Company Description
It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.
We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.
The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.
If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.
Job Description
Primary Function of Position:
This position is seeking a creative, analytical and flexible individual to help lead Demand and Supply planning analytics activities for Service Business Unit. Responsible for working with Cross functional analytics and business teams to define data sources, analyze complex data sets and build effective reports/KPI’s with easy to understand visualization. Develop key planning initiatives and strategies to support the ongoing transformation and continuous improvement of systems and processes along with other projects to drive efficiency and scalability.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Ability to work with several different types of technology and must be able to use this technology to find and interpret data, organize databases and keep track of data sets. (Examples: SQL and Python)
- Effectively find, collect, organize and interpret various types of data as well as present this data in a way that is easy to understand such as exception tables.
- Collaborate cross functionally and within organization to formulate interpretations of data that can turn into actionable reports/KPI’s with summaries and chart visualization.
- Understanding of various forms of math to calculate and interpret data and determine useful findings. (APICs Standard formula)
- Ability to think through different Demand and Supply scenario planning and understand the impact to inventory projections/turns and E&O exposure.
- Use and analyze historical shipments, procedure data, product segmentation, risk analysis, RMA/replacement rates, and consumption to develop actionable reporting. This includes understanding regional drivers such as training programs, promotions, preventative maintenance schedule, field actions, special incentives etc.
- Responsible to use/create and review weekly operational metrics which enable us to identify plan issues and self-correct. This includes metrics such as forecast accuracy, sales plan/build plan accuracy, RMA rates, in transit and inventory health targets.
- Ability to collect and translate key business factors such as commercial criticality, regional demand stocking strategy, material master and planned parts list to demand and supply plan supporting 6 quarters (SIOP).
- Plan and track RMA returns for both FRU and carts to make recommendations for scrap approval.
- Understand business planning activities in systems like SAP, R Studio, o9 planning system, EA Tables, SF360, Neptune and Agile
Qualifications
Skill/Job Requirements:
- Ability to communicate complex data in a simple, actionable way
- Ability to visualize data in the most effective way (Example: Power BI, ERP Systems, Tableau, etc.)
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with machine learning and AI
- Familiarity with data management tools
- Ability to work independently and with team members from different backgrounds
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communications skills, presentations skills, and ability to interact with associates at all levels of the organization
- Ability to use analytical and quantitative skills, and statistical techniques to solve complex Supply Chain issues
- Ability to manage multiple initiatives and work in a matrix environment where priorities change rapidly and tight deadlines exist
- Understanding of quality and compliance requirements within the medical device manufacturing industry
- Bachelor/Master’s degree in engineering or a STEM related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in analytics
- We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer
Additional Information
Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.
Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.
U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer: In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)), some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employees who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.
Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the government’s licensing process can take 3 to 6+ months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (“TCP”) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).
For any Intuitive role subject to export controls, final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employee’s start date, which may or may not be flexible, and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable, candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidate’s qualifications, consistent with applicable law.
We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target base compensation ranges are listed.
Base Compensation Range Region 1: $117.000 USD - $168.400 USD
Base Compensation Range Region 2: $99.500 USD - $143.100 USD
Shift: Day
Workplace Type: Set Schedule - This job will be onsite weekly, the percentage of onsite work will be defined by the leader.
