Senior Global Supply Manager - Critical MineralsPosted today$150K

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What you'll do

• Own the commodity strategy for Germanium, with explicit focus on supply chain: resilience, geopolitical risk mitigation (concentration in mining and refinement).

• Identify and mitigate risks in the supply chain, ensuring resilience and reliability.

• Maintain expert-level market intelligence and deliver regular updates on: pricing, disruptions, and geopolitical signals.

• Conduct market research and stay ahead of industry trends to inform strategic decisions.

• Host cross-functional tag-ups, lead strategy reviews, and conduct executive: briefings on market conditions and mitigation plans.

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that align with program goals for cost, quality, and delivery.

What they're looking for

• Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP processes across miners, refiners, processors, and component suppliers.
• Lead supplier negotiations on a first principles basis to secure: best-in-class terms; perform should-cost and TCO analysis and maintain cost models to deliver on competitiveness targets.
• 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 Corporate Development and Finance.