Purchasing Associate

**About the Role** As a Purchasing Associate at Nomic, you will play a key role in enabling operational excellence for our manufacturing and service operations. You will be responsible for purchasing of direct and indirect production materials, including items in support of maintenance and repair, supplies used in operations, as well as other goods and services to support the site. While the role will involve some individual work, you will also work with our Lab Operations and Admin team members to effectively execute the procure to pay workstream. In addition, you get to play a role in continuously improving our processes. **What you will be doing** - Building relationships with vendors to manage purchase orders, obtain order confirmations and lead-times, resolve any issues related to orders, deliveries, and report quality concerns. - Maintaining purchase records in the ERP system (NetSuite) including creating Purchase Orders, receiving items in the system, maintaining packing slips, invoices and related records. - Collaborating with various departments at Nomic, including Manufacturing and Development labs, to monitor inventory levels and determine purchase requirements in order to organize and schedule procurements in a timely manner - Interfacing with our ERP system (NetSuite) and our Laboratory Inventory Management System (LIMS). **About Us** Nomic was founded with a simple but ambitious goal: to make biology easier to measure. We’ve developed **nELISA**, the world’s highest throughput proteomic platform, by tackling some of the toughest challenges in protein profiling through a combination of DNA nanotechnology, high-dimensional flow cytometry, lab automation, and machine learning. Since spinning out of McGill University, we’ve partnered with dozens of top-tier drug discovery groups, including 6 of the top 10 pharma companies, and have profiled over 60 million proteins from more than 400,000 samples to date. We recently closed a $42M Series B round, which is helping us scale rapidly to meet growing demand and expand our platform’s capabilities. You can read more about this in our latest press release. Our state-of-the-art facility is capable of profiling over 2.5 million samples a year, generating 500 million protein assays. We’re a diverse team of engineers, scientists, and problem-solvers who thrive on breaking down difficult challenges using first principles thinking, and we leverage the latest scientific and technological breakthroughs to drive our mission forward. **About you**: We are looking for someone that can multi-task, keeping day-today purchasing running smoothly. You are organized, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and don’t mind rolling up your sleeves to do what it takes to get the job done. You have a great deal of initiative and are self-motivated in looking for ways to improve workflows and increase efficiency. **Skills & Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, or a related field preferred. - Previous experience (minimum 3 years) in purchasing, procurement, or inventory management, ideally in the biotech industry and experience working closely with a scientific team. - Strong negotiation and communication skills. - Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and ERP software, NetSuite experience a plus. - Strong time-management skills including the ability to effectively multitask and work in a fast-paced environment. - Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills as well as possess strong verbal and written communication skills and be able to document all work clearly and completely. - Fluency in English is required as our customers and vendors are primarily located in the USA. In addition, this position will interact with our team members within our USA entity. **Location** - This role requires you to be on site full time in our Montreal office **À propos du rôle** En tant qu'Associé(e) aux Achats chez Nomic, vous jouerez un rôle clé dans l'excellence opérationnelle de nos opérations de fabrication et de services. Vous serez responsable de l'achat de matériaux de production directs et indirects, y compris les articles nécessaires à la maintenance et à la réparation, les fournitures utilisées dans les opérations, ainsi que d'autres biens et services pour soutenir le site. Bien que le rôle implique un travail individuel, vous collaborerez également avec les membres de nos équipes des Opérations de Laboratoire et Administratives pour exécuter efficacement le processus "procure-to-pay" (approvisionnement à paiement). De plus, vous participerez activement à l'amélioration continue de nos processus. **Ce que vous ferez** - **Établir des relations avec les fournisseurs** : Gérer les commandes d'achat, obtenir des confirmations de commande et des délais de livraison, résoudre les problèmes liés aux commandes, aux livraisons, et signaler les préoccupations concernant la qualité. - **Maintenir les dossi