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Staff Global Sourcing Manager, Rare Earth Magnets

Anduril· Hardware Operations : Supply Chain : Global Sourcing & Supplier Development
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Costa Mesa, CA$191k - $253kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Domain expert and single-threaded leader for a designated critical mineral (e.g., rare earth magnets, germanium, tungsten, antimony, gallium) responsible for end-to-end global sourcing strategy, market intelligence, supplier/government relationships, should-cost modeling, contracting, and stockpiling to ensure supply resilience and cost control.

Responsibilities

  • Own the commodity strategy for your assigned critical mineral, focusing on supply chain resilience, geopolitical risk mitigation (notably PRC concentration in mining/refinement), cost, and quality
  • Build and maintain tiered supply chain mapping from Anduril end products to raw material; quantify revenue exposure and BOM impact to prioritize interventions
  • Maintain expert-level market intelligence; deliver weekly updates on pricing, disruptions, and geopolitical signals
  • Host monthly cross-functional pod tag-ups, lead quarterly strategy reviews, and conduct executive briefings on market conditions and mitigation plans
  • Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP processes across miners, refiners, processors, and component suppliers
  • Perform should-cost and TCO analysis; negotiate offtake, pricing, capacity reservations, payment terms
  • Evaluate and recommend strategic interventions (stockpiling, prepayments, JVs, equity investments, vertical integration) in coordination with CorpDev and Finance
  • Build trusted relationships with suppliers, industry associations, and U.S./allied government bodies (DoD, DPA Title III, DLA, DOE)
  • 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
  • Own supplier performance (delivery, quality, cost, innovation); act as primary escalation point and manage continuity of supply through NPI-to-MP transitions

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 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 to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA if not local

Skills

Required:Commodity managementStrategic sourcingMarket intelligence
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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