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Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world in order to answer the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our bioengineers make use of an in-house automated foundry for designing and building new organisms.

Ginkgo Introduction

Ginkgo is a public biotech company headquartered in Boston that is redesigning the living world to solve some of the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our mission to “make biology easier to engineer” is poised to disrupt multiple industries by leveraging our innovative data, automation, and scale in biological engineering.

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Ginkgo’s Automation team provides advanced automation platforms and solutions for both internal partner groups and for external customers. Our automation systems empower world-class scalable, reconfigurable, and highly-automated high-throughput R&D and diagnostics laboratories.

Job Description

A new Senior Manager of Logistics and Procurement will work with the Director of Automation/Manufacturing to manage and optimize the supply chain, procurement, and inventory operations for Ginkgo’s Automation team. This individual will be responsible for developing new business processes, maintaining relationships with critical vendors, assisting in the creation of a multi-year purchasing strategy, and ensuring timely delivery and availability of materials, equipment, and services to support the manufacturing and servicing of Ginkgo’s proprietary automation/hardware solutions.

This leader will work collaboratively across engineering, finance, legal, and customer-facing teams to assist the Director of Automation/Manufacturing in building a logistics and procurement function capable of supporting a scaling automation business. The role requires the ability to coach a small team of direct reports and influence cross-functional contributors.

Responsibilities

Assist the Director of Automation/Manufacturing to develop and implement procurement and logistics strategies that enable scalable and cost-effective delivery of automation hardware and instrumentation.
Optimize and manage the end-to-end supply chain, including sourcing, purchasing, shipping/receiving, warehousing, and inventory management.
Manage a small team of procurement, logistics, and inventory specialists, including full-time and contract staff; foster a culture of ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement.
Collaborate with engineering, operations, and commercial teams to forecast material requirements, manage procurement, and troubleshoot supply chain risks.
Collaborate with the Director of Automation/Manufacturing to establish and manage relationships with key suppliers, contractors, and service providers; conduct supplier evaluations, implement vendor scorecards, and drive supplier performance improvement.
Ensure timely delivery of critical materials, equipment, and services
Refine and implement processes for receiving, incoming inspection, inventory control, and asset tracking.
Prepare and manage budgets for procurement, logistics, and inventory, generating regular reports and forecasts for project and operational planning.
Act as the Automation team’s subject matter expert for logistics, procurement, and inventory compliance; coordinate with Finance and Legal functions to ensure relevant standards, regulations, and documentation requirements are met.
Drive and champion continuous process and technology improvements within the Procurement specialty; assess and implement relevant digital procurement and inventory management tools.
Coach and mentor a small team; identify professional growth opportunities; set clear goals and provide ongoing feedback.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, supply chain management, logistics, engineering, operations management, or a related field, or relevant industry experience.
10+ years of experience in procurement, supply chain, and/or logistics management, preferably within hardware, automation, or life sciences environments.
3+ years experience managing a small team of direct reports (including purchasing, supply chain, logistics, or inventory specialists), contract and full-time staff.
Demonstrated success in vendor vetting and supplier management.
Strong process development skills, with expertise in designing and executing procurement and inventory workflows.
Familiarity with relevant regulatory standards as applied to procurement and logistics preferred.
Proficiency with procurement, ERP, and inventory management software/systems (Coupa and Netsuite experience strongly preferred, with system administration experience as a particular plus)
Ability to communicate concise and appropriate messages for relevant audiences (executives, colleagues, vendors, or direct reports).
High attention to detail, with strong prioritization, organization, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving work environment and adapt to changing requirements and priorities.
Experience managing the challenges of running an agile business from within a public company

Closing

We also feel that it’s important to point out the obvious here – there’s a serious lack of diversity in our industry, and that needs to change. Our goal is to help drive that change. Ginkgo is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its practices, especially when it comes to growing our team. Our culture promotes inclusion and embraces how rewarding it is to work with people from all walks of life.

We’re developing a powerful biological engineering platform, so we must remain mindful of the many ways our technology can – and will – impact people around the world. We care about how our platform is used, and having a diverse team to build it gives us the best chance that it’s something we’ll be proud of as it continues to grow. Therefore, it’s critical that we incorporate the diverse voices and visions of all those who play a role in the future of biology.

It is the policy of Ginkgo Bioworks to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants.

Total compensation for this role is market driven, with a starting salary of $131,600 of range +, as well as company stock awards. Base pay is ultimately determined based on a candidate's skills, expertise, and experience. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental & vision coverage, health spending accounts, voluntary benefits, leave of absence policies, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k) program with employer contribution, 8 paid holidays in addition to a full-week winter shutdown and unlimited Paid Time Off policy.

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