Procurement Buyer Co-op/Intern, Lab Sourcing
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.
We are building a resilient, agile, and socially responsible supply chain. Our focus areas are:
- Assurance of Products and Services: Support our Cell Engineering and Concentric teams with the right products/services, at the right quantities, at the right quality, and at the right time.
- Operational excellence: Automate and streamline the processes so we can procure faster, responsibly, and in a compliant way.
- Strategic supplier partnerships: Assist in finding the right suppliers and manage existing supplier relationships to fuel Ginkgo’s growth and innovation.
- Drive productivity cost savings: Enable Ginkgo to reinvest in R&D and support growth.
These focus areas are enabled through structures that leverage the size and scale of Ginkgo, building our talent and capabilities, ensuring efficient and effective systems and processes, and procuring in a responsible and compliant way.
As a Procurement Buyer Co-op/Intern in Lab Sourcing, you will: (1) support R&D procurement teams to ensure delivery of products and services, (2) perform data analytics to support teams in developing a sourcing plan, and (3) work with stakeholders to understand their business requirements and develop sourcing plans. Possible projects include supporting the development of sourcing strategy for various commodities like DNA and enzymes for our scientific teams, and developing cost models for internal manufacturing processes working with internal technical teams.
Please note: The team is open to this role being an internship (May 2023 start, 3 month summer program) or a co-op (January or July 2023 start, 6 month program), with preference for co-op.
The Ginkgo Bioworks Early Talent program is open to students who will return to their degree programs upon completion of their employment at Ginkgo. Candidates must be enrolled in a United States based institution and/or have work authorization in the United States to be eligible to participate.
Responsibilities
- Analyze spend data and provide recommendations to develop sourcing/procurement plans
- Work with technical teams to assess alternate suppliers/products; assist with quality and validation procedures to qualify the products
- Work with internal stakeholders to understand demand and develop demand/forecast plans
- Work with supply chain team to support ordering, replenishment of stockrooms
- Support Procurement teams with NDA, RFQ, RFI and RFP processes
- Support R&D sourcing team to resolve product issues under assigned commodities
Minimum Requirements
- Current enrollment in a bachelor’s degree program
- Current junior at time of application
- Majoring in Biology, Procurement/Supply Chain with double major in Biology or Life Science or extensive coursework in Biology or Life Sciences
- Curious, passionate to build a career in Procurement and Supply chain function
- Strong data analytics skills and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Ability to learn independently and gain expertise
- Ability to build and leverage strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and key suppliers
Preferred Capabilities and Experience
- You are not afraid to challenge the status quo
- You are comfortable working in a fast paced environment and networking with new contacts/building relationships
- Familiarity with laboratory setting and material needs of scientists
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.