing so equipment lands before schedule needs and procurement stays off the critical path.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Vendor management

Category creation

Lead time management

Scale supply

Job description

Fluidstack is seeking a senior sourcing leader to own procurement for critical electrical and mechanical equipment behind a 10GW build. You will lock vendor capacity, track commitments from PO to delivery, and ensure purchases land before schedule needs.

You will build the category team, define the sourcing playbook, and partner with Design, Construction, and Manufacturing to keep procurement off the critical path.