Supply Chain Specialist

About the Role

As an early member of the Antares Supply Chain team, you will have a definitive role in ensuring we are able to meet aggressive timelines and evolve the supply chain to enable factory-produced microreactors at scale. You will execute and improve workflows connecting business requirements, suppliers, purchase orders, delivery, invoicing, and payment across direct and indirect procurement. You will combine hands-on purchasing and supplier management with analytics and process building, partnering with Finance to improve controls and reporting. The ideal candidate is organized, analytical, and comfortable balancing urgent actions with longer-term improvement.

Key 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, exceptions, and payment visibility
• Create dashboards and reporting 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

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, finance, engineering, information systems, analytics, or a related field; OR 5+ years of relevant experience in procurement, supply chain, supplier management, or business operations
• 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 fast-changing hardware environment
• 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

Additional Information

• Location: Torrance, CA (In-office 5 days/week)
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.