Director, Supply Chain

Biofire-Defense; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k matching

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Wellness program

Company events

Free parking

Job summary

BioFire Defense is seeking a Director of Supply Chain in Salt Lake City to lead the end-to-end supply chain and purchasing strategy, including raw materials, ERP, planning, warehousing, and distribution while coordinating with legal on supplier contracts.

The role interfaces with bioMérieux Global Supply Chain to leverage pricing, drive lean initiatives, oversee NCRs and CAPAs related to sourcing, and implement data-driven decisions across S&OP, MRB, and capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of supply chain and purchasing strategy.
• Direct procurement, inventory control, shipping, and customer receipt processes.
• Collaborate with Defense QA to establish quality agreements and CAPA resolutions.
• Drive lean initiatives, capacity planning, and data-driven performance metrics.

Job description

BioFire Defense, LLC, 79 West 4500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Job Description

Posted Monday, August 24, 2026 at 6:00 AM

At BioFire Defense, our workplace is as vibrant as our mission: casual vibes, intense execution, and a passion for IMPACT.

The Director, Supply Chain is responsible for establishing and executing supply chain and purchasing strategy by directing all functions in supply chain from raw material procurement, purchasing cycles, inventory control, shipping, and customer receipt of product by facilitating achievement of the company’s goals and objectives. This includes ERP, manufacturing planning, warehousing, and distribution, as well as the sourcing of direct and R&D materials for the manufacturing lines, and oversight of the negotiation and management of key supplier contracts in conjunction with company legal counsel. The Director, Supply Chain, will also work to establish Quality agreements, through collaborations with the Defense Quality Assurance department.

The overall responsibility is to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality, and cost-effective supply of materials to internal and external customers, while developing, maintaining, and improving policies and procedures for mitigating supplier risk and managing sourcing activities.

The primary scope is to support BioFire Defense supply chain, purchasing functions, and logistics, but this role must consider how to interface with bioMérieux Global Supply Chain to develop key industry relationships and to leverage pricing and costing advantages from the parent company. This position will also apply coherent solutions and work within the company’s quality and regulatory procedures and processes. In this role, the Director, Supply Chain, will also be responsible for oversight and investigations into NCR’s and CAPA’s that are relative to the supply chain cycle. This position will drive lean and continuous improvement initiatives and support capacity planning and production scaling and make data-drive decisions using and developing department metrics. The Director, Supply Chain, will actively pursue ways to improve efficiency and reduce scrap. This position is responsible for the coordination and execution of Defense S&OP and MRB meetings and will be the primary interface for both internal and external Quality audits.

This role will be responsible for establishing and controlling raw material safety stocks, scheduling all manufacturing events, and performance of cycle counting, year-end inventory activities, and inventory control of raw materials, VMI, and finished goods.

Medical

Vision

9/8/80 work schedule (every other Friday off)

401k - company match of 5% regardless of participation and up to a total of 9.5% company match if contributing

160 Hours of PTO (prorated from date of hire)

9 Paid Holidays

Paid Winter Break from the work week between December 24 thru December 31

Participation in Company's Wellness Program (discounted medical premiums)

Multiple Company Sponsored Events Each Year (catered breakfast/lunch, holiday parties, snacks)

Convenient location near I-15 and Trax Station

Free Parking

Our EEO Policy

BioFire Defense is an equal opportunity employer (M/F/D/V). We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law. BioFire Defense complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

BioFire Defense, LLC, 79 West 4500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America