Manager, Commodities Management & OperationsActive$42K–$104K

The opportunity

Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist. They just need to come back.

What you'll do

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team responsible for commodities administration,: commercial execution, material-flow coordination, transaction management, reporting, and operational support.

  • Establish clear responsibilities, priorities, service levels, and performance: expectations for the Commodities Management and Operations team.

  • Oversee workload allocation and daily execution across purchasing, sales: support, logistics coordination, inventory reconciliation, documentation, and financial settlement activities.

  • Develop team capability through structured onboarding, cross-training,: documented procedures, ongoing coaching, and performance feedback.

  • Establish scalable processes, standard operating procedures, controls, and: training materials to improve consistency, accuracy, and accountability.

  • Foster a culture of ownership, responsiveness, collaboration, commercial: awareness, and continuous improvement.

What they're looking for

  • Manage the operational lifecycle of battery-material and commodity: transactions, from commercial agreement and order creation through physical movement, inventory recording, invoicing, settlement, and closeout.
  • Translate sourcing, sales, recycling, and trading agreements into clear: operational requirements for internal teams.
  • Coordinate the execution of material purchases, sales, internal transfers,: and other commodity movements involving materials produced by Redwood or strategically procured from external partners.
  • Ensure commercial terms are accurately reflected in purchase orders, sales: orders, contracts, shipment instructions, inventory records, invoices, and internal systems.