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:
We are looking for a team member with analytical skill sets, manufacturing/supply chain experience, to lead the Demand planning process for EUROPE region and the Endoscopes Supply Planning in Europe region. This member will engage with both direct and indirect country commercial leaders to understand the macro/business conditions and drive the development of the Demand Plan for all products for the Europe region. This member will also engage with the factory leadership in three different areas in Europe, to help formulate a sound Supply Planning solution for the Endoscopes/ Accessories product segment. The SIOP planning function is an excellent way to broaden the experience, skills and network of colleagues, while leveraging knowledge on large data sets to compute demand and supply plans to meet customer demand and maintain inventory targets.
Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Lead best in class demand planning process across multiple countries in Europe by facilitating and driving collaborations with Marketing, Sales Operations, Finance & SIOP US team to develop 6 quarter SIOP plan for Europe.
2. Use and analyze historical shipments, procedure data, product segmentation, risk analysis to derive demand plan. This includes understanding regional drivers such as training programs, promotions, special incentives etc.
3. Work with Product marketing, US SIOP and distribution planning teams to manage safety stock/ inventory targets; closely partner with the Commercial teams to understand platform/product launch strategies in Europe and incorporate adequate stocking inventory plans etc into the planning process.
4. Enable the supply planning for endoscopes through understanding of headcount/capacity models and cross-functional partnership (Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain) to enable build plan scenarios for the various endoscopes in the EU region.
5. Represent as first point of contact for the various Endoscopes/ Buy part accessories manufactured in Europe.
6. Represent their product families and present relevant data/ charts in the cross-functional SIOP meetings.
7. This role will require partnering and communicating with the US teams during SIOP process.
8. Travel: 0-25% International in Europe and quarterly to the US.
Qualifications
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
9. 8+ years of relevant experience
10. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
11. Proficiency (C1) in English and German.
12. Experience in working with multiple countries and pulling data from different source into a summary level.
13. Analytical mindset and ability to digest large amounts of data and present in summary format.
14. Familiarity/experience with Advanced Planning applications (o9, etc.) and/or SAP ERP applications.
15. Hands-on experience required with demand/supply planning modules.
16. Experience leading SIOP meetings.
17. Awareness/Understanding of capacity models (lines/shifts, line efficiencies, headcount and material lead times/constraints).
18. Intermediate level in MS Office applications – Excel and Powerpoint.
Additional Information
Intuitive ist ein Arbeitgeber, der gleiche und gerechte Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten bietet. Wir bieten allen qualifizierten Bewerberinnen und Bewerber gleiche Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten, unabhängig von ethnischer Herkunft, Geschlecht, Schwangerschaft, sexueller Orientierung, Geschlechtsidentität, nationaler Herkunft, Hautfarbe, Alter, Religion, geschütztem Veteranenstatus, Behindertenstatus, genetischen Informationen oder einem anderen Status, der nach den geltenden Gesetzen auf Bundes-, Landes- oder lokaler Ebene geschützt ist, und verbieten jegliche Form von Diskriminierung und Belästigung.