Production planner

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful— because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

The position is responsible for the overall status of order fulfillment and for managing inventory levels throughout the manufacturing process for an area of production.

This includes implementing the approved manufacturing plan and maintaining inventory levels as well as ensuring replenishment. In doing so, you must consider ideal supply levels, supply flexibility and reserves. This position also offers the opportunity to take a leading role in implementing a demand-pull system for our production line.

Planning, creation, scheduling and tracking of production, rework, and service orders of all production lines

Material requirement determination for Service and transfer to SAP

Identification and reporting of deviations plus coordination of countermeasures in short-, medium-, and long-term projects

Supervision and coordination of changes to bills of materials and routings

Supervision and coordination of test setups in the context of EBRs

Supervision, coordination of new product launches

Independent implementation of projects with higher complexity and duration with regard to Lean Manufacturing and CI

Compliance with environmental regulations

Bachelor's degree as an industrial clerk with at least 5 years of professional experience as a production planner

Very good analytical thinking as well as a very good understanding of process flows

Independent, structured, and solution-oriented way of working

In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Confident handling of Microsoft Visio

Very good SAP knowledge

Good communication, documentation, and presentation skills in English

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.

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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 government’s 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 employee’s start 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.

This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on

business need and/or on the selected candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills.

Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the

candidate’s qualifications, consistent with applicable law.