DNA Script

DNA Script is a leading company in manufacturing de novo synthetic nucleic acids using enzymatic DNA synthesis (EDS) technology. The company aims at accelerating innovation in life science and technology through the decentralization of rapid, on demand and high-quality DNA synthesis. DNA Script's approach leverages nature's billions of years of evolution in synthesizing DNA to set a new standard for customizing nucleic acid synthesis thus accelerating discovery in genetics, genomics, and synthetic biology. Discovery disciplines with profound impacts upon humanity such as biopharma, translational genetics and even molecular information storage all start with synthetic DNA. The company has recently initiated the commercialization of its first EDS powered platform, the SYNTAX system.

To date, DNA Script has raised over $315M of financing, with leading investors such as Coatue Management, Fidelity Management and Research, Catalio Capital Management, Casdin Capital, LSP, Bpifrance Large Ventures, Danaher, Illumina Ventures, Agilent, Merck Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, Kurma Partners, T Rowe Price, Baillie Gifford and Eurazeo.

DNA Script also partners on technology and product development with leading organizations such as DARPA, IARPA, Moderna Therapeutics, GE Research, Illumina, the Broad Institute, Harvard University, Institut Pasteur and the French Department of Defense.

DNA Script has its research and manufacturing facilities headquartered in Paris, France, and is in the process of expanding its commercial and development teams in South San Francisco.

Opportunity and Challenges :

We are looking to assemble a team of best-in-class, innovative and passionately eager people. We want to gather their talents and skills to achieve one goal: unlock the power of “DNA-write.” We offer the opportunity of joining a dynamic, international, and highly skilled team in a pioneering startup. Our DNA On Demand platform not only has the potential to change the way the world makes and uses synthetic DNA, but also to accelerate the rate of discovery by delivering upon the promise of same-day results.

This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing company and to have a large impact on developing a technology that will have far-reaching impacts across biological sciences.

The Role

The Supply Planner is responsible for ensuring supply of raw materials for the two production sites in Paris and South San Francisco, by guaranteeing an optimal stock and ensuring compliance with deadlines with suppliers. The Supply Planner is also in charge of the updating and reliability of information within the ERP (Creation of items, bill of materials and manufacturing routings…).

The Supply Planner reports to the Manufacturing Planning Manager and has a close working relationship to their peers at Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Finance, R&D organization and Product Development.

Main Responsibilities

• Run and analyze the MRP with the Manufacturing Planning Manager (configuration of the MRP: safety, stock, lot size, lead time…)
• Generate Purchase Orders of consumables and transfer these POs to the suppliers
• Ensure the follow-up of raw materials replenishment by guaranteeing the reliability and the respect of the delivery deadlines of the suppliers; with a close collaboration with the purchasing team
• Update the order date of delivery in the ERP and alert if it impacts production planning
• Generate supplier performance KPIs via the EPR
• Update of the database of the ERP: creation of new references, replacements, items out of production
• Update the BOMs, the manufacturing routing in order to be as close as possible to the reality of production
• Guarantee stock optimization
• Interface with finance on invoicing
• Settle customer disputes, returns and non-conformities

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Business school or engineering M2 with a specialization in Supply chain / Manufacturing
• Fluent in English (daily working language)
• Good knowledge of Excel & VBA
• Nice to have : First experience in Supply Chain or Manufacturing, in the field of supplier management or planning
• Nice to have : First experience with and ERP (ideally Netsuite)
• Nice to have: Good knowledge of PowerBI

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Methodical and rigorous
• Eager to learn
• Problem Solving : sense of emergencies and mitigation plan building
• Agile
• Teamwork

Miscellaneous

• Job located in Kremlin Bicêtre
• Start date: As soon as possible