Sr NPI Production Manager

Primary Function of the Position

The Senior Production Manager is responsible of managing production activities of a Value Streams to deliver products/ services that meet quality specifications achieve or exceed service level and cost targets while ensuring employees safety complying with applicable regulations and company policies.

Under direct supervision works with the Director of Manufacturing to establish long term strategies to assure meeting SIOP production goals as well as product/ process transfer employee engagement culture deployment and continues improvement processes.

This role require collaboration with local and corporate departments to ensure alignment and flawless plan execution. Responsible to maintain an effective work model through the implementation and monitoring of process indicators in terms of Safety Quality Delivery Cost Staff and Productivity.

Essential Job Duties

• Participate in Goals deployment process measure production metrics (KPIs) to monitor performance and coordinates actions to ensure improvements.

• Review production plan and coordinates manufacturing resources to ensure timely delivery of products and components while be sure to comply with Quality System requirements

• Interacts and collaborates with other departments to solve any restriction that may stop or slow down production including material personnel equipment and process issues.

• Participate in planning budget and control expenses applicable to production area to comply or exceed department financial targets

• Responsible for communicating business related issues or opportunities to next management level (Safety People Quality Service and other)

• Identifies and coordinates cost reduction projects including labor productivity inventory optimization material scrap and defects reduction using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma tools to drive improvements on department KPIs

• Monitor inventory and cyclical counts of raw material

• Promote the implementation of Safe work conditions by performing /coordinating root cause analysis for safety hazards and/or security incidents or accidents

• Promote the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Order and cleanliness (5Ss) and Health and Hygiene campaigns

• Provides timely and effective support for new products introduction and existent process transferences

• Validate Engineering Changes (ECOs)

• Ensures to comply with quality system (QSR) Standards (ISO) and Environment HS requirements as well as all applicable company procedures and policies

• Coordinate quality audits random to the production process

• Responsible for ensuring subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to do so are available and in good condition

• Participate in the Health and Safety Commission making tours to identify unsafe conditions

• Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal State local and Company regulations policies and procedures

• As part of the responsibilities includes perform interviews hire and train employees plan assign and manage workload to monitor their development plans (TAPs OTPs) reward and discipline employees manage conflicts

• Partnership with Human Resource department to address personal related activities

• Ensure that your staff complies with the training program certifications.

• Ensure that corrective actions generated by quality notifications (VRs PLs NCRS DNs EEs) are closed in accordance with the quality system.

• Perform semiannual evaluation process (C.I.P and MERIT) giving feedback to supervisors

• Foster respect and morals among the members of the work team in compliance with the companys code of conduct

• Drive our Culture Strategy by fostering our mission founding principles individual and leadership expectations

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Experience

• 10 years of experience in medical industry (Production Engineering Planning Quality) preferable.

• 5 years of proven leadership as Production Supervisor Superintendent or people leader (Coaching and Talent Development)

• Excellent oral and written skills in English with the ability to do effective presentations for different organizational levels.

• Knowledge of the Quality System requirements such as ISO-13485 and MDSAP

• Knowledge of the Environmental System requirements such as ISO-14001

• Ability to identify opportunities for improvement through Continuous Improvement methodologies (Lean Sigma Root Cause problem solving techniques)

• Knowledge on Product equipment validation (IQ OQ PQ) 2 years of experience with Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Systems (Lean Six Sigma Kaizen 5S etc.) Project Management Product Transfer / NPI

• Medical Device external regulatory audit exposure (FDA ISO ANVISA etc.)

• Excellent leadership collaboration and teamwork skills.

• Ability to manage complexity

• Experience with ERP and planning systems (SAP Agile o9)

Required Education and Training

• BS in Engineering or Business Administration

• Masters degree is preferred

• Green Belt / Black Belt Certified in Lean-Sigma

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience building teams for new departments

• Project management certification

• Production and capacity planning experience

• Financial expertise

• 2 years of experience with Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Systems (Lean Six Sigma Kaizen 5S etc.) Project Management Product Transfer / NPI

• Medical Device external regulatory audit exposure (FDA ISO ANVISA etc.)

• Excellent leadership collaboration and teamwork skills.

• Ability to manage complexity

• Experience with ERP and planning systems (SAP Agile o9) preferred.

• People development track record

Additional Information :

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 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.

Mandatory Notices

U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer:  In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR 743.13(b)) some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employeeswho are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.

Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the governments licensing process can take 3 to 6 months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (TCP) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employeesstart date which may or may not be flexible and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes. 

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 base compensation ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time