Company Overview

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.

Job Summary

Kairos Power is seeking a motivated, experienced and knowledgeable Supply Chain Demand Planner to join our Supply Chain & Procurement team. You will be responsible for reviewing all demand signals from across the organization and working with our job planners to coordinate realistic and optimized schedules in our manufacturing platform. You will be assessing tradeoffs between inventory levels and safety stock to help support manufacturing efforts on a daily basis.

Responsibilities

• Generate and communicate accurate demand forecasts to the buying team to ensure on-time arrival of materials.
• Monitor inventory levels daily to maintain continuity of supply for internal operations.
• Develop and present regular reports on inventory status, safety stock levels and future demand projections.
• Model demand across multiple time horizons and manufacturing strategies (discrete and continuous).
• Aggregate and consolidate data from diverse sources to inform strategic procurement decisions.
• Utilize and maintain demand planning tools and ERP systems effectively.
• Provide prompt and professional support to internal customers throughout the procurement process.
• Coordinate with project teams and area managers on purchasing needs, resolving issues and evaluating services.
• Deliver accurate standard cost information for production materials to the business development team.
• Support manufacturing operations, including fabrication and machining, by ensuring timely material availability.
• Take initiative and ownership of work responsibilities, identifying opportunities for process improvements.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of previous demand planning, demand forecasting, supply planning, or supply chain analytics experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business or related field.
• Experience in inventory and control in a manufacturing and fast paced environment.
• Experience with ERP requisition process and procurement systems.
• Experience with demand planning software (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Infor, or similar).
• Background in advanced manufacturing or energy sectors is highly desirable.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Knowledge of cost modeling and supply chain optimization techniques.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office – Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a high-volume environment.
• Ability to independently plan, schedule and carry out work assignments, initiate and participate in the improvement of procurement practices.
• Strong knowledge of forecasting forecasting principles, supply chain planning and inventory management techniques.
• Ability to work with highly collaborative team.
• Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently.
• Prioritizes and ensures safety of one self and others.
• Ability to proactively collect, manage and transfer knowledge.
• Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems, challenges and issues.

Physical Conditions

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
• Adjusting, moving, transporting, installing, positioning, or removing objects up to 10 pounds in all directions.
• Communicating with others to exchange information.

Environmental Conditions

• General office environment.
• Accessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.

Safety and PPE

• Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs.
• Reporting issues with equipment or unsafe conditions.

Travel

Up to 10%

Additional Requirements

• Occasionally requires schedule flexibility.
• Occasionally requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines.

About our Benefits

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:

Competitive compensation packages

Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents

Paid Vacation

401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care and commuter benefits (FSA)

Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities that we do business in. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.

Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.

Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A\_to\_part\_810

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About our Benefits

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)

Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.

Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.

Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A\_to\_part\_810