Sara Fashandi

Sara Fashandi is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in supply chain management and procurement, currently serving as Senior Commodity Manager at Cepheid since October 2015. Previously, Sara held key roles including Manager of Planning & Procurement at Thermo Fisher Scientific and Senior Manager of Procurement and Sourcing at Promega, leading departments to support manufacturing and R&D efforts. Early career experience includes positions at Hologic, Adeza Biomedical, Genelabs Technologies, and Monoclonal Antibodies, where Sara developed expertise in inventory management, strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, and regulatory compliance. Sara Fashandi holds a Master's degree in Biochemistry from The Ohio State University.