Director, Integrated Supply Chain

Azenta Life Sciences; SOUTH PLAINFIELD (NJ); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Azenta Inc. seeks a Director, Integrated Supply Chain to lead procurement, sourcing, logistics, and supplier management across global sites.

You will craft a scalable, data-driven function delivering cost optimization, supplier performance, and timely materials movement for laboratory and manufacturing operations. You will coach global teams, align with Finance/Quality/Facilities/R&D, and drive continuous improvement in end-to-end supply chain processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years in procurement/chain ops, life sciences or regulated environments.
• Minimum 5+ years of people leadership, managing managers or dispersed teams.
• Proven ability to develop procurement strategies and achieve cost savings.
• Experience with ERP, sourcing, spend analytics; NetSuite preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead global procurement and logistics strategy across direct/indirect spend.
• Build and develop a high-performing procurement and logistics team.
• Establish supplier governance, scorecards, and QBRs.
• Drive end-to-end materials availability and Lean/continuous improvement.
• Partner with Finance and Ops to manage budgets and savings targets.
• Ensure compliance with policies, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide strategic updates to senior leadership and manage risk.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Leadership

Supplier relationship management

Analytics & data-driven decisions

Negotiation

Change management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Life Sciences, or related field

Tools

NetSuite

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Azenta Inc.

At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.

All we accomplish is grounded in our core values of Customer Focus, Achievement, Accountability, Teamwork, Employee Value and Integrity

Job Title

Director, Integrated Supply Chain

Job Description Summary

The Director, Integrated Supply Chain will provide strategic leadership for procurement, sourcing, logistics, courier/vendor management, supplier management, related site operations support, and people leadership across the Multiomics organization. This role will be responsible for building and leading a scalable, high-performing, data-driven procurement and logistics function that delivers cost optimization, supply assurance, timely movement of critical materials, supplier and courier performance, compliance, talent development, and operational alignment across global sites, laboratories, manufacturing operations, and business stakeholders.

Intro

At Azenta Life Sciences, new ideas, new technologies, and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer-focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation, challenge the status quo, and build collaborative work relationships that help advance science and improve outcomes for customers around the world.

GENEWIZ, from Azenta Life Sciences, is a global leader in multi-omics and synthetic solutions, supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, and healthcare customers with high-quality, precision-based services from discovery through clinical development. Our capabilities include next generation, and Sanger sequencing, gene synthesis, gene-to-discovery solutions, informatics, and related laboratory services delivered through a global operating footprint.

