Supplier Account Management IV - Rare Earths

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Austin,TX, Santa Clara,CAYou’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more. At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees.

We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits. Position Summary The Supplier Account Manager IV for Rare Earths is responsible for developing and executing short-term and long-term sourcing, supplier, contracting, and risk-management strategies across rare-earth materials and related applications, including permanent magnets, electric motors, coatings, and other advanced material systems.

This role requires a strong combination of technical knowledge, commercial judgment, and contracting experience to build a resilient, competitive, and scalable global supply base. The position works cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Operations, Legal, Finance, and business stakeholders to translate product and technology requirements into actionable supplier and commercial strategies.

Key Responsibilities Develop and execute near-term and long-range category strategies for rare-earth materials, permanent magnets, motors, coatings, and related technologies, supported by a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end rare-earth supply chain—from raw-material extraction, separation, refining, and alloying through component manufacturing and finished products.

Assess global supply markets, capacity, cost drivers, geopolitical exposure, trade constraints, and supply-chain vulnerabilities; translate findings into sourcing and risk-mitigation plans.

Identify, qualify, develop, and manage strategic suppliers across mining, separation, refining, alloying, magnet production, component manufacturing, and recycling value chains.

Lead complex commercial negotiations and contracts, including pricing frameworks, supply commitments, capacity reservations, intellectual property, quality, liability, continuity, and performance provisions.

Build should-cost, total-cost-of-ownership, scenario, and business-case analyses to support supplier selection and executive decisions.

Partner with technical teams to define specifications, qualification requirements, product road maps, and supplier-development priorities.

Establish supplier performance metrics and lead business reviews, corrective actions, capacity planning, and continuous-improvement initiatives.

Develop dual-source, localization, inventory, recycling, and alternative-material strategies to improve resilience and reduce concentration risk.

Coordinate cross-functional sourcing decisions and provide clear recommendations, risks, trade-offs, and approval requests to senior leadership.

Maintain market intelligence on technology, pricing, regulation, sustainability, and emerging suppliers within the rare-earth…