Production Planner, GMP

Synthego is enabling genome engineering at scale with a blend of scientific instrumentation, industrial automation, and data science. Our multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers work together to solve complex challenges that cannot be tackled by a single field alone.

We are seeking an experienced and innovative leader to oversee production planning and order fulfillment for our CRISPRevolution Halo Platform. This role will focus on optimizing turnaround times, efficiency, and customer satisfaction, and will be instrumental in establishing world-class planning protocols.

The ideal candidate will have expertise in high-throughput manufacturing planning, lean methodologies, visual management, and 24/7 operational planning. This position requires both strategic leadership skills and a hands-on approach, with the ability to mentor and develop team members.

What You'll Do

• Order Management, Planning and Execution:
• Triage production orders at booking, determine the appropriate workflow, dispatch orders to the production team, and identify necessary materials.
• Manage a broad range of sgRNA orders and plan daily production and shipping goals, ensuring orders are shipped on time, and always before the committed delivery date.
• Prepare and communicate weekly and daily schedules for assigned product lines. Use the master production schedule as a guide and forecast potential shipment delays.
• Monitor and improve demonstrated labor capacity and resource management and utilization
  
  

Customer Communication

• Provide proactive communication about client orders, either directly or through SalesOps, and address customer questions and concerns. Ensure any anticipated delays or timeline changes are effectively communicated.
  
  

Bill Of Materials (BOM) Management

• Implement and monitor Bill of Materials (BOM) for all CRISPRevolution product categories and establish KPIs. Update BOMs as needed and oversee GMP BOM management.
• Collaborate with Supply chain to determine material inventory and control. Adjust production schedules as needed based on design changes, material shortages, or equipment issues.
  
  

Continuous Improvement

• Drive Turnaround Time Optimization by establishing, monitoring, and improving internal and external turnaround times (TAT) and key performance/quality indicators (KPIs). Work with leadership to identify constraints and implement solutions to improve TAT.
• Drive cost savings, improve quality, minimize inventory write-offs, and integrate new products or improvements into the forecast and production schedule.
• Conduct sales order autopsies to identify and resolve operational delays, providing quarterly reports with root cause analysis and corrective actions to production and product teams
  
  

Master Resource Planning (MRP)

• Develop, own and manage the Master Resource Planning for CRISPRevolution sgRNA GMP and RUO manufacturing operations.
  
  

About You

• Education:
• Bachelor's degree or higher in operations management, engineering, or a related field.
  
  

Experience

• 2+ years of production planning experience, ideally in a high-throughput pharmaceutical or biotech environment.
  
  

Technical Knowledge

• Familiarity with APICS principles and experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (NetSuite, SAP, etc.) is preferred.
• Experience with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) or similar tools.
• BOM (Bill of Materials) Management
  
  

Leadership And Process Improvement

• Proven ability to implement cross-functional process improvements.
  
  

Multitasking In a Fast-Paced Environment

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment while maintaining high-quality output.
  
  

Communication Skills

• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with experience working in a matrix organization and influencing at all levels.
  
  

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.