Cell Therapy Supply Chain Manager
Kyverna Therapeutics
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Emeryville • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $90,000 - $115,000 per year
About the role
- Maintain relationships with suppliers including but not limited to transportation providers, specialty couriers, and customs brokers to generate proposals, manage change notifications, and ensure timely delivery.
- Plan and execute high touch patient material shipments (in LN2 solutions) based on cross functional schedule to/from clinical or commercial sites with couriers.
- Monitor shipments in real time and proactively identify, escalate, and resolve delays, excursions, or logistical risks to protect patient schedules.
- Serve as a central communication hub for real-time logistics updates, ensuring stakeholders receive timely and accurate information.
- Collaborate closely with Patient Operations, Manufacturing, Technical Development, Supply Planning, Quality, and CDMO partners to plan and align logistics with patient treatment timelines and study requirements.
- Provide on-call support and troubleshooting during active transports to address urgent or non-routine issues.
- Develop and implement logistics strategies to ensure global supply availability.
- Develop and implement material management strategies to ensure inventory of critical raw materials is available at all times, with mitigations in place for waste reduction.
- Partner with Supply Chain Planning, program leads, CMC, development teams, and suppliers to generate proposals, place purchase requisitions, and track material procurement.
- Maintain accurate records to support audit readiness and quality requirements.
- Identify continuous improvement initiatives to optimize Kyverna’s supply chain and implement accordingly with guidance from supply chain leadership.
- Review courier invoices, support budget tracking, and manage supplier performance monitoring and optimization initiatives.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Life Sciences, Operations, or related field; Master’s in Supply Chain or MBA is a plus.
- Minimum of 6 years experience in materials management, supply chain logistics, and/or other related areas within the biotech or pharma industry; Cell & Gene Therapy experience is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience in managing logistics for time-critical and temperature-sensitive products is required
- Experience supporting autologous cell therapy logistics or patient-specific therapies strongly preferred.
- Ability to work with multiple digital systems for procurement, inventory management, order scheduling/monitoring, and updating/tracking data.
- Ability to manage end-to-end logistics across multiple stakeholders and vendors.
- Advanced problem-solving abilities and exceptional attention to detail.
- Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills including presentations.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced small company environment with minimal direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities.
- Ability to balance urgency, quality, compliance, and risk in decision-making.
- Knowledge of CFR 21, FDA regulations, and cGMP requirements for cellular therapies preferred.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Participation in the company’s stock plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
materials managementsupply chain logisticslogistics strategiesinventory managementprocurementbudget trackingcontinuous improvementproblem-solvingdata tracking
Soft Skills
organizational skillsmulti-taskingprioritizationinterpersonal skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationpresentation skillsattention to detailadaptabilitydecision-making
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain ManagementBachelor’s degree in Business AdministrationBachelor’s degree in Life SciencesBachelor’s degree in OperationsMaster’s in Supply ChainMBA