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

Job Overview

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

Responsibilities

Strategy & Visibility

• Own the commodity strategy for assigned critical minerals, focusing on supply chain resilience, geopolitical risk mitigation, cost, and quality.
• Develop and maintain tiered supply chain mapping from end products to raw materials, quantifying revenue exposure and BOM impact.

Market Intelligence & Comms

• Maintain expert-level market intelligence and deliver weekly updates on pricing, disruptions, and geopolitical signals.
• Host monthly cross-functional pod meetings, lead quarterly strategy reviews, and conduct executive briefings.

Sourcing Execution

• Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP processes across miners, refiners, processors, and component suppliers.
• Perform should-cost and TCO analysis; negotiate key agreements suited to volatile markets.
• Evaluate and recommend strategic interventions, partnering with CorpDev and Finance.

Relationship Management

• Build trusted relationships with suppliers, industry associations, and U.S./allied government bodies.
• Represent Anduril externally for assigned commodities.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Lead a cross-functional pod spanning product sourcing, 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, serving as primary escalation point and managing continuity of supply.

Requirements

• 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.
• Demonstrated experience navigating concentrated, geopolitically sensitive supply chains.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time, including international travel.
• Ability to relocate to Costa Mesa, CA.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in materials science, chemical sciences, or metallurgical or mining engineering.
• Previous experience in defense, aerospace, automotive, high tech, or related industries.
• Experience working with U.S. government programs supporting domestic critical mineral supply.
• Hands-on experience with multi-tier supply chain visibility tools.
• Strong should-cost and TCO analysis skills.
• Strategic thinker with a track record of building commodity roadmaps.
• Experience structuring non-traditional commercial arrangements.
• Proven cross-functional leadership and ability to influence at all levels.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance.

Benefits

Anduril offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Competitive salary
• Equity grants
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees