Head of Raw Materials Strategic Supply Chain

The role

The Head of Raw Materials & Energetics Strategic Supply Chain owns sourcing strategy for raw materials and energetic commodities. This leader builds and manages a team to ensure material availability from R&D through high-volume production.

What you will do

• Define and execute multi-year global sourcing strategies for critical raw materials and energetic formulations.
• Build, mentor, and lead a team of commodity managers, strategic sourcing leads, and technical sourcing engineers.
• Drive sub-tier visibility to preempt geopolitical bottlenecks and single-source dependencies.
• Establish long-term strategic alliances and joint development agreements.
• Lead high-stakes negotiations for MSAs, development agreements, LTAs, and SOWs.
• Identify and resolve critical bottlenecks and geopolitical vulnerabilities in multi-tier value chains.
• Build analytical frameworks for volatile commodity markets including hedging and cost roadmaps.
• Conduct regular operational and strategic reviews with C-suite and executive leadership.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in raw materials & energetics strategic sourcing, global commodity management of specialty chemicals, or defense-critical supply chains.
• 5+ years of proven experience building, managing, and scaling high-performing procurement or supply chain teams.
• Demonstrated expertise negotiating enterprise-level agreements and managing critical minerals/rare earths and/or energetic systems.
• Proven track record of managing supplier lifecycles and negotiating complex multi-million-dollar commercial agreements.
• Deep understanding of New Product Introduction (NPI) workflows and scaling from prototype to high-rate production.
• Ability to travel up to 25%-50% domestically and internationally as needed.
• Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, or materials science
• Previous experience in defense, aerospace, automotive, high tech, or related industry
• Well-versed in TCO analysis and should costing
• Strategic thinker, experienced putting together commodities strategy/roadmap with key engineering stakeholders
• Proven leadership in driving and influencing other teams to a common goal
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security clearance

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The company uses Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system, to power its family of systems.