Inventory Control Manager

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.

Purpose

The Inventory Control Manager is responsible for the governance of inventory transactions, operational data, inventory master data, and inventory verification processes. This role establishes and maintains the operational controls that ensure inventory records accurately reflect physical activity, operational data is reliable, and inventory processes scale with the business. Working closely with Supply Chain (Warehouse, Procurement, Planning), Production, Program Management, and IT teams- this position strengthens inventory accuracy, data integrity, and audit readiness by ensuring the operational foundation supporting inventory valuation is complete, timely, and well controlled.

Inventory Transaction Governance

• Validate that inventory transactions accurately reflect physical activity, are recorded in the appropriate period, and comply with established transaction governance.

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve Inventory Transaction Governance documentation to support evolving business processes and standardized transaction practices.

• Investigate transaction discrepancies, identify root causes, and partner with operational teams to implement sustainable corrective actions.

Operational Data Integrity

• Validate the completeness and accuracy of operational data, including production activity, materials disposition, inventory movements, and labor or machine hours where applicable.

• Monitor the quality of operational data that downstream inventory reporting and valuation processes depend upon.

• Identify data gaps, control failures, and process breakdowns before they impact inventory accuracy.

Inventory Master Data Governance

• Drive accuracy and completeness of inventory master data, including required inventory attributes and costing definitions.

• Partner with Engineering, Procurement, and Operations to ensure new items are established under the correct definitions with complete and accurate and information before release.

• Maintain the item master as a foundational control by identifying and remediating incomplete, duplicate, or outdated records to support accurate downstream inventory transactions.

Cycle Counts & Physical Inventory

• Drive quarterly cycle count execution, reconciliation, documentation, approvals, and the annual physical inventory.

• Define count cadence, ownership, investigation requirements, and variance thresholds.

• Ensure count variances are investigated, resolved, documented, and incorporated into process improvements.

Process Controls & Continuous Improvement

• Develop and maintain documented inventory control procedures, governance, and operating standards.

• Develop and maintain inventory control KPIs and scorecards to monitor data quality, control effectiveness, transaction accuracy, and inventory performance.

• Identify recurring control failures involving item setup, inventory transactions, or operational data, and implement sustainable corrective actions.

• Partner cross-functionally to establish effective controls for new programs, inventory categories, and operational changes while strengthening inventory