Supply Chain Manager

About Us
You rarely get the chance to change an entire industry. But that's the position we find ourselves in. Join us, and you’ll unleash scientists, accelerate their research and help get cures to patients sooner.

We’ve developed machines to fully automate human cell production - the most manual process in Biotech. Cells are used to discover and develop new drugs, and now they're being used to treat cancer too. Mytos will impact cure development across the board.

We're live in multibillion dollar biotechs on both coasts of the US, and just raised $19m to expand into the market faster, and accelerate our development!

We’ve assembled a world-class team to take on this challenge, with ex-Dyson engineers and Nature-published scientists working hand-in-hand. You can learn more about your potential Mytos teammates here: Team

Mytos is backed by Y Combinator, the most successful startup program in the world which produced companies such as AirBnb, Dropbox, and Ginkgo Bioworks.

We believe that as a supply chain manager, you’d be hard pressed to find a more interesting and impactful problem to work on. We'd love to hear from you if you think you would enjoy:

- Building a supply chain that gives Mytos the ability to deliver accessible cures to patients. This includes lower COGS, shorter lead times, resilient supply, and a supplier base ready for GMP regulatory scrutiny.

- Working across two tech stacks: electromechanical automation systems with custom robotics, and sterile fluidic plastic consumables made to GMP standards. You'll own the supply chain for both.

- A foundational, hands-on role setting strategy: who we buy from, what we pay, and how we plan for scale. This can span from negotiating a volume deal with a contract manufacturer to keeping on top of incoming orders to catch manufacturer delays early.

You'll report to our Hardware Lead and work closely with manufacturing, biology, engineering, operations, quality and finance.

What you'll be doing

- Own purchasing, invoicing and inventory end to end, from requisition and PO through to goods-in and invoice resolution.

- Find creative ways to remove unnecessary COGS through sourcing, negotiation, competitive tendering and make-vs-buy decisions.

- Qualify alternative suppliers and remove single-source risk on critical components.

- Own our consumables supply chain and contract manufacturer relationship through GMP validation and into scaled production. This includes working with our engineering team on COCs, NCs and change notifications.

- Build on our ERP/MRP system and set up demand planning. Run supply and demand reviews with manufacturing, our in house teams, finance and sales, so we never run out.

- Negotiate pricing, payment terms, lead times and Ts & Cs that protect our cash flow and our IP.

- Write clear decision documents and win buy-in from finance and leadership on major purchases.

What you'll need

- 5 to 8+ years in procurement or supply chain, ideally in hardware, medtech or another regulated manufacturing setting.

- A track record of building or scaling a supply chain function.

- Cost-down programmes you've led and delivered

- Hands-on experience qualifying and auditing suppliers and setting up quality agreements.

- Experience with ERP/MRP systems.

- A strong grasp of manufacturing economics: BOM cost, unit-cost modelling and how sourcing choices affect COGS.

- Experience with demand planning and inventory strategy across best and worst case scenarios.

- The ability to influence decisions across manufacturing, finance and R&D, to control our supply chain risks

- A self-starter who is as comfortable on the build floor as at the negotiating table.

Nice to have

- Startup experience.

- GMP or regulated supply chain experience, including COCs, NCs, approved supplier lists and change notifications.

- Experience managing a contract manufacturer, or in-house production.

- Experience building a supplier risk framework and contingency plans for supply disruption.

- Awareness of export controls and shipping hardware internationally.

Salary and Benefits:

- Competitive salary with stock options

- Lunch covered daily

- Collaborative team environment with very high potential to learn new skills

- 24 days holiday (excluding bank holidays)

- Pension

- Awesome colleagues and an office in the Imperial College Innovation hub in White City, where you’ll be based.

- Because of the hands on aspect of this role, we are unable to support remote-first working and potential colleagues must be happy to work from our site.

We’re building a team that enjoys moving fast and not killing cells, strives for continuous improvement through learning from mistakes and is passionate about work that contributes to solving real world problems.

We get excited about meeting potential colleagues from broad scientific/engineering backgrounds and who share our enthusiasm for unconstrained innovation and understanding our users.