Senior Program Manager, NPI Sourcing

Significant experience with new product introduction (NPI) in a regulated manufacturing environment

Strong financial acumen; excellent working knowledge of corporate/production finance; experience building financial models and using financial knowledge to understand supplier operations

Working knowledge of buying, material planning, master scheduling, and forecasting

Demonstrates concern for precision and thoroughness

BS degree or equivalent and 15+ years of combined design engineering, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing operations, and/or supply chain experience, including at least 8 years of supply chain experience and 3 years of engineering experience, in a regulated industry manufacturing environment.

~25% travel to both domestic and international suppliers

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Responsible for supply chain readiness, launch, and scale of new robotic systems platforms.

Manages supply chain deliverables for new product introductions (NPI) of the highest value with the most complex direct materials, including supplier selection & sourcing, leading creation & adoption of category launch roadmaps, leading cross functional projects to launch & scale new products, developing & negotiating contracts, analyzing spend, creating inventory management strategies, and managing supplier performance.

Thought leader within Global Supply Chain: develops and refines key business processes; champions and mentors team members in use of Sourcing processes; monitors industry and professional best practices

New Product Program Leadership & Category Management

Provides cross-functional team leadership within assigned new product program(s) of highest complexity; leads cross functional program updates, executive reviews, and alignment forums.

Leads creation, management, and execution of program roadmaps to achieve cost, capacity, speed to market, and risk contract goals.

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