How You’ll Add Value

The Director, Integrated Supply Chain: Will serve as a senior people leader responsible for aligning procurement, logistics and planning. Will be accountable for courier services, and supplier strategy with business growth. This position will lead, coach, and develop global procurement and logistics teams while partnering closely with Finance, Operations, Quality, Facilities, R&D, Commercial, and site leadership to ensure the timely, compliant, and cost-effective availability and movement of goods, services, specimens, materials, equipment, and supplies needed to support laboratory, manufacturing, customer, and site operations.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute an integrated procurement strategy that supports global Multiomics business objectives, including cost savings, supply continuity, quality, compliance, and operational scalability.
• Lead strategic sourcing, category management, supplier selection, contract negotiation, and supplier consolidation across direct and indirect spend categories.
• Build, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing global procurement and logistics organization, including buyers, sourcing professionals, procurement operations support, and related supply chain team members across multiple locations.
• Establish supplier governance processes, including supplier scorecards, Quarterly Business Reviews, service level agreements, corrective action plans, and continuous improvement expectations.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to develop procurement budgets, savings targets, productivity initiatives, and spend analytics that improve margin and working capital performance.
• Oversee procurement support for New Product Introduction, existing product development, laboratory operations, manufacturing needs, and site-level operational requirements.
• Drive end-to-end materials availability through inventory management and supporting implementation of SIOP processes.
• Provide strategic oversight of inbound and outbound logistics processes, including courier services, freight coordination, shipment visibility, delivery performance, cold chain or temperature-sensitive shipments where applicable, and escalation of service disruptions impacting customers or operations. Evaluate, select, and manage courier, freight, transportation, and logistics partners to ensure service reliability, cost effectiveness, compliance, chain-of-custody expectations, and alignment with laboratory and customer turnaround-time requirements.
• Develop procurement and logistics operating standards and workflows, including purchase order management, vendor onboarding, shipment coordination, courier escalation protocols, service level expectations, and reporting routines that support consistent execution across sites.
• Identify and mitigate supplier, material, logistics, facilities, and operational risks through proactive planning, dual sourcing, business continuity planning, and escalation management.
• Partner with Facilities and Operations stakeholders to ensure vendor support for maintenance, site services, safety, equipment lifecycle management, warehouse organization, and operational services is effectively sourced and managed.
• Ensure procurement processes comply with applicable policies, quality requirements, regulatory expectations, internal controls, and local, state, and federal standards where relevant.
• Leverage ERP, planning, sourcing, and analytics tools to improve visibility, automate procurement workflows, strengthen reporting, and support data-driven decision-making.
• Use procurement, logistics, and courier performance data to identify service gaps, reduce shipment delays, improve vendor accountability, and strengthen end-to-end supply chain visibility.
• Track, analyze, and report key performance indicators, including cost savings, purchase price variance, supplier performance, on-time delivery, inventory health, contract compliance, and procurement cycle time.
• Champion Lean, Kaizen, and continuous improvement initiatives that improve procurement efficiency, supplier performance, materials flow, and site operations support.
• Prepare and present strategic updates, risk assessments, business cases, and operational performance reports to senior leadership.
• Serve as an accountable people leader by overseeing workforce planning, recruiting, onboarding, goal setting, coaching, performance management, talent development, succession planning, recognition, engagement, and retention for direct and indirect team members.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Life Sciences, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• We require 10+ years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, or operations experience, preferably in life sciences, biotechnology, laboratory services, manufacturing, or another regulated environment.
• Minimum 5+ years of people leadership experience, including hiring, coaching, performance management, talent development, succession planning, and leading managers or geographically dispersed teams.
• Demonstrated experience developing procurement strategies, leading global sourcing initiatives, negotiating complex supplier agreements, and delivering measurable cost savings.
• Strong knowledge of direct and indirect procurement, category management, supplier relationship management, contract management, materials planning, inventory management, logistics coordination, courier/vendor management, and operational support processes.
• Experience partnering with Finance, Quality, Operations, Facilities, R&D, Commercial, and senior leadership to align procurement priorities with business outcomes.
• Strong understanding of supplier risk management, business continuity planning, quality expectations, regulatory considerations, and internal control requirements.
• Experience with ERP, MRP, sourcing, spend analytics, or planning systems; NetSuite experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing logistics, courier, freight, transportation, or time-sensitive material movement processes in support of laboratory, manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences, or customer-facing operations preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to use data, KPIs, and analytics to solve complex business problems, influence decisions, and drive continuous improvement.
• Experience leading Lean, Kaizen, process improvement, or procurement transformation initiatives preferred.
• Professional certification such as APICS CPIM/CSCP, ISM CPSM, CPM, CIPS, Lean Six Sigma, or PMP preferred.
• Excellent communication, executive presentation, negotiation, change management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, prioritize competing demands, and convert strategy into clear action plans across a complex global environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build team capability, set clear expectations, create accountability, develop future leaders, and foster an inclusive, collaborative, and performance-driven team culture.
• Working Conditions / Schedule
• Hybrid role based in South Plainfield, NJ, with regular onsite presence required to support business, site, laboratory, and operational needs.
• Occasional domestic and international travel may be required to support suppliers, sites, business reviews, audits, and operational initiatives.
• Role may require periodic coordination with courier, logistics, warehouse, site operations, and customer-facing teams to resolve urgent shipment, material availability, or service continuity issues.
• May require occasional support outside standard business hours to address urgent supplier, materials, site operations, or global stakeholder needs.

EOE M/F/Disabled/Vet

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Azenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

United States Base Compensation: $166,000.00 - $208,000.00

The posted pay range for this position is an estimate based on current market data and internal pay structure. Final compensation may vary above or below this range depending on factors such as experience, education (including licensure and certifications), qualifications, performance, and geographic location, among other relevant business or organizational needs.