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Manager, Supplier Process Engineering

Company: Intuitive
Location: New York
Posted on: March 8, 2025

Job Description:

Job DescriptionPrimary Function of Position:Manage a team of Supplier Engineers with a focus on introducing new products into production and sustaining products already in production for the Multiport business unit. The successful candidate will have the ability to run a team, and comprehend and solve complex issues associated with the supplier manufacturing process, quality, and business inter-relationships. This person will develop supplier quality systems and manufacturing processes to sustain suppliers and parts effectively.The preferred candidate possesses deep metal machining, metal injection molding, plastic injection molding and/or stamping manufacturing knowledge along with skills to select and develop suppliers. Good project management skills are necessary to work on multiple projects with cross-functional teams and suppliers.Roles & Responsibilities:Manage a team of supplier engineers in strategic supplier selection, evaluation, development, and improvement with the goal of establishing and maintaining a high-performing, long-term, sustainable production supply chain.This is a working manager role which requires executing Supplier Engineering deliverables along with the team.

  • Develop and implement a robust long-term supplier strategy for the product family.
  • Select and evaluate suppliers that fit the supplier strategy and influence critical collaborators to utilize and maximize the use of the Production supply base.
  • Ensure suppliers are compliant with the Intuitive quality management system.
  • Manage quality and drive the team in mitigating business risks and overcoming related challenges.
  • Manage supplier relationships to partner with Intuitive and the supplier effectively.
  • Help the team in completing the Production Part Qualification deliverables: pFMEA, Special Process Validations, FAI, and Process Capability Data
  • Help transfer of parts and suppliers throughout the product development life cycle
  • Manage the planning and implementation of supplier change management projects using the Supplier Change Request process (SCR).
  • Develop and use measurement techniques for supplier part quality, capability, cost, capacity, and delivery by creating metrics to establish if an action is required.
  • Identify and investigate opportunities for cost reduction and/or quality improvement by collecting opportunities and creating tactics to present opportunities, perform research, and provide data-driven plans to management.
  • Drive the supply base to continually improve their business and manufacturing process performance to meet Intuitive's requirements for supplier excellence using a collection of best practices in project management, Six Sigma, Lean, SPC, and negotiation.
  • Review, examine, and close non-conformances, and first article inspections by judging risk analyses and justifications, calculating corrective and preventive actions at suppliers (SCAR), and looking for opportunities with suppliers to eliminate recurrence.
  • Led the team in solving complex process issues in the manufacture of components and assemblies.
  • Facilitate, influence, and work cross-functionally to improve supplier engineering processes.
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Keywords: Intuitive, New York , Manager, Supplier Process Engineering, Engineering , New York, New York

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