Roles & Responsibilities:
- Lead Mexicali based VR activities and reporting to reduce quantity and improve aging, including identifying changes to specifications and drawings for review and implementation by SV Supplier Engineering.
- Lead Mexicali based activities to eliminate recurrent VRs including route cause investigation.
- Provide VR reporting for monthly quality review.
- Provide local SE support to key suppliers for day-to-day issue resolution, including chronic component shortage issues
- Avoid line stoppage due to lack of raw material, avoid LINE DOWN".
- Support SV projects to improve supply base business and manufacturing process performance to meet Intuitive Surgical’s requirements for supplier excellence using a collection of best practices in project management, Six Sigma, Lean, SPC and negotiation.
- Support SV led supplier change management projects.
- Effectively prioritize and advance multiple concurrent projects and tasks.
- Clearly communicate project status to key stakeholders internally and in our supply chain.
Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:
- BS degree in Engineering or equivalent, advanced degree preferred
- 3+ years related experience in Supplier Quality, Supplier Development, or related field
- Lead VR's (Variance Request) experience mandatory
- Experience in disposition of rejected material, whether to do SCRAP, Conform, Return to vendor, etc,
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English and Spanish)
- Demonstrated Project Management skills a plus
- Outstanding analytical skills along with good judgment
- Demonstrable knowledge of a range of manufacturing processes including understanding of key input variables for quality, cost and capacity
- Strong handing SCAR resolutions thru 8D/CAPA methodology
- Knowledge of 21 CFR part 820 and ISO 13485 is a plus
- Proficient in MS Office and ERP Information Systems, preferably SAP
- Experience in a high-volume medical device company is a plus
- Ability to travel to suppliers on an as needed basis – domestic and international
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.
