Senior Steel Sourcing & Category Lead

Fluidstack; New York (NY); On-site; USD 239,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack in New York seeks a procurement lead to own the steel category for its modular manufacturing line. You will source structural steel and fabricated assemblies at industrial volume, coordinating with regional shops to ensure capacity matches the build plan.

You will negotiate raw material pricing, qualify fabricators for quality and capacity, and manage weekly load balancing across suppliers while hedging commodity exposure to protect margins.

Qualifications

• You've sourced structural steel or fabricated steel assemblies at industrial volume.
• You understand fabrication economics: material, labor, coatings, and margins.
• You've qualified fabrication shops and caught capacity overstatements in their pitches.
• You manage commodity exposure with indexing or hedging rather than hoping.

Responsibilities

• Own the steel category and align capacity with the modular build plan.
• Source fabrication capacity across regional shops to scale with the plan.
• Negotiate raw material and fabrication pricing to withstand commodity swings.
• Qualify fabricators and balance the load across suppliers weekly.

Skills

Steel sourcing

Fabrication economics

Fabrication shops qualification

Commodity hedging

Job description

Fluidstack in New York seeks a procurement lead to own the steel category for its modular manufacturing line. You will source structural steel and fabricated assemblies at industrial volume, coordinating with regional shops to ensure capacity matches the build plan.

You will negotiate raw material pricing, qualify fabricators for quality and capacity, and manage weekly load balancing across suppliers while hedging commodity exposure to protect margins.