Supply Chain Manager

Aalo Atomic; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Aalo Atomics is seeking a hands-on Supply Chain Manager to build and scale our end-to-end supply chain for Instrumentation and Controls. This role blends strategy with execution—negotiating supplier agreements in the morning, creating POs in the afternoon, and shaping scalable planning processes as we grow.

You will own supplier relationships, material planning, purchasing execution, and inventory strategies to enable scalable production.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in purchasing, sourcing, or supply chain in a product-based company.
• Experience with electrical sourcing and/or instrumentation and control supply chain.
• Experience in a high-growth environment, strongly preferred.
• Background in manufacturing, hardware, or complex assemblies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering and Quality to identify, qualify, and onboard suppliers that can scale with us.
• Develop and execute make/buy strategies with cross functional team.
• Negotiate pricing, lead times, MOQs, and contracts.
• Develop dual-source strategies to reduce risk.
• Build strong, long‑term supplier partnerships, not just transactional relationships.
• Issue and manage purchase orders through delivery.
• Negotiate expedites by leveraging supplier relationships.
• Facilitate the resolution of supplier quality, delivery, and invoicing issues.
• Build lightweight but effective planning processes using high level forecast to drive purchasing for long lead material.
• Key contributor to MRP implementation, reorder point and safety stock strategies.
• Partner with Sales/Operations to implement forecast processes.
• Establish clear inventory visibility and reporting.
• Partner with Engineering on new product introductions (NPI).
• Work with Quality to support NQA-1 standards and Quality audits.
• Partner with Manufacturing to ensure material is in place to support manufacturing plans.
• Collaborate with Finance on invoice issues and procure to pay strategies.
• Implement supply chain processes that support sustainable growth.
• Establish supplier KPIs and performance scorecards.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

Accountability

Job description

Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated microreactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power. Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting-edge safety, modularity, and efficiency. Based in Austin, TX, we’re rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world’s first fleet of advanced reactors. Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future.

About the role

We’re looking for a hands‑on Supply Chain Manager to build and scale our end‑to‑end supply chain for Instrumentation and Controls. This role is both strategic and operational — you’ll negotiate supplier agreements in the morning, cut POs in the afternoon, create supply chain strategies and build scalable planning processes along the way.

You will own supplier relationships, material planning, purchasing execution, and inventory strategies to ensure we can scale production without scaling chaos. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, builds structure where none exists, moves quickly without sacrificing quality and is a great team player.

What you'll do

Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Development

• Partner with Engineering and Quality to identify, qualify, and onboard suppliers that can scale with us
• Develop and execute make/buy strategies with cross functional team
• Negotiate pricing, lead times, MOQs, and contracts
• Develop dual-source strategies to reduce risk
• Build strong, long‑term supplier partnerships, not just transactional relationships

Hands on Purchasing

• Issue and manage purchase orders through delivery
• Negotiate expedites by leveraging supplier relationships.
• Facilitate the resolution of supplier quality, delivery, and invoicing issues.

Inventory & Demand Planning

• Build lightweight but effective planning processes using high level forecast to drive purchasing for long lead material.
• Key contributor to MRP implementation, reorder point and safety stock strategies.
• Partner with Sales/Operations to implement forecast processes.
• Establish clear inventory visibility and reporting

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Engineering on new product introductions (NPI)
• Work with Quality to support NQA-1 standards and Quality audits
• Partner with Manufacturing to ensure material is in place to support manufacturing plans
• Collaborate with Finance on invoice issues and procure to pay strategies.

Building for Scale

• Implement supply chain processes that support sustainable growth
• Establish supplier KPIs and performance scorecards

What Success Looks Like

• Build a proactive supply chain that can scale with us and support our supply strategies.
• Implement contracts, strategies and relationships that will support rapid growth in the nuclear space.
• Clear visibility into supply risk and mitigation plans.

Qualifications

Experience

• 5–10 years in purchasing, sourcing, or supply chain in a product-based company.
• Experience with electrical sourcing and/or instrumentation and control supply chain.
• Experience in a high-growth environment, strongly preferred.
• Background in manufacturing, hardware, or complex assemblies preferred.
• Understanding of what mature systems and operations “look-like”

Skills & Working Style

• No ego amigo. We are one‑team with one‑focus!
• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change.
• Highly accountable and proactive.
• Able to operate strategically and tactically on the same day.

Requirements

Must be based in the United States

Must be willing to work on‑site at our headquarters in Austin, Texas

What It Takes to Succeed at Aalo

We're building technology that will help reshape the future of energy. The pace is fast, the problems are difficult, and the expectations are high. Successful team members consistently demonstrate:

Extreme Ownership — You take responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks. You proactively identify problems, drive solutions, and follow through.

A Passion for Solving Hard Problems — You are energized by challenges that others avoid and enjoy finding practical solutions to complex technical issues.

A Sense of Urgency — You move quickly, make thoughtful decisions, and maintain momentum while balancing quality and execution.

What We Offer

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Additional Information:

Aalo Atomics provides a collaborative and supportive work environment, opportunities for professional growth, intellectually challenging careers, and competitive compensation. Aalo Atomics is an equal opportunity employer and considers all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Persons in compliance with 10 CFR Part 810 and may not hold non-compliant foreign citizenships.