Senior Manager NPI Sourcing
, PA, United States
Job Description Primary Function of the Position
This role is a key leadership position in support of and in the development of Intuitive’s new products, with the strategic and tactical responsibility for the supply chain of the products we develop.
Requirements include, providing leadership, program management, strategic sourcing, tactical sourcing and administrative help in the procurement of minimally invasive robotic surgical raw materials and finished products. This key management role will head the NPI supply chain resources required to help new product introduction (NPI) from initial concept to product release, and stabilization prior to the product transfer to the sustaining Sourcing organization.
Essential Job Duties
Select, train, develop, and manage buyers and program managers across various disciplines from R&D procurement through supply chain product launch stabilization
Create strategies to benefit the company 2+ years in the future.
Drive and support new product cost targets, project milestone dates
Ensure that optimal inventory levels of commodities are established to meet production launch requirements.
Apply critical skills to identify and employ strategies to effectively meet product and project cost goals, identify supply risk, and evaluate supplier performance.
Meet quick turn requirements for new product development deadlines.
Efforts to continuously improve time to market, a critical measurement for Intuitive.
Speed the entire process including PO placement, supplier delivery performance, cost studies, spend examination, new supplier selection, and cost negotiations is necessary to help time to market.
Ability to create flexible processes to help new product requirements, and make effective recommendations using limited information.
Work with cross functional teams on the evaluation of suppliers and provide guidance to commodity managers on the effectiveness of current strategies.
Ensure continued compliance to Sourcing SOP’s, DOP’s and SOX requirements.
Establish and achieve new product Sourcing Departmental Goals.
Set standards for productivity improvements by effectively deploy process improvement and work standardization.
Mentor program managers and buyers to successfully perform job tasks and provide ongoing coaching and development.
Employ supply chain management best practices to secure uninterrupted supply.
Identify alternatives for “high risk” suppliers that could jeopardize product launch goals.
Know about contractual obligations and provide feedback to development teams regarding effectiveness of new suppliers (risk, cost, delivery, quality). Develop key supplier relationships to effectively launch new products.
Implement ShortTerm Problem Containment and LongTerm Corrective Action for Shortages and other process related issues.
Oversee supplier new product forecast communication to ensure short and long term visibility is available for supplier capacity and delivery planning.
Create supply chain strategies with materials team for new products; work with cross functional team to approve new key suppliers.
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