Head of Supply Chain and Procurement

Purchasing Manager
At Valar Atomics, we're redefining what's possible in energy. Our mission is to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable—unlocking abundant energy for industry, hydrogen, and next-generation manufacturing. We are a team of builders, engineers, and operators who believe nuclear energy should be fast to deploy, factory-made, and built for the real world. Our first pilot plant in Orangeville, Utah will demonstrate how advanced nuclear systems and fuel fabrication can power the future. As part of the Manufacturing organization, Supply Chain secures the materials, equipment, and supplier partnerships required to support manufacturing and business operations. The team builds resilient supply chains while ensuring quality, cost, and delivery performance.
Build and lead a high-impact purchasing team, overseeing Buyers and Senior Buyers across direct and indirect spend categories.
Drive on-time, on-quality, on-cost PO placement and delivery across the full purchasing organization.
Develop and enforce purchasing policies, processes, controls and systems that scale with Valar's production ramp.
Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, and Sourcing to align purchasing execution with business priorities.
Manage and develop a team of Buyers and Senior Buyers, setting priorities, workload, and performance goals across direct and indirect categories.
Escalate and resolve complex supplier issues, schedule risks, and cross-functional roadblocks beyond buyer | Senior buyers scopes.
Develop, standardize, and continuously improve purchasing processes, procedures, controls and systems across the team.
Ensure purchasing activities comply with nuclear industry regulatory requirements (10 CFR 830) and maintain accurate, audit-ready purchasing records.
Partner with Sourcing, Engineering, and Quality to align purchasing execution with supplier strategy and program milestones.
Hire and onboard Purchasing talents. Build the purchasing capabilities and capacities as the purchasing team scales with production.
Report purchasing performance, risks and risks mitigation plans to Supply Chain leadership.
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or Operations.

• 8+ years of experience in purchasing or supply chain, including 3+ years leading a purchasing team.
• Nuclear, aerospace, automotive or other highly regulated industry experience.

Experience building or scaling a purchasing team from the ground up.
Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced energy company
Comprehensive medical benefits
The opportunity to help build and scale transformative energy technology from the ground up
We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law.
S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).