Divergent is building the new industrial age. Every day, our teams design, manufacture, and assemble advanced systems for some of the world’s most demanding industries. Our integrated engineering and manufacturing platform transforms complex designs into production-ready solutions, helping customers move faster, build smarter, and deliver critical systems when they matter most. Divergent is a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs and supports leading U.S. aerospace and defense companies.
Join us and help push the boundaries of what can be built.
The Lead Global Supply Manager – IT & Indirect Procurement is responsible for sourcing and supplier management across Divergent’s IT spend, including software, SaaS, cloud services, cybersecurity, hardware, infrastructure, telecommunications, and IT services. IT is the primary focus, with additional indirect categories assigned based on business priorities.
This is an individual contributor role for someone who can manage their work independently, build relationships with internal teams, and carry sourcing projects through to completion. We are looking for strong IT procurement experience, sound commercial judgment, and the flexibility to take on work in other indirect categories as needs change.
The RoleIT Sourcing and Supplier Management
- Work with IT leadership to plan sourcing activities around technology needs, upcoming projects, and budgets.
- Manage IT sourcing projects from defining requirements and evaluating suppliers through negotiation, contract execution, and renewal.
- Lead commercial negotiations for software, subscriptions, cloud services, and IT services. Work with Legal and the requesting team to finalize agreements, statements of work, and service levels.
- Review supplier pricing, licensing options, usage, and bundled offerings to ensure purchases meet business needs. Address renewal increases, license true-ups, payment terms, implementation costs, and deliverables during negotiations.
- Identify opportunities to reduce costs, eliminate unused licenses, and consolidate suppliers. Manage supplier performance and resolve pricing, service, and contract issues.
Other Indirect Categories and Business Support
- Take responsibility for sourcing projects in other indirect categories as assigned, including professional services, HR, Finance, Legal, Marketing, Facilities, and Travel.
- Help requestors develop clear scopes of work, deliverables, schedules, and pricing requirements. Work with subject matter experts when sourcing a new or unfamiliar category.
- Work with IT, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Information Security, and other teams to evaluate suppliers and address technical, budget, security, and compliance requirements.
- Coordinate supplier reviews and approvals, and present sourcing recommendations with clear pricing comparisons and commercial considerations.
Procurement Execution
- Manage assigned sourcing projects, purchasing requests, and renewals independently. Keep work moving and follow through on commitments.
- Track upcoming renewals and contract notice deadlines. Keep Procurement leadership informed of progress, competing priorities, and issues that need a decision.
- Coordinate supplier onboarding, contract reviews, approvals, and purchase orders in accordance with company policies and approval authority.
- Maintain accurate supplier, contract, project, and savings records. Help improve procurement processes, reporting, and renewal tracking.
- Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, indirect procurement, or category management, with a strong background in IT procurement.
- Experience independently managing complex IT sourcing projects and negotiating multi-year enterprise software, SaaS, and technology agreements.
- Experience sourcing indirect categories beyond IT.
- Strong negotiation and analytical skills, including evaluating pricing and total cost of ownership. Ability to communicate clearly and work effectively with internal teams and suppliers.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and renewals, adjust to changing priorities, and complete work with limited supervision.
- Experience using ERP, procurement, or contract management systems.
- Experience sourcing cloud services, cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, telecommunications, or IT professional services, and working with technology providers, resellers, and implementation partners.
- Experience reviewing software usage and managing licenses and renewals using software asset management tools.
- Experience in a growing technology, manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, or defense company, including supplier security and compliance reviews.
- Experience sourcing internationally and managing global suppliers.
- This position is based onsite in our Torrance, CA office.
- Occasional domestic and international travel may be required to support supplier development, sourcing activities, and manufacturing readiness.
At Divergent, our pay range is based on the level of the job. For this role, we will consider candidates at level S06 as evaluated through our interview process.
