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Intuitive · 2 days ago

Manager Supplier Process Engineering

Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$129K/yr - $185K/yr

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Manage and grow a high performing team of Supplier Engineers. Maintain a culture of achieving challenging goals. Coach and empower your team to continually improve.

Manage supplier relationships to partner with Intuitive, enabling your team to develop suppliers to excel in all KPIs including Supplier Owned Quality, Capacity, and Sub-tier Management.

Develop and implement a robust long-term Supplier Strategy for the product family/commodity hand-in-hand with partners in Global Supply Chain.

Work closely with design, manufacturing, and project teams to launch new products; systematically identify and remove risks to program success by leveraging your team, stakeholders, and suppliers.

Seek out new suppliers in support of product needs. Assess suppliers for capability to fit Intuitive’s quality and business requirements. Influence critical stakeholders to utilize and maximize the use of the Production supply base.

Support your team and suppliers in completing the Production Part Qualification deliverables: pFMEA, Special Process Validations, FAI, and Process Capability Analysis

Support transfer of parts and suppliers throughout the product development life cycle

Manage the planning and implementation of supplier change management projects using the Supplier Change Request process (SCR) as well as Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) projects.

Lead teams to solve complex problems using structured problem-solving techniques.

Drive improvements for supplier process issues by using true root cause analysis and corresponding corrective and preventive actions.

Review, analyze, and close non-conformances, and first article inspections by judging risk analyses and justifications, determining corrective and preventive actions at suppliers (SCAR), and looking for opportunities with suppliers to eliminate recurrence.

Facilitate, influence, and work cross-functionally to improve supplier engineering processes.

Qualification

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Required

Minimum BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or equivalent, advanced degree preferred

A minimum 10+ years related experience in Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, or Supplier Process Engineering for plastic components, CNC machining, sheet metal, and/or mechanical assemblies

Strong technical expertise in manufacturing of plastic injection molded components, CNC machining of precision steel or aluminum components, sheet metal, and/or mechanical assemblies

Strong knowledge of GD&T required, certifications in Machining or Plastic Injection Molding preferred

Strong verbal and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills

Experience leading teams to solve difficult technical and process problems

Proven ability to hire highly capable staff, grow and mentor talent

Excellent project management, complex problem solving, and written/verbal communication skills

Medical Device, Aerospace or Automotive experience is a plus

Ability to travel to suppliers (domestic and international) as needed: 20%

Preferred

Certifications in Machining or Plastic Injection Molding

Company

Intuitive

Intuitive designs and manufactures robotic-assisted surgical systems.

Founded in 1995

Sunnyvale, California, USA

5,001-10,000 employees

https://intusurg.com

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