Supply Chain Coordinator
Kyverna Therapeutics
Summary
The Supply Chain Coordinator will coordinate procurement, material planning, and logistics activities cross functionally and across multiple clinical studies to help Kyverna advance its mission.
Job description
Summary
The Supply Chain Coordinator will coordinate procurement, material planning, and logistics activities cross functionally and across multiple clinical studies to help Kyverna advance its mission.
Responsibilities
- Inventory management oversight of 3PL's and CDMO's and inventory tracking/reconciliation of Kyverna owned materials.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure materials are above safety stock levels.
- Assist with DP orchestration on an as needed basis.
- Schedule and support the time critical and temperature sensitive materials including global distribution of cell therapies from Cell Centers/Authorized Treatment Centers and CDMO's, with specialty transportation providers and customs brokers as needed.
- Coordinate Order Management processes, including shipping order generation, changes, shipment pickup, and delivery scheduling.
- Collaborate cross functionally with Patient Operations, Tech Dev, MSAT, Manufacturing, Supply Planning, Quality teams, and CMO partners to execute logistics to meet patient schedules and research needs.
- Actively monitor shipments and proactively mitigate any delays or issues, while troubleshooting exceptions in real time.
- Communicate changes urgently and professionally with all impacted stakeholders.
- Ensure all documentation and compliance requirements for pickups and deliveries are met.
- Assist in 3PL performance tracking and optimization.
- Contribute to training materials, SOPs and ensure the courier team remains compliant and current.
- Provide on-call coverage during active courier transports to resolve non-routine issues.
- Assist with additional logistics and operations-related projects as needed.
- Coordinate with Kyverna program leads, CMC/development teams, and suppliers to provide proposals and place purchase requisitions for material procurement.
Qualifications
- A Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of experience, or a Master's degree is required
- Work experience in Biotech Supply Chain / Manufacturing, Global Trade Compliance, Clinical Trial Storage and Distribution, or Cell & Gene Therapy highly preferred.
- Ability to work with multiple digital systems for procurement, inventory management, order scheduling/monitoring, and updating/tracking data.
- Ability to "project manage" end-to-end logistics.
- Support invoicing activities as needed.
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills – attention to detail required.
- Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills including presentations.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced small company environment with minimal direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities.
- Ability to perform responsibilities efficiently and effectively while balancing speed, quality, and risk
- Prior experience in planning logistics for time-critical and temperature-sensitive products is required
- Prior experience in logistics and planning for autologous cell therapy products is required
- Knowledge of CFR 21, FDA regulations, and cGMP requirements for cellular therapies preferred.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of experience, or a Master's degree
- Work experience in Biotech Supply Chain / Manufacturing, Global Trade Compliance, Clinical Trial Storage and Distribution, or Cell & Gene Therapy highly preferred
- Ability to work with multiple digital systems for procurement, inventory management, order scheduling/monitoring, and updating/tracking data
- Ability to project manage end-to-end logistics
- Support invoicing activities as needed
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills including presentations
- Comfortable in a fast-paced small company environment with minimal direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities
- Ability to perform responsibilities efficiently and effectively while balancing speed, quality, and risk
- Prior experience in planning logistics for time-critical and temperature-sensitive products
- Prior experience in logistics and planning for autologous cell therapy products
- Knowledge of CFR 21, FDA regulations, and cGMP requirements for cellular therapies preferred
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Stock Plan
Company overview
Kyverna Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering cell therapies for autoimmune diseases. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, the company focuses on developing CAR T-cell therapies to address unmet medical needs in autoimmune conditions. Kyverna's lead candidate, KYV-101, is a fully human, autologous CD19 CAR T-cell therapy with CD28 co-stimulation, designed for potency and tolerability in B-cell-driven autoimmune diseases. The company is advancing KYV-101 through late-stage clinical development with registrational trials for stiff person syndrome and myasthenia gravis, along with Phase 1/2 trials for lupus nephritis. Kyverna's pipeline also includes next-generation CAR T-cell therapies in both autologous and allogeneic formats, with KYV-102 utilizing a proprietary whole blood rapid manufacturing process to broaden patient access. The company's mission is to liberate autoimmune patients through the curative potential of cell therapy, aiming to achieve deep B-cell depletion, immune system reset, and long-term remission with a single administration. Kyverna is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the ticker KYTX.