Lead Global Supply Manager – Capital Projects & Equipment

Location: Onsite in Torrance, California, United States. Occasional domestic and international travel of approximately 10–25% may be required.

Salary: $126,160–$173,470 USD annually.

Company

Divergent develops the Divergent Adaptive Production System, an end-to-end manufacturing platform using machine learning, additive manufacturing, and flexible assembly for complex vehicle structures and subsystems.

What you will do

• Develop multi-year category strategies, supplier roadmaps, and sourcing plans for capital equipment and indirect procurement categories.
• Lead sourcing for advanced manufacturing equipment, facility expansion, automation, robotics, metrology, motion systems, and industrial controls.
• Manage end-to-end sourcing, including market analysis, RFx development, supplier evaluation, should-cost analysis, total cost of ownership modeling, negotiations, and recommendations.
• Build strategic supplier relationships and lead supplier performance reviews, corrective actions, capacity planning, and value engineering.
• Negotiate complex agreements covering pricing, payment terms, tooling ownership, intellectual property, warranties, services, capacity reservations, and long-term supply.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Facilities, Finance, Legal, Quality, and Program Management to support capital planning, facility expansion, production readiness, and schedule risk mitigation.

Requirements

• Must be able to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, or supply chain experience in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, robotics, industrial automation, semiconductor, or similar complex hardware industries.
• Experience sourcing technically sophisticated manufacturing equipment, industrial automation systems, production technologies, or capital equipment.
• Strong experience with multimillion-dollar capital investment negotiations, complex commercial contracts, should-cost modeling, total cost of ownership analysis, and supplier performance measurement.
• Experience using ERP, PLM, and procurement systems such as SAP, NetSuite, Arena, or Windchill.

Nice to have

• MBA or advanced technical degree.
• Experience with greenfield or brownfield manufacturing expansion projects.
• Familiarity with additive manufacturing, robotics, CNC machining, industrial automation, laser systems, metrology, or other advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings, bills of materials, technical specifications, and manufacturing processes.
• International sourcing, supplier development, executive-level supplier relationship management, or experience in AS9100, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or similar regulated environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary, equity plan, and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities.
• Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, year-end shutdown, and paid parental leave.
• HMO and Premium PPO health plans, company-sponsored life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Learning and development reimbursement opportunities.
• Collaborative, dynamic, high-performing, and mission-driven manufacturing environment focused on innovation and reducing environmental footprint.