Staff Global Sourcing Manager, Rare Earth Magnets

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 210 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Staff Global Sourcing Manager for Critical Minerals to own the end-to-end strategy for rare earth magnets and other minerals, ensuring supply continuity across NPI and MP while mitigating geopolitical risk.

You will build tiered supply chain maps, run should-cost and TCO analyses, lead RFI/RFQ/RFP processes, negotiate key terms, and govern supplier performance with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field.
• 10+ years in commodity management or strategic sourcing with exposure to critical minerals or related downstream products.
• Experience navigating geopolitically sensitive supply chains.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% and relocate to Costa Mesa, CA.

Responsabilités

• Own the commodity strategy for assigned critical minerals with focus on resilience and cost.
• Build tiered supply chain maps from end products to raw materials and quantify BOM impact.
• Deliver market intelligence and weekly updates on pricing and disruptions.
• Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP processes with miners, refiners, and processors.
• Perform should-cost and TCO analyses and negotiate key agreements.
• Manage supplier performance and continuity through NPI to MP transitions.
• Collaborate with DoD, DPA Title III, DLA, and DOE as needed.

Connaissances

Strategic sourcing

Geopolitical risk management

Market intelligence

Cross-functional leadership

Supplier relationship management

Negotiation

Formation

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field

Advanced degree (Master's or Doctorate) in materials science, chemical sciences or metallurgical/mining engineering; MBA a plus

Outils

Supply chain visibility tools

Description du poste

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE JOB

The Staff Global Sourcing Manager, Critical Minerals (Rare Earth Magnets) is the domain expert and single-threaded leader for a designated critical mineral (e.g., rare earth magnets, germanium, tungsten, antimony, gallium) at Anduril Industries. This is a high-impact role focused on securing the raw materials that power our products against a backdrop of concentrated geopolitical risk, volatile pricing, and opaque multi-tier supply chains.

As the lead for your assigned mineral, you will own the global mandate end-to-end: market intelligence, tiered supply chain mapping, supplier and government relationship management, should-cost modeling, contracting, and stockpiling strategy. You will operate as the hub of a cross-functional pod to translate Anduril's aggregate demand into a resilient sourcing strategy that enhances supplies from US-friendly sources, protects BOM cost, and ensures continuity of supply across NPI and mass production.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Strategy & Visibility

Own the commodity strategy for your assigned critical mineral, with explicit focus on supply chain resilience, geopolitical risk mitigation (particularly PRC concentration in mining and refinement), cost, and quality

Build and maintain tiered supply chain mapping from Anduril end products down to the raw material, quantify revenue exposure and BOM impact to prioritize where deeper intervention is needed

Market Intelligence & Comms

Maintain expert-level market intelligence and deliver weekly updates on pricing, disruptions, and geopolitical signals

Host monthly cross-functional pod tag-ups, lead quarterly strategy reviews, and conduct regular executive briefings on market conditions and mitigation plans

Sourcing Execution

Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP processes across miners, refiners, processors, and component suppliers

Perform should-cost and TCO analysis; negotiate key agreements (offtake, pricing, capacity reservations, payment terms) suited to volatile, concentrated markets

Evaluate and recommend strategic interventions (stockpiling, prepayments, JVs, equity investments, vertical integration), partnering with CorpDev and Finance

Relationship Management

Build trusted relationships with suppliers, industry associations, and U.S./allied government bodies (DoD, DPA Title III, DLA, DOE); represent Anduril externally for your commodity

Cross-Functional Leadership

Lead a cross-functional pod spanning product sourcing, parent commodity managers, Engineering, and CorpDev/Finance

Partner with Engineering to qualify alternates, influence specs, and design out single points of failure

Supplier & Performance Management

Own supplier performance (delivery, quality, cost, innovation), serving as primary escalation point and managing continuity of supply through NPI-to-MP transitions

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field

10+ years of experience in commodity management, strategic sourcing with direct exposure to critical minerals or their downstream products (e.g., rare earth magnets, germanium, gallium, tungsten, antimony, lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese)

Demonstrated experience navigating concentrated, geopolitically sensitive supply chains

Ability to travel up to 50% of the time , including international travel to mines, refiners, and processors

Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced degree (Master's or Doctorate) in materials science, chemical sciences or metallurgical or mining engineering; additionally exposure to business via on-the-job training; an MBA is a big plus

Previous experience in defense, aerospace, automotive, high tech, or related industry with deep raw material dependencies

Experience working with U.S. government programs supporting domestic critical mineral supply (e.g., DPA Title III, DOE Loan Programs Office, DLA National Defense Stockpile)

Hands‑on experience with multi-tier supply chain visibility tools

Strong should-cost and TCO analysis skills in a product-based ecosystem

Strategic thinker with a track record of building commodity roadmaps alongside engineering and finance stakeholders

Experience structuring or supporting non-traditional commercial arra