Strategic Materials Sourcing Lead — Equity & Impact

Hardware FYI; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited 3D printing

Equity program

Healthcare coverage

401K matching

Parental leave

Flexible time off

Sabbatical

Free on-site parking

Free on-site lunch

Job summary

Formlabs in Boston is seeking a commercially minded Materials Sourcing Lead to own the powder supply base. You’ll manage contract manufacturers, negotiate agreements, and balance cost, capacity, and risk as the business scales.

You will shape long-term sourcing strategy, drive cost-reduction targets, and ensure supply resilience across the powder value chain. Strong analytics and senior-level negotiation are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, or supplier management.
• Proven track record managing contract manufacturers or strategic suppliers with measurable results.
• Experience building business cases and financial models for sourcing, make-versus-buy, or investment decisions.
• Strong analytical skills: advanced Excel/Sheets; SQL, Python, or Tableau a plus.
• Enough technical fluency to engage credibly with supplier engineers and R&D teams.
• Confident communicator and negotiator with external partners and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own relationships with powder contract manufacturers and key suppliers as the primary commercial contact.
• Run quarterly business reviews with scorecards for quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and responsiveness.
• Manage volume allocation across contract manufacturers to balance cost, capacity, and supply risk.
• Partner with Quality to resolve supplier quality issues and ensure corrective actions.
• Own supplier qualification and onboarding for new contract manufacturers and maintain the Approved Supplier List.
• Lead negotiations for supply agreements including pricing, volume, capacity, lead times, and terms.
• Build total-cost and should-cost models to understand cost drivers for negotiations.
• Drive annual cost reduction targets and report savings to leadership.
• Evaluate make-versus-buy opportunities and develop multi-year sourcing strategies.
• Maintain live supply risk tracker and surface emerging risks with mitigation plans.
• Identify and source new materials and partners for product portfolio expansion.
• Build dashboards tracking powder COGS and lead process improvements for scalability.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Procurement

Contract management

Negotiation

Supplier management

Financial modeling

Excel

SQL

Python

Tableau

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Supply Chain/Business

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Formlabs in Boston is seeking a commercially minded Materials Sourcing Lead to own the powder supply base. You’ll manage contract manufacturers, negotiate agreements, and balance cost, capacity, and risk as the business scales.

You will shape long-term sourcing strategy, drive cost-reduction targets, and ensure supply resilience across the powder value chain. Strong analytics and senior-level negotiation are required.