At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way its about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
- We Seek A Better Way: We innovate boldly, learn from our setbacks, and are resilient in our pursuit to transform cancer care
- We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, commit to quality, and bring fun to our hard work
- We Are Stronger Together: We collaborate openly, seek to understand, and celebrate our wins
- We Care Deeply: We embrace our differences, do the right thing, and encourage each other
The Position:We are seeking a highly skilled Indirect Procurement Senior Manager to build, lead, and optimize our indirect procurement function. Alongside the global supply chain team, this individual will be responsible for establishing scalable procurement policies, improving spend visibility, and driving costeffective purchasing across nondirect categories. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in indirect procurement, has implemented procurement systems or modules (ideally integrated with NetSuite), and excels at working crossfunctionally to influence and align teams across the organization.
This role is critical in shaping Veracytes procurement foundation and will partner closely with Finance, Operations, IT, Legal, and functional business owners to drive consistent processes, governance, and supplier performance.
Key Responsibilities- Develop and execute enterprisewide strategies for indirect procurement across multiple spend categories (IT, facilities, professional services, marketing, corporate services, etc.).
- Lead the design, rollout, and ongoing management of procurement policies, procedures, and governance frameworks to ensure compliance, visibility, and efficient purchasing.
- Champion the implementation and optimization of a procurement system (e.g., procuretopay, supplier onboarding, approvals workflows), ideally integrated with NetSuite.
- Partner crossfunctionally with business stakeholders to understand operational needs and provide costeffective sourcing solutions.
- Drive supplier selection, negotiation, contracting, and ongoing supplier management to optimize value and mitigate risk.
- Establish and track procurement of KPIs, including savings, compliance, supplier performance, and cycle times.
- Develop standard operating procedures to support the centralization of procurement and ensure that stakeholders are trained and can access resources.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives across procurement processes, data, and tools.
- Collaborate closely with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, accruals, and spending reporting.
- Ensure alignment with organizational goals related to compliance, quality, sustainability, and risk management.
Who You Are:Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, or related field (Masters preferred).
- 8+ years of indirect procurement experience, ideally within life sciences, biotech, or diagnostics settings.
- Proven success in developing procurement policies, standardizing processes, and building an indirect procurement function from the ground up.
- Demonstrated experience implementing or optimizing procurement systems (procuretopay, vendor management, contract management), ideally with NetSuiteintegrated tools.
- Strong negotiation, analytical, and relationshipbuilding skills.
- Experience working crossfunctionally with Finance, Legal, IT, and business teams.
- APICS certification or equivalent preferred.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and leadership abilities.
Preferred Attributes
- Strategic thinker with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
- Experience in change management and process optimization.
- Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements in life sciences.
Work Arrangement
- Hybrid role based in San Francisco Bay Area or San Diego.
- Regular travel may be required to San Francisco or San Diego.
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For candidates based in our
San Diego office, the salary range is
$162,000 - $178,000.For candidates based in our
South San Francisco office, the salary range is
$163,000 - $183,000.The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Pay range
$162,000-$183,000 USD
What We Can Offer YouVeracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified Great Place to Work in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.
About VeracyteVeracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit
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