Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Critical Minerals
About The Position
The Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Critical Minerals 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field
- 5+ 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
Nice To Haves
- 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 arrangements (long-term offtake, prepayments, equity investments, JVs)
- Proven cross-functional leadership and ability to influence at all levels of an organization
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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), serving as primary escalation point and managing continuity of supply through NPI-to-MP transitions
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
