Divergent

Contract Planner (Manufacturing)

In short

This on-site role in Long Beach or Torrance, California builds and maintains integrated program schedules for multi-material, multi-factory manufacturing programs at a company serving automotive, aerospace, and defense customers. The work centers on milestone planning, inter-factory logistics, critical-path management, and developing repeatable planning standards aimed at 99% on-time delivery. It demands progressive planning/operations/supply-chain experience, schedule-building skills across multiple production sites, and eligibility to work in the US under export control requirements.

Location
On-site in Long Beach or Torrance, California, United States, with periodic travel to other company sites and supplier or logistics partner locations.
Salary
$94,610–$150,210 USD annually, depending on level.
Company
Divergent develops integrated engineering and manufacturing systems for automotive, aerospace, and defense customers.
What you will do
•Develop and maintain integrated program schedules from proposal through part release and delivery.
•Track progress, identify schedule variances, and coordinate corrective actions with engineering and program teams.
•Build multi-material plans that account for lead times, qualification paths, process maturity, and critical constraints.
•Develop planning processes for programs spanning multiple factories, including capacity, tooling, material allocation, and schedule synchronization.
•Plan inter-factory logistics, material and sub-assembly movement, customs lead times, packaging, inventory buffers, and site hand-offs.
•Support S&OP activities, reporting tools, process improvements, and documented planning standards aimed at 99% on-time delivery.
Requirements
•Must be able to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
•Progressive experience in planning, operations, manufacturing, supply chain management, or consulting.
•Experience creating and maintaining schedules with milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
•Experience coordinating work across multiple production sites, processes, or material systems, including material movement.
•Proficiency with Microsoft Office and strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
•Must work on-site in the United States and be eligible to work there.
Nice to have
•Experience in a startup, consulting, or high-growth manufacturing environment.
•Experience with multi-site manufacturing programs, inter-site logistics, transit and customs lead times, and buffer strategy.
•Experience with multiple manufacturing process families such as additive, casting, machining, composites, extrusion, or joining.
•Experience implementing planning or supply-chain processes and work instructions.
•Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Primavera, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or advanced Excel.
Culture & Benefits
•Fast-paced, collaborative, cross-functional environment with regular exposure to an active manufacturing floor.
•Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, and a year-end shutdown.
•Paid parental leave and comprehensive HMO or Premium PPO health coverage.
•Company-sponsored life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
•Equity plan, discretionary incentive opportunities, and reimbursement for learning and development.

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