Opex IE Director
Apply NowCompany: Intuitive Surgical, Inc
Location: Norcross, GA 30093
Description:
Company Description
At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.
As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.
Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.
Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.
Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.
Job Description
Primary Function of Position:
Under general supervision, this position develops and manages the operation's continuous improvement and lean manufacturing strategy to improve Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) for safety, quality, production capacity, productivity, and service levels. Also, established and promotes the operational excellence education and certification process for the PTC campus, including RMA, new production, re-manufacturing, re-conditioning, warehouse and logistics, and REWS.
As part of the IE functions, and in coordination and alignment with all local functional areas and corporate offices, this role owns the plants Layout and defines the best production flow, defines and maintain production standards, measures productivity and capacity and promotes ergonomics. Tracks and reports all improvements efforts and run or participates in special projects and CAPAS as required by the organization.
Develops and manage the Goal deployment process developing strategies and tools to facilitate this process and provides assistance to the leadership team to properly establish and manage departmental performance goals and targets.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Qualifications
Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:
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
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.
At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.
As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.
Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.
Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.
Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.
Job Description
Primary Function of Position:
Under general supervision, this position develops and manages the operation's continuous improvement and lean manufacturing strategy to improve Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) for safety, quality, production capacity, productivity, and service levels. Also, established and promotes the operational excellence education and certification process for the PTC campus, including RMA, new production, re-manufacturing, re-conditioning, warehouse and logistics, and REWS.
As part of the IE functions, and in coordination and alignment with all local functional areas and corporate offices, this role owns the plants Layout and defines the best production flow, defines and maintain production standards, measures productivity and capacity and promotes ergonomics. Tracks and reports all improvements efforts and run or participates in special projects and CAPAS as required by the organization.
Develops and manage the Goal deployment process developing strategies and tools to facilitate this process and provides assistance to the leadership team to properly establish and manage departmental performance goals and targets.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Measure and Improve line distribution layouts.
- Improve manufacturing process by performing line stabilization and waste elimination.
- Measure and reports productivity to Production Managers to trigger improvement projects.
- Administrate facility lay outs and changes by keeping close partnership with engineering and facilities.
- Manage operational excellence program (LSS) in all areas by training and facilitating teams working on improvements.
- Validate team's improvements and report benefits to the company.
- Establish recognition programs for teams and projects.
- Drive continuous improvement behavior in all areas.
- Manage LSS tools training for all areas.
- Reviews and update IVI / MPI to reflect current practices.
- Continuously challenge process to find better ways to perform.
- Drive our Culture Strategy by fostering our mission, founding practices, individual and leadership expectations.
Qualifications
Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:
- Professional BS in Industrial Engineering or equivalent; MBA is preferred.
- Experience of at least 5 years as engineering manager in a medical environment or equivalent.
- Proven Program Manager.
- Ability to drive and manage large-scale projects
- Proven negotiator.
- LSS Knowledge.
- Team Builder.
- Delegates tasks, responsibilities and authority effectively
- Ability to effectively communicate with executive management and board of directors and in a multicultural, multinational environment and mobilize cross-functional high performance teams
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
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.