Senior Supply Chain Manager
About Alveo
Alveo is leading a transformation and evolution in global pathogen detection and diagnostics with a proprietary platform that changes the way all manner of pathogens and infectious diseases are detected and managed. The company’s globally patented pathogen identification and diagnostic platform uses cutting-edge molecular testing and cloud-based data analytics to rapidly identify and diagnose a broad range of pathogens in people, animals, crops, and environmental systems. Alveo’s agile and dynamic diagnostic platform can be adapted to detect a wide range of fungal, bacterial, and viral pathogens that threaten people, animals, food supplies, and water, which impact public health. Access to highly accurate, real-time, geo-located pathogen identification at the Point-of-Need (PoN) is transforming the way the world identifies, communicates, and addresses everything from livestock health and global pandemics, to crop yields and water quality. Alveo empowers the world to Know Sooner, Act Faster.
About the Role
Alveo is seeking a hands-on Supply Chain Manager to help build, stabilize, and scale the supply chain foundation for a growing regulated diagnostics manufacturing environment.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys both strategy and execution. You will own critical supply chain activities across planning, procurement, supplier management, inventory, and New Product Introduction (NPI) support. Working closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and other cross-functional teams, you will ensure the business has the materials, supplier readiness, planning discipline, and cost visibility needed to support current operations and future growth.
This is a highly visible role reporting to the VP of Operations. The successful candidate will thrive in a growth-stage environment where systems, processes, and organizational structures are still evolving. Success requires the ability to work cross-functionally, create alignment amid competing priorities, and build scalable solutions without waiting for perfect structure. The environment is fast-moving and occasionally ambiguous, requiring a leader who can bring order, make decisions with incomplete information, and maintain momentum through change.
What You’ll Own
In this role, you will be responsible for strengthening supply chain execution across production, development, and NPI activities.
You will:
- Own day-to-day supply chain execution, including purchasing, planning, sourcing, supplier coordination, and inventory management.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and other operational teams to align material availability, production needs, and business priorities.
- Support New Product Introduction by coordinating prototype sourcing, supplier readiness, BOM transitions, and handoffs from development into manufacturing.
- Manage production planning and material readiness for activities such as formulations, cartridge manufacturing, packout, and related workflows.
- Prioritize production and development needs based on revenue targets, project timelines, materials, labor, equipment availability, quality requirements, and cost considerations.
- Develop and improve supply chain processes that support scalability, operational reliability, inventory discipline, and cost management.
- Execute procurement activities, including supplier identification, RFQs, supplier selection, purchase orders, contract support, and negotiation.
- Manage domestic and offshore suppliers, including suppliers and contract manufacturing partners in regions such as the EU and Asia.
- Support sourcing strategies for critical materials, including hardware, plastics, packaging, reagents, enzymes, and other sensitive materials.
- Partner with Quality and Engineering on supplier qualification, documentation, change control, and compliance requirements.
- Maintain ERP discipline and data accuracy related to item masters, BOMs, purchasing, inventory transactions, and planning inputs.
- Develop safety stock and material planning strategies that balance production continuity, shelf life, inventory carrying costs, and cash flow.
- Support second-source strategies for critical materials to reduce supply risk and improve cost, quality, and continuity.
- Provide forward-looking visibility into material risks, inventory needs, backorders, supplier issues, and production constraints.
- Establish and maintain supplier performance management practices, including scorecards, performance reviews, issue tracking, and corrective action follow-up.
- Own supply chain cost performance, including material costs, supplier pricing, inventory carrying costs, logistics expenses, and overall total cost of ownership (TCO).
- Partner with Finance and Operations leadership to develop cost reduction initiatives, monitor supply chain spend, and improve working capital efficiency.
- Evaluate sourcing, inventory, supplier, and manufacturing decisions through a total cost of ownership lens, balancing cost, quality, service, risk, and scalability.
What Success Looks Like
In the first 6–12 months, success in this role may include:
- Improved visibility into material availability, supplier risks, and production constraints.
- Stronger planning discipline across purchasing, inventory, and production support.
- Cleaner ERP data and more reliable BOM, purchasing, and inventory information.
- Better cross-functional alignment between Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Finance.
- Clearer supplier ownership, performance expectations, and follow-up.
- Reduced supply risk through improved forecasting, safety stock planning, and second-source activity.
- A stronger NPI-to-production handoff process.
- Improved total cost of ownership across key materials and suppliers through strategic sourcing, inventory optimization, and supplier performance improvements.
- Stronger cross-functional execution despite evolving systems, processes, and organizational priorities.
What We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who can operate independently, build structure where it does not yet exist, and balance tactical execution with strategic thinking.
Your background should include:
- 7+ years of progressive supply chain experience in manufacturing, operations, procurement, planning, or related functions.
- Experience in a regulated or high-quality manufacturing environment, such as diagnostics, medical devices, life sciences, biotech, aerospace, or similar industries.
- Strong understanding of purchasing, planning, inventory management, supplier management, costed BOMs, supply chain KPIs, and total cost of ownership principles.
- Hands-on experience working in an ERP system, with accountability for data accuracy and process discipline.
- Experience working cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and other operational teams.
- Ability to manage both strategic priorities and daily execution in a fast-moving environment.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to work with technical documentation, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently, set priorities, resolve tradeoffs, and drive follow-through with limited structure.
- Experience operating successfully in a startup, scale-up, or other high-growth environment where systems and processes were still being developed.
Preferred Experience
The following experience is helpful, but not required for every qualified candidate:
- NetSuite experience.
- Experience with GMP, ISO, or other regulated quality environments.
- Experience sourcing or managing wet, chemical, biological, or shelf-life-sensitive materials.
- Experience with supplier qualification, validation, documentation, or change control.
- Experience managing contract manufacturers or offshore suppliers.
- Experience supporting New Product Introduction or development-to-production transitions.
- Experience implementing dual-source or second-source strategies.
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, business, or a related field. Equivalent experience will also be considered.
Why Join Alveo
This is an opportunity to have a meaningful impact in a growing diagnostics company. You will help shape the systems, supplier relationships, planning structure, and supply chain discipline needed to support Alveo’s next stage of growth.
The right person will have the opportunity to build lasting infrastructure, influence cross-functional execution, drive cost and supply chain optimization, and play a key role in supporting products that can improve how pathogens are detected and managed across global health, agriculture, food safety, and environmental systems.
$140,000 - $165,000 a year
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