# Materials Sourcing Lead at Formlabs > United States · Staff · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Aformlabs%3A8382840 (read 2026-11-12). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Formlabs](https://alderhq.app/companies/formlabs) - Location text: Somerville, MA; Somerville, Massachusetts - Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Somerville, MA; Somerville, Massachusetts") - Posted: 2026-11-12 (0 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-12 · last verified: 2026-11-12 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://careers.formlabs.com/job/8382840/apply/?gh_jid=8382840 - Skills listed (inferred): Airflow ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: $120k–$170k per year (from the listing's pay field) - Market band for similar posted roles (Boston, n 103): p25 $134k, median $159k, p75 $185k - H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 5, median offered wage $92k ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance)) - Licensed UK sponsor: registered as "Formlabs Inc (UK) Limited" (checked 2026-11-09, [register](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers)) ## Description (the employer's text) ### About Formlabs A 3D printer is one of the most demanding machines you can build. Lasers, optics, precision motion, thermals, airflow, materials handling, chemistry, sensing, controls, and software all have to work at micron-scale precision, for thousands of layers, with almost no tolerance for error. Making that work reliably is an extraordinary engineering problem. That’s what we do. At Formlabs, we’re building 3D printers that are changing the way things get made. We have the smartest minds across every engineering discipline, and the technology they’re building is deployed at more than 50,000 industry leaders worldwide, including Apple, Google, Tesla, New Balance, and NASA. ### Your Impact Our Manufacturing team makes 3D printing materials at scale, and Materials is one of the fastest-growing and most strategically important parts of our product portfolio. Our powders for our SLS printers are produced by a network of contract manufacturers, and we’re increasingly looking at ways to make the supply chain more agile. We’re looking for a commercially minded Materials Sourcing Lead to own our powder supply base. You’ll manage contract manufacturer relationships, negotiate the agreements that govern them, and keep cost, capacity, and risk in balance as the business grows. You’ll also help shape our long-term strategy, including where vertical integration can improve our cost position, supply security, or control over quality. This is a role for someone who has managed suppliers and contracts at a strategic level and wants to influence how a fast-growing materials business is built. ### The Job ### Contract Manufacturer Management - Own relationships with powder contract manufacturers and key suppliers, serving as the primary commercial point of contact. - Run quarterly business reviews with scorecards for quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and responsiveness, and hold partners accountable to their commitments. - Manage volume allocation across contract manufacturers to balance cost, capacity, and supply risk. - Partner with Quality to resolve supplier quality issues and make sure corrective actions are delivered. - Own supplier qualification and onboarding for new contract manufacturers, and maintain the Approved Supplier List. ### Commercial Strategy & Negotiation - Lead negotiations for supply agreements, including pricing, volume commitments, capacity reservations, lead times, payment terms, and continuity provisions. - Build and maintain total-cost and should-cost models to understand cost drivers and support negotiations. - Drive annual cost reduction targets and report savings and commercial performance to leadership. - Manage pricebooks and execute price change workflows in partnership with Finance. ### Vertical Integration & Network Strategy - Evaluate make-versus-buy opportunities across the powder value chain, building business cases that weigh cost, capital investment, risk, and strategic control. - Support execution of vertical integration initiatives, coordinating with Finance, Manufacturing, and R&D, and managing the transition with existing partners. - Develop a multi-year sourcing strategy for powder that supports growth, new product launches, and supply resilience. ### Supply Risk & Continuity - Maintain a live supply risk tracker covering capacity constraints, concentration risk, partner financial health, and geopolitical exposure. - Surface emerging risks proactively and lead mitigation planning, including dual-sourcing, capacity agreements, and inventory strategy. - Monitor market conditions for polymer feedstocks and translate them into commercial recommendations. ### New Materials & NPI - Identify and source new powder materials and partners that expand our product portfolio. - Support NPI by setting cost targets, securing supply, and ensuring contract manufacturer readiness ahead of launch. ### Cost Visibility & Operations - Build and maintain dashboards tracking current and forward-looking powder COGS. - Lead process improvement projects that make sourcing and supplier management more scalable. ### You - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related field. --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). 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