Head of Raw Materials & Energetics Strategic Supply Chain

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Commodity Strategy & Roadmap: Define and execute multi-year global sourcing strategies for critical raw materials, strategic minerals, rare earth elements/magnets, and energetic formulations (solid rocket motor…
• Team Leadership & Scale: Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of commodity managers, strategic sourcing leads, and technical sourcing engineers across multiple global sites.
• Executive Supplier Relationship Management: Drive deep sub-tier visibility beyond Tier 1 down to processors, smelters, refiners, and chemical synthesis partners to preempt geopolitical bottlenecks, export controls, and…
• Commercial & Strategic Negotiations: Lead high-stakes negotiations for master service agreements (MSAs), development agreements, long-term agreements (LTAs), and complex statement of works (SOWs)—optimizing pricing…
• Supply Chain Resilience & Risk Mitigation: Drill down through multi-tier value chains—all the way to raw material—to pinpoint critical bottlenecks, geopolitical vulnerabilities, and single points of failure before they…
• Market Intelligence & Price Risk Management : Build the analytical backbone for volatile, geopolitically-influenced commodity markets — index-based pricing, floor/ceiling structures, hedging, and long-horizon cost…
• Executive Communication: Conduct regular operational and strategic reviews with C-suite and executive leadership, serving as the primary executive escalation point for all raw materials and energetics supply matters.

Job requirements

• 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 (e.g., Germanium, NdFeB magnets) and/or energetic systems (propellants, rocket motors, pyrotechnics).
• 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.