Staff Global Sourcing Manager, Critical Minerals & Mining (Rare Earth Magnets)

Anduril
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 191,000 - 253,000 annuallyFunction: Procurement & SourcingExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Cross-functional leadership","Relationship building","Negotiation","Influencing"]

Own end-to-end sourcing for a designated critical mineral, translating company demand into a resilient global strategy. Build and maintain tiered supply chain visibility, deliver market intelligence, and lead RFI/RFQ/RFP processes across miners, refiners, and component suppliers. Model should-cost and TCO, negotiate volatile-market agreements, and drive stockpiling and other strategic interventions with cross-functional pod partners to protect BOM cost and ensure continuity from NPI through mass production.

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Anduril
Anduril
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Staff Global Sourcing Manager, Critical Minerals & Mining (Rare Earth Magnets)

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end sourcing for a designated critical mineral, translating company demand into a resilient global strategy. Build and maintain tiered supply chain visibility, deliver market intelligence, and lead RFI/RFQ/RFP processes across miners, refiners, and component suppliers. Model should-cost and TCO, negotiate volatile-market agreements, and drive stockpiling and other strategic interventions with cross-functional pod partners to protect BOM cost and ensure continuity from NPI through mass production.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the commodity strategy for a designated critical mineral, focusing on supply chain resilience, geopolitical risk mitigation, cost, and quality.
  • •Build and maintain tiered supply chain mapping, quantifying revenue exposure and BOM impact to prioritize deeper intervention.
  • •Maintain market intelligence and communicate updates on pricing, disruptions, and geopolitical signals through recurring reviews and executive briefings.
  • •Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP sourcing execution across miners, refiners, processors, and component suppliers, including should-cost/TCO analysis and agreement negotiation.
  • •Manage supplier performance and continuity of supply through NPI-to-MP transitions while driving strategic interventions such as stockpiling, prepayments, and partnerships.
Travel: Extensive travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 191,000 - 253,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or a related technical field.
  • •10+ years of experience in commodity management and strategic sourcing with direct exposure to critical minerals or downstream products.
  • •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 and be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA if not already local.
Experience:10+ years
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Strategic thinkingCross-functional leadershipRelationship buildingNegotiationInfluencing
Languages:English

Eligibility

Security Clearance:TS

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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