Intuitive Surgical

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

This position is seeking a creative and flexible individual to continue mastery of planning activities for our New Product Introduction and Sustaining Service Repair lines. Becoming a user expert and role model for the planning software SAP 09, along with leading strategic project planning activities.

The Sr. Service Production Planner will be assigned critical NPI/Sustaining projects to manage, seek out and recommend process improvements, assist in developing team members skill sets, and take on leadership responsibilities for strategic planning activities that enable the department capabilities to scale to the growing business needs. The candidate will work with multiple cross-functional teams such as Manufacturing, Supply chain, IT and Engineering teams to achieve both tactical and strategic goals by fully understanding production demand and supply needs. Balancing operational goals while incorporating Lean Manufacturing principles and identify and coordinate issue resolution and continuous improvement opportunities. This position requires strong presentation and clear communication abilities.

Essential Job Duties

• Manage assigned NPI/Sustaining projects at both strategic and tactical level.
• Evaluate current process and recommend continuous improvement to evolve process.
• Lead requirement gathering and spec writing to drive new EDW/Tableau development.
• Provides mentorship through tactical training to team members to improve their skill sets in NPI/ Sustaining planning. Lead efforts to create and/or updating work instructions (WI) and Departmental Operating Procedures (DOP).
• Lead and support department or organizational projects. Gain project team consensus, track and monitor scope, scope changes, project plan timelines against phase review objectives, variances and contingencies that surface during implementation of projects. Escalate where necessary to management.
• Escalate Potential issues or target misses where necessary to management
• Engage Manufacturing teams in the continuous improvement process to ensure assigned projects are identified, prioritized and implemented in a timely and effective manner.
• Identify potential supply risks and inventory exposures by aligning supply chain processes with production plan milestones and targets. Illuminate impact to supply continuity for Finished Goods Inventory (FGI).
• Applying knowledge of concepts and principles of planning to develop solutions to a variety of problems, particularly with supply constraints.
• Perform capacity analysis in to support what-if scenarios, forecast changes, and plan for production growth.
• Maintain department metrics; analyze trends and results. Drive appropriate corrective actions where needed.
• Provide direction to various NPI programs or projects as subject matter expert to support product transitions to sustaining manufacturing lines.
• Collaborate with Purchasing and Engineering to review proposed changes and establish Engineering Change Order (ECO) effectivity.
• Execute ECO implementation requirements.
• Support production activities to ensure maximum productivity.
• Take steps necessary to achieve established Planning metrics.
• Determine and manage potential line shortages by analyzing build schedules, shortage reports, on hand inventory reports and supplier delivery information.
• Develop communication relationship with cross functional teams to manage supply and demand issues, resolve work order variances and determine and track root cause.