Associate, Finance & Supply Chain

OVERVIEW

Kingdom Supercultures designs and supplies a new class of natural ingredients that make it easy for food and beverage manufacturers to create exciting products that are healthier and more sustainable.  These Superculture™ ingredients are composed entirely of microbial strains found naturally in food, which Kingdom rearranges into new combinations with exciting new functionalities.  Manufacturers then use Superculture ingredients to create plant-based yogurts and cheeses that taste like real dairy, fermented beverages with no sugar, and natural bio-preservatives to replace artificial ones.  Our vision is to replace artificial chemicals and GMOs with natural Superculture solutions as the ingredient backbone of the modern consumer packaged goods industry. 

We’re looking for an Associate, Finance & Supply Chain to join our team. This individual will own and drive efficiencies in Kingdom’s commercial manufacturing and R&D critical to supplying customers our ingredients at scale, including capital procurement, managing relationships with contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs), and financial analysis.

We’re in active R&D projects with some of the largest and most innovative CPG food and beverage manufacturers in the world, supplying cultures to Eleven Madison Park (rated as one of the top restaurants in the world) to enable their new plant-based menu, and are already powering products on store shelves nationally.  We’ve raised nearly $30M in funding from top investors including Shine, Valor, Lux, Sequoia, and Y-Combinator, and are still in the early stages of our journey.  This is a full-time, in-person role at our state-of-the-art HQ in Brooklyn, NY.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demand planning: Create and maintain Kingdom’s system for optimizing production and ordering schedules, partnering with the internal manufacturing team and external CMOs

• Procurement & negotiation: Manage ongoing relationships with CMOs, key equipment suppliers, and shipping carriers, and contribute to sourcing and negotiating with CMOs and capital equipment suppliers

• Financial and supply chain analysis: Conduct analyses validating key decisions in R&D- and manufacturing-related procurement, such as capital equipment expansions, headcount planning, and other decisions pertaining to Kingdom’s growth path 

• Inventory system: Lead financial and accounting processes within manufacturing and strain inventory system, partnering with internal manufacturing and quality teams

COMPETENCIES & QUALIFICATIONS

• Well-organized, with a track record of effectively managing multiple projects against deadlines

• Strong problem-solving skills; can structure complex, ambiguous challenges and manage them from start to finish

• Full understanding of GAAP accounting and financial statements, and an ability to conduct financial modeling

• Ability to effectively collaborate with a range of stakeholders, including corporate customers (both technical and commercial stakeholders), our internal scientific and commercial teams, and suppliers

• Clear, concise written and verbal communication

• 1-5 years of relevant professional experience in a high-performing role

Other attributes that are preferred but not required:

• Experience with negotiation or procurement, especially supply chain related negotiations

• Experience in supply chain management: vendor relationships or driving internal decision making for partners, ordering cadences, etc. 

• Experience with or interest in sustainability, food manufacturing, microbial products, and/or the food system

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? If you believe you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply. We encourage anyone who thinks they would excel here to apply, no matter their background, how they identify, or their professional background. Kingdom aims to help create a world that is healthier, more sustainable, and more delightful. We believe that fostering an equitable, inclusive workplace that empowers our team is the best way to achieve that goal. One component of this effort is to actively recruit exceptional talent from communities underrepresented in our fields, especially in STEM. Applicants will never be disqualified nor discriminated against by race, class, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or criminal history.

OUR VALUES

• Collaborate with kindness

• Critique by creating

• Empower the team

• Focus our energy

• Learn through curiosity

• Take complete ownership

• Uphold scientific integrity

WHY JOIN KINGDOM SUPERCULTURES?

• Meaningful work: Support and enable a team that is expanding the frontiers of science while making a positive impact on consumer health and environmental sustainability.

• Valued member of a high-performing team: Become a leader of a fast-growing team that rewards high performance with advancement opportunities and greater responsibilities.

• Growth and learning: Tackle opportunities with an organization that will learn and grow alongside you. 

• Ownership and autonomy: Have and feel responsibility for your work but with the mentorship and support of the Kingdom leadership team. 

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

To build a world-class team, Kingdom is transparent and generous with our compensation package. We anchor our cash salary above competitive compensation for your role compared to similar companies (i.e. valuation, stage, industry, etc.). We then go above and beyond competitive compensation for equity stock options, as we want everyone to be aligned with our long-term success.

For this position, we are most actively considering candidates aligned with our stated competencies and qualifications for a cash salary range of $82,500-$95,000. This does not include the equity stock options part of total compensation, which will be discussed during the interview process.

Kingdom additionally offers an excellent benefits package including:

• 100% fully-covered, best-in-class medical, vision, and dental insurance for yourself, and 90% for your spouse/family

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO), in addition to 18+ company-wide holidays (including the week off between December 24 - January 1)

• 12-weeks fully-paid, gender-neutral parental leave

• 401k retirement offering

• Commuter benefit options of subsidized Metrocards, free Citibike, free parking

• Office kitchen fully stocked with fruit, snacks, and beverages (including nitro cold brew coffee!)