Location: On-site in Torrance, California, United States; relocation to Divergent's Long Beach facility is anticipated in 2027. Occasional domestic and international travel of approximately 10–25% may be required.
Salary: $109,240–$173,470 USD annually. S05 Senior Global Supply Manager: $109,240–$150,210; S06 Lead Global Supply Manager: $126,160–$173,470.
Company
Divergent develops integrated engineering and manufacturing solutions for demanding automotive, aerospace, and defense applications.
What you will do
•Manage sourcing and procurement for customer programs from development and low-rate initial production through full-rate production.
•Translate BOMs, build schedules, and demand into procurement plans; manage engineering changes, shortages, part readiness, and recovery plans.
•Lead sourcing for outside and special processes, machined parts, fabrications, castings, purchased components, tooling, fixtures, and consumables.
•Assess supplier capacity, tooling, staffing, process capability, and rate readiness; develop alternate sources, capacity reservations, and buffer strategies.
•Manage supplier performance, outside-process material flow, qualification, corrective actions, and long-term capacity relationships.
•Lead cost analysis, commercial negotiations, supplier agreements, cost-reduction initiatives, and cross-functional supply-risk decisions.
Requirements
•Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
•Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related technical field.
•5+ years of sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or supply chain experience in program-driven manufacturing, including aerospace, defense, automotive, or similarly complex hardware industries.
•Experience supporting production programs through changing BOMs, schedules, and demand, including shortage management and supply recovery.
•Experience managing outside processes such as machining, heat treatment, finishing, coatings, NDT, or other special processes.
•Experience preparing suppliers for production ramps through capacity planning, supplier qualification, and alternate-source development.
•Ability to build practical tools and workflows where systems and processes are still developing.
•Strong commercial negotiation, supplier-agreement, lead-time, and commercial-risk management skills.
•Experience with ERP/MRP, PLM, and procurement systems such as SAP, NetSuite, Arena, or Windchill, plus advanced Excel and supply KPI analysis.
Nice to have
•MBA or advanced technical degree.
•Experience supporting aerospace, defense, or automotive programs from LRIP through full-rate production.
•Experience with Nadcap-accredited processes, AS9102 First Article Inspection, or PPAP.
•Familiarity with additive manufacturing, CNC machining, castings, or other advanced manufacturing processes.
•Ability to interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, BOMs, specifications, and process routings.
•Experience in AS9100, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or similarly regulated environments.
•Experience with customer flow-down requirements, DFARS/ITAR, international sourcing, global supplier management, and senior-level supplier relationships.
Culture & Benefits
•Regular full-time employment in a collaborative, dynamic, high-performing, mission-driven manufacturing environment.
•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.
