Indirect Procurement Leader - Scale Strategy & Sourcing

U.S. Fusion Energy; Energy (IL); On-site; USD 159,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

PTO 31 days

Holidays + winter break

401(k) match

Disability & life insurance

Parental leave

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Helion Energy is seeking an Indirect Procurement Manager in Everett, WA. This newly created role scales our procurement capabilities, leading a growing team to optimize cost, quality, and resilience across software, services, hardware, capex, and R&D categories.

You will partner with Engineering, IT, Finance, Legal, and other stakeholders to align requirements, forecast spend, and formalize supplier terms, while driving strategic negotiations and continuous process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or a related field or years of experience.
• 8+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or category management, including responsibility for indirect categories such as IT, professional services, hardware, capital expenditures, or facilities management.
• 3+ years hiring, managing, coaching, and developing procurement or sourcing professionals.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing category strategies in a growing or rapidly changing organization.
• Experience leading complex, high-value negotiations and working with agreements such as MSAs, SOWs, amendments, and renewals.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen, including experience evaluating pricing models, spend, and total cost of ownership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing procurement team, including hiring, coaching, training, workload management, and performance accountability.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies across indirect categories, with an emphasis on cost optimization, scalability, standardization, risk mitigation, and supply chain resilience.
• Manage the end-to-end sourcing process, from requirements gathering and competitive bidding through supplier selection, negotiation, contracting, and renewals.
• Partner with Engineering, IT, Finance, Legal, and other stakeholders to define business requirements, forecast spend, evaluate total cost of ownership, and establish clear agreements, intellectual property terms, and statements of work.
• Negotiate complex, high-value agreements and build strategic supplier relationships that improve pricing, service quality, innovation, and long-term value.
• Strengthen procurement operations through standardized processes, supplier performance reviews, KPIs, continuous improvement initiatives, and executive reporting on category performance and risk.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Negotiation

Supplier relationship management

Financial acumen

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related field

Job description

Helion Energy is seeking an Indirect Procurement Manager in Everett, WA. This newly created role scales our procurement capabilities, leading a growing team to optimize cost, quality, and resilience across software, services, hardware, capex, and R&D categories.

You will partner with Engineering, IT, Finance, Legal, and other stakeholders to align requirements, forecast spend, and formalize supplier terms, while driving strategic negotiations and continuous process improvements.