Staff Global Sourcing Manager, Rare Earth Magnets
Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 191,000-253,000 · 10+ years experience · Onsite · Posted Oct 13, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 10+ years experience
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
- Salary
- USD 191,000-253,000 · Base salary
About the role
- 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 the raw materials that power products against concentrated geopolitical risk, volatile pricing, and opaque multi-tier supply chains.
Responsibilities
- Own the commodity strategy for your assigned critical mineral, with explicit focus on supply chain resilience, geopolitical risk mitigation, 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 suited to volatile, concentrated markets
- Evaluate and recommend strategic interventions, partnering with CorpDev and Finance
- Build trusted relationships with suppliers, industry associations, and U.S./allied government bodies; represent Anduril externally for your commodity
- Lead a cross-functional pod spanning product sourcing, parent commodity managers, Engineering, and CorpDev/Finance
- Own supplier performance, serving as primary escalation point and managing continuity of supply through NPI-to-MP transitions
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 or their 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, 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
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next
Workplace
- 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
