Buyer

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Redwood City, CA
75K-95K Annually
3-5 Years Experience
Biotech
The Role
The Buyer is responsible for managing purchasing activities from requisition to delivery, ensuring commodities are acquired at competitive costs and quality. This role involves supplier management, cost savings reporting, contract negotiations, and maintaining data integrity for purchasing and ERP systems, all while working across various departments to support company operations.
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We are looking for a skilled Buyer who can bring his/her purchasing experience and expertise to ensure assigned commodities are purchased at competitive costs, acceptable quality, and delivered in a timely manner. Having previous Genome Engineering/Biotech purchasing experience is preferred. This role is responsible for all activities pertaining to the purchase of these assigned commodities to support Synthego’s day-to-day operations and growth.

What You'll Do:

  • Manage all aspects of purchases from requisition to delivery including but not limited to issuing/maintaining purchase orders, monitoring deliveries, and reconciling invoicing/delivery issues
  • Drive suppliers to deliver on time to prevent supply interruptions
  • Actively identify, drive, and report cost savings
  • Contribute to the overall cost savings goals
  • Develop and maintain supplier relationships, acting as an interface between suppliers and internal stakeholders
  • Develop and qualify multiple sources/alternative parts for applicable commodities
  • Drive contract negotiations and closure with applicable suppliers
  • Maintain Purchasing and ERP’s data integrity (e.g., close purchase orders, update pricing, etc.)
  • Contribute to system/process improvements
  • Other tasks/projects as assigned

About You:

  • Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience in Procurement/Sourcing
  • Ability to effectively manage day to day purchasing activities with attention to details, able to prioritize conflicting tasks, and deliver according to schedules
  • Ability to analyze data, summarize findings, and present proposals
  • Ability to build and maintain productive relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and make adjustments as needed
  • MUST have NetSuite experience, and having experience with Clear Spider/Quartzy is a PLUS
  • Experience with Microsoft Excel including VLOOKUP and Pivot tables functions
  • Experience supporting multiple departments (Ops, IT, Facilities, Engineering, R&D, Accounting, Marketing, etc.)
  • Self-starter with a positive attitude
  • Strong analytical skills
  • A continuous improvement mindset

Company Perks & Benefits

  • Equity options 
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • 401k Program
  • Catered meals on Tuesday and Thursday
  • Paid parental leave
  • Flexible paid time off

About Us

 

Synthego is a genome engineering company that enables the acceleration of life science research and development in the pursuit of improved human health.


Based on a foundation of engineering and chemistry, Synthego leverages automation and machine learning to synthesize high-quality CRISPR reagents for science at scale. Synthego’s mission is to enable agile life science research and development from discovery through clinical trials by providing scientists with comprehensive CRISPR solutions for each phase coupled with full technical and regulatory support from industry-leading experts.


With its technologies cited in hundreds of peer-reviewed publications and utilized by thousands of commercial and academic researchers and therapeutic drug developers, Synthego is at the forefront of innovation, enabling the next generation of medicines by delivering genome editing at an unprecedented scale.

Top Skills

Clear Spider
Excel
NetSuite
Quartzy
The Company
HQ: Menlo Park, CA
443 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Synthego is a genome engineering company enabling the acceleration of life science research and development in the pursuit of improved human health.

The company leverages machine learning, automation, and gene editing to build platforms for science at scale. By vertically integrating hardware, software, bioinformatics, chemistry, and molecular biology, Synthego is at the forefront of innovation advancing the next generation of medicines through providing access to genome editing at an unprecedented scale.

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Our Culture of Diversity: Different Faces from Different Places

At Synthego, our differences make us unique, help us innovate, and allow us to persevere. We stand firmly behind our values, strive to achieve representation, and celebrate diversity in perspectives and backgrounds. We welcome all team members to be their best selves as we move forward towards fulfilling our shared vision of revolutionizing genome engineering technology to help make biological therapies accessible to all patients.

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