Sr. Production Manager

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

Achieve given team performance goals for either the Instruments or Systems Production Lines. The goals will include various metrics including, but not limited to:  efficiency, FPY, hours accuracy, scrap, time lost accuracy, and inventory accuracy.

Essential Job Duties 

• Drive cross-functional issue resolution

• Facilitate interdepartmental resource allocation

• Proactively recognize environmental changes and provide coordinated direction for mitigation

• Establish aggressive quarterly departmental goals and develop programs to achieve them

• Drive improvements in safety, production, quality, cost, and delivery

• Allocate resources appropriately to achieve departmental objectives

• Work effectively with other departments to ensure that the production area has all  necessary inputs in place in order to achieve the desired production outputs

• Report to senior management on the status of the production process, including, but not limited, to capacity, quality, scrap, and safety issues

• Perform periodic capacity analysis in order to support production growth

• Develop leadership personnel within the department in order to enable future departmental and company growth

• Establish and enforce Lean Manufacturing practices within the department

• Write and conduct formal annual performance reviews for staff

• Maintain compliance within the department to all applicable regulatory requirements

• Maintain compliance within the department to company safety policies

• Develop and manage departmental budget

• Develop and lead cross-functional projects including, but not limited to:  production line transfers, outsourcing initiatives, process improvements, corrective/preventative actions (CAPA/CPIP)

• Assist NPI team to transition new products from NPI to Manufacturing

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience 

• Strong working knowledge of lean manufacturing, DFT, and quality techniques.

• Proficient in the use of personal computers to perform daily work.  Familiar with the Microsoft Office suite of programs and MRP systems. 

• Superb communication skills, including written and verbal instruction.

• Proficient in developing complex project plans.  Familiar in the use of MS Project or equivalent program

• Proficient in developing presentations using MS Power Point or equivalent

• The ideal candidate will have a love for a fast-paced and multi-focused work environment, a great attitude, eager, willing/able to take initiative, work well with others in a team environment.

Required Education and Training 

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Industrial Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Production Operations Management or related fields and 10 years of applicable work experience, including at least 3 years of previous supervisory or management experience. 

Preferred Skills and Experience 

• Experience in the medical device industry is preferred.

• SAP and Agile experience preferred.

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 e