- S06 / Lead Global Supply Manager: $126,160 - $173,470
What We Offer:
- Holistic Compensation Package: Enjoy a world-class compensation package that includes a competitive salary, equity plan, and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities, ensuring you're truly valued for your contributions.
- Wellness and Time Off: Embrace a healthy lifestyle with paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays, including a year-end shutdown to recharge. We support growing families with paid parental leave, recognizing the importance of bonding time.
- Comprehensive Health and Wellness: Prioritize your well-being with our comprehensive health and wellness benefits, offering both HMO and Premium PPO options. Additionally, benefit from company-sponsored life insurance and short and long-term disability coverage for peace of mind.
- Investment in Growth: We're committed to your professional development. Take advantage of reimbursement opportunities for learning and development initiatives, empowering you to continuously expand your skill set and reach peak performance.
- Collaborative and High-Performing Environment: Join our collaborative, dynamic, and high-performing team within a fast-paced, mission-driven company. Together, we're disrupting the traditional manufacturing industry, fostering innovation, and integrating people and technology to reduce our footprint.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Divergent is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected characteristic. Divergent provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.
EEO Poster
In order to adjust to changes in our business, it may become necessary to add, remove or modify certain duties and responsibilities, or to reassign you to another job position. From time to time you may be asked to work on special projects or to assist with other work. Your cooperation and assistance in performing such additional work is expected.
E-Verify: Right to Work
Our company participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is a program that electronically confirms a candidate’s eligibility to work in the United States after completing the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9). The information provided on the Form I-9 is compared to the records contained in the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) databases. This helps employers verify the identity and employment eligibility of newly hired employees.
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Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Skills Required
- Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or related technical discipline
- 7+ years strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, or supply chain experience in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, robotics, industrial automation, semiconductor, or similar hardware industries
- Demonstrated success developing sourcing strategies that support rapidly scaling manufacturing organizations
- Experience sourcing technically sophisticated manufacturing equipment, industrial automation systems, production technologies, or capital equipment
- Experience developing category strategies, supplier segmentation, and long-term supplier partnerships
- Strong commercial negotiation experience involving multimillion-dollar capital investments and complex commercial contracts
- Strong analytical capabilities including should-cost modeling, total cost of ownership analysis, and supplier performance measurement
- Experience utilizing ERP, PLM, and procurement systems (e.g., SAP, NetSuite, Arena, Windchill)
- MBA or advanced technical degree
- Experience supporting greenfield or brownfield manufacturing expansion projects
- Familiarity with additive manufacturing, robotics, CNC machining, industrial automation, laser systems, metrology, or advanced manufacturing technologies
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, bills of materials, technical specifications, and manufacturing processes
- Experience operating within AS9100, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or similarly regulated manufacturing environments
- International sourcing experience and global supplier management
- Experience leading supplier development initiatives and executive-level supplier relationships
Divergent Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Divergent and has not been reviewed or approved by Divergent.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive to strong for many engineering and leadership roles, with market-competitive to above‑market ranges cited in postings. Feedback suggests cash compensation is often a relative strength versus other facets.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as comprehensive and very good, with HMO/PPO options plus company-paid life and disability coverage. Feedback highlights peace of mind from medical coverage as part of total compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, a year‑end shutdown, and paid parental leave are repeatedly listed. Feedback suggests this time‑off setup is solid for a hardware/advanced manufacturing context.
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What We Do
Divergent aims to revolutionize the auto industry through 3D printing. Our patented production system incorporates Nodes - 3D printed metal connectors - with lightweight materials to create strong and efficient complex structures. Divergent 3D's technology eliminates tooling and drives radical innovation, capital reduction, and sustainability in vehicle manufacturing. We put a powerful new set of tools into the hands of creative innovators, enabling success in the auto industry for a new generation. Our engineering prototype, Blade, is the world's first 3D printed supercar. We're hiring! Please apply directly to the job posting or email directly: [email protected]
