NPI Program Lead

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Primary Function of Position

Manages procurement of direct materials and strategic sourcing initiatives to support new product introduction. Requires knowledge of key supplier capabilities and matches the capabilities to new product design. Track and manage purchase orders, delivery commitments to support ramp up of new products. Work closely with strategic sourcing and engineering to ensure that the appropriate supplier strategy is implemented for new product release and production ramp.

Establish material requirements from engineering, new product build schedules and maintains appropriate inventory for production. Evaluates supplier capabilities and works with supplier engineering and strategic sourcing to develop new supply sources as needed. Monitors cost, capacity, and delivery schedule to insure availability of material for production schedule.

Essential Job Duties

• Administers and manages purchase orders and delivery requirements to designated suppliers as necessary to support NPI and/or sales requirements within the business.
• Reviews, interprets, and communicates material demand forecast and manages capacity planning for assigned commodity.
• Supports performance management and improvement efforts for designated suppliers, including coordinating supplier business reviews.
• Coordinates engineering change order activity with suppliers and other functional groups.
• Capacity: Identify potential supplier capacity issues and works in conjunction with strategic sourcing and supplier engineering to resolve these issues and insure no impact to project schedule
• Cost: track purchase price variance. assist with cutover management planning, supporting identification of new cost reduction opportunities. Creates, updates and review product material cost models.
• Risk: support administration of SCRM tool to ensure accuracy of data and support specific risk mitigation projects
• Supplier Performance: supports preparation of supplier scorecards and supplier business reviews.
• Manages quoting activity with suppliers to support supply chain optimizations.
• May support market research to find appropriate supplier(s) for various commodities and manufacturing processes.

Required Skills and Experience

• Advanced MS Office skills (MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Excel (Vlookup, Pivot Table, Charts, and filtering)
• Working knowledge of buying, material planning, master scheduling, and forecasting.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills is required. Ability to communicate both at the high (strategic) and detailed (tactical) levels.
• Proven ability to consistently achieve stretch goals and objectives.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects successfully.
• Outstanding verbal, written communication, and concise and persuasive presentation skills.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Expected minimum 25% travel to both domestic and international suppliers.
• Required onsite presence of 4 days per week.

Required Education and Training

• Minimum BS degree or equivalent and 10+ years of purchasing and supply chain experience in a regulated industry manufacturing environment (medical device preferred).
• Significant computer experience including MS Office suites and ERP systems, preferably SAP and Agile, BOM structure.

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 Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.

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 Employment Opportunity. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.