Material Handler - Gilroy

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 the Position

The Material Handler 2 is an intermediate position responsible for basic material-handling in warehouse duties, supporting Production operations, both Sustaining and NPI, and other internal customers.

Essential Job Duties

This position will fulfill the following roles (If applicable to site):

• Tool Kits: Utilize Production work orders process to put together toolkits.
• Receiving: Receiving materials, physically and systemically, to be used in production operations and engineering projects.
• Parts Put-away: Physically and systemically moving approved Production materials from IQC staging areas into market storage locations. (Totes and Bulk)
• Storage Market (SMKT, KMKT, MMKT, SVKT, etc.):
  • Point-of-use parts replenishment, for designated production lines.
  • Maintain, report, and drive STO’s cross divisional and other locations replenishment process.
  • Parts Replenishment: Point-of-use parts replenishment for designated production lines. Follow First in First Out (FIFO) when putting away, picking and replenishment material.
  • MT: Fulfilling and transacting MT requests, received either electronically or via hard copy.
  • Sales Order Fulfillment: Fulfilling and transacting Sales Orders
  • STO: Process approved Stock Transfer Orders
  • VLM: Process Vertical Lift Module orders
• SPP Kitting: Production parts replenishment via SPP kitting process.
• Pack Out: Packing System carts, FRUs and kits.
• Route Running: Kanban fulfillment and Bin to Bin transactions.
• Cross Dock: Capable of performing cross dock function.
• Ability to obtain certification across all core curriculums.

• Inventory Control: Conduct material audits and parts verification and evaluate bin capacity and consolidations to increase storage capacity. Maintain various SOX compliance audit records.
• Responsible for assisting Material Handler-1, as needed to drive productivity and accuracy.

• Responsible for complying with general Good Warehouse Practices (GWP) and Warehouse housekeeping processes.
• Maintain warehouse safety and housekeeping in accordance with 5S principles.
• Achieve all warehouse-related tasks certifications.
• Communicating verbally and via email the status of material movements and transactions to appropriate internal customers.
• Actively participate in the Continuous Improvement program, including the creation and implementation of small-scale improvements.
• Able to locate and count parts accurately (using cycle-count documents), execute required WMS data input and accurately complete required documentation.
• Able to effectively apply knowledge of material flow and warehousing principles to Material Handling assignments (FIFO, consolidation, lean principles).
• Warehouse Drivers- responsible for transporting goods to and from warehouses, loading and unloading cargo, maintaining accurate inventory counts, and ensuring safe delivery of materials.
• Drivers will be on the truck 75% of their work shift and 25% in the warehouse.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Typically requires a minimum of 1-2 years of related experience at Intuitive, or relevant external experience of 2 - 4 years.
• Experience and/or certification in operating material-handling equipment.
• Ability to adhere to attendance, safety, quality, and performance guidelines.
• Experience with c