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Manufacturing

Sr. Production Planner

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En Intuitive, estamos unidos detrás de nuestra misión: creemos que la atención mínimamente invasiva es la atención que mejora la vida. Mediante la inventiva y la tecnología inteligente, ampliamos el potencial de los médicos para curar sin limitaciones.

Como pioneros y líderes del mercado en cirugía robótica, nos esforzamos por fomentar un equipo inclusivo y diverso, comprometido con marcar la diferencia. Durante más de 25 años, hemos trabajado con hospitales y equipos de atención de todo el mundo para ayudar a resolver algunos de los desafíos más difíciles de la atención médica y avanzar en lo que es posible.

Intuitive se ha construido gracias a los esfuerzos de grandes personas de diversos orígenes. Creemos que las grandes ideas pueden provenir de cualquier lugar: nos esforzamos por fomentar una cultura inclusiva basada en la diversidad de pensamientos y en el respeto mutuo. Lideramos con inclusión y capacitamos a los miembros de nuestro equipo para que trabajen de la mejor manera y manifiesten su auténtica personalidad.

Las personas apasionadas que quieren marcar la diferencia impulsan nuestra cultura: los miembros de nuestro equipo se basan en la integridad, tienen una sólida capacidad para aprender, la energía para hacer las cosas, y aportan experiencias diversas del mundo real para ayudarnos a pensar de nuevas maneras. Invertimos activamente en los miembros de nuestro equipo para apoyar su crecimiento a largo plazo y así poder continuar avanzando en nuestra misión y alcanzar su máximo potencial.

Únase a un equipo comprometido a dar grandes pasos hacia delante para una comunidad global de profesionales de atención médica y sus pacientes. Juntos, avancemos en el mundo de la atención mínimamente invasiva.

Job Description

Primary Function of the Position: This position is seeking a creative and flexible individual to help lead the Planning activities for the Instrument or Systems Manufacturing lines. Responsible for the overall status of order fulfillment and managing inventory levels of our products throughout the manufacturing process, assuring they will be sent in a timely manner to our distribution centers.

Essential Job Duties:

  • Manage assigned NPI/Sustaining projects at both strategic and tactical level.
  • Evaluate current process and recommend continuous improvement to evolve process.
  • Provides mentorship through tactical training to team members to improve their skill sets in NPI/ Sustaining planning.
  • Lead efforts to create and/or updating work instructions (WI) & Departmental Operating Procedures (DOP)
  • Lead and support department or organizational projects
  • Gain project team consensus, track/ monitor scope, scope changes, project plan timelines against phase review objectives, variances and contingencies that surface during implementation of projects.
  • Escalate where necessary to management.
  • Engage Manufacturing teams in the continuous improvement process to ensure assigned projects are identified, prioritized, and implemented in a timely and effective manner.
  • Identify potential supply risks and inventory exposures by aligning supply chain processes with production plan milestones/targets.
  • Perform capacity analysis in to support what-if scenarios, forecast changes, and plan for production growth
  • Maintain department metrics; analyze trends and results.
  • Engineering Change Order (ECO) affectivity.
  • Execute ECO implementation requirements.
  • Support production activities and ensure maximum line up-time.
  • Take steps necessary to achieve established Planning metrics.
  • Determine and manage potential line shortages by analyzing build schedules, shortage reports, on hand inventory reports and supplier delivery information.
  • Schedule sales order shipments based on material availability and capacity.
  • Develop communication relationship with Production, Engineering, Purchasing, Shipping, and Customer Service to manage supply and demand Resolve work order variances and determine/track root cause.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience.

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in a progressive manufacturing environment, 4 year degree preferred in Business Management or Engineering, preferred experience in the Pharmaceutical or Medical Device industry (or similar regulated industry)
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience in operating/evolving advance planning systems such as O9, SAP, AS400 or Oracle
  • Advanced MS Office skills, understanding of vlookup, Pivot tables, macro recordings, data tables, charting, data sorting segregation and formula auditing.
  • Presents ideas effectively in formal and informal situations.
  • Conveys thoughts clearly and concisely.
  • Ability to respond to detailed inquiries, and present information to groups and senior management.
  • Lead department customization transaction Tcode enhancements for business needs
  • Ability to communicate in a succinct and organized manner, appropriate for context, time and place.
  • Expert knowledge of business disciplines production planning and supply chain management
  • Ability to perform with greater independence and judgment, receiving general supervision from senior management.
  • Highly analytical: critical thinker; strong analytical aptitude and attention to detail; due to the speed and rate of change occurring in this manufacturing environment, must be able to problem solve and think independently.
  • Flexible: adaptable and able to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
  • Motivated: enthusiastic; strives for excellence; continually seeks to improve self and company; ability and strong desire to grow with the company; leads by example
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects successfully.

Additional Information

Intuitive es un empleador que brinda igualdad de oportunidades de empleo. Proporcionamos igualdad de oportunidades de empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados cualificados, y prohibimos cualquier tipo de discriminación y acoso, independientemente de su raza, sexo, condición de embarazo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, origen nacional, color, edad, religión, condición de veterano protegido o de discapacidad, información genética o cualquier otra condición protegida por las leyes federales, estatales o locales aplicables.

Shift: Day
Travel: 25% of the time

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