Inventory Control Analyst 1

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.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Primary Function of Position

This position is responsible for data collection, analysis, development, and coordination of all assigned tasks activities and projects relating to inventory control. This role will be to support Manufacturing, Planning, and Operations while reviewing material accuracy. Communication and collaboration with Compliance, Quality Control, Production, Distribution, Material Operations, Finance, among others. 

Essential Job Duties

• Perform cycle counts, and physical inventories and reconciliation activities in coordination with cycle counters.
• Collect data and provide detailed root cause analysis, update KPI’s and metrics and escalate to management if needed.
• Perform root cause analysis for discrepancies above tolerance and escalate to management.
• Create and maintain Kanban control cycles.
• Support implementation of continuous improvement initiatives for inventory control processes focusing on the inventory integrity of all Warehouse and WIP locations.
• Develop communication relationships with Materials, Production, Planning, Engineering, Purchasing, Shipping, Finance, Receiving and IQC.
• Support special projects requiring immediate data extraction, manipulation and reporting.
• Assist with any internal or external audits.
• Ensure the use of personal protective equipment.
• Adhere to all manufacturing policies, guidelines and procedures. Comply with Current Good Manufacturing Practices. Ensure daily discipline and good practices within the work area.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Experience

• English spoken 50%.
• Minimum 1-year prior warehouse experience and/or exhibits knowledge of inventory control activities (cycle counts, physical inventory, root cause analysis, replenishment processes etc.).
• Able to work with minimal supervision.
• Intermediate computer experience (including MS Office products and ERP systems). 

Required Education and Training

• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of GMP’s and previous work experience in a medical manufacturing environment.
• SAP and Agile.

Intuitive es un empleador que brinda igualdad de oportunidades de empleo. Proporcionamos igualdad de oportunidades de empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados cualificados, y prohibimos cualquier tipo de discriminación y acoso, independientemente de su raza, sexo, condición de embarazo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, origen nacional, color, edad, religión, condición de veterano protegido o de discapacidad, información genética o cualquier otra condición protegida por las leyes federales, estatales o locales aplicables.

Aviso sobre los Controles de Exportación de EE. UU.: De acuerdo con las Regulaciones de Administración de Exportaciones de EE. UU. (15 CFR §743.13(b)), algunos puestos en Intuitive Surgical pueden estar sujetos a controles de exportación de EE. UU. para candidatos que sean nacionales de países actualmente bajo embargo o sanciones.

Cierta información que usted proporcione como parte de la solicitud será utilizada para determinar si Intuitive Surgical necesitará (i) obtener una licencia de exportación del gobierno de EE. UU. en su nombre (nota: el proceso de obtención de la licencia puede tardar entre 3 y más de 6 meses) o (ii) implementar un Plan de Control de Tecnología (“TCP”, por sus siglas en inglés) (nota: normalmente este paso agrega 2 semanas al proceso de contratación).

Para cualquier puesto en Intuitive sujeto a controles de exportación, las ofertas finales están condicionadas a la obtención de una licencia de exportación aprobada y/o a la ejecución de un TCP antes de la fecha de inicio del empleado potencial, la cual puede o no ser flexible, y dentro de un plazo que no obstaculice de manera irrazonable la necesidad de contratación. Si aplica, los candidatos serán notificados e instruidos sobre cualquier requisito relacionado con estos fines.