Senior Buyer - NPI Sourcing

* Sunnyvale, CA, United States * Not Remote * Manufacturing \& Operations * JOB217818 ### **Company Description** 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. ### **Job Description** **Primary Function of Position:** Accountable for procuring materials, components, and equipment in of new product introduction. Gathers quotations, knows key supplier capabilities and matches those capabilities to new designs and project schedules. Tracks and updates orders, delivery commitments and inventory receipts both inside and outside of MRP. Insures adequate supply in place for production ramp\-up of new products. Works in partnership with Strategic Sourcing to ensure the appropriate supplier strategy is utilized for new product release and scale up to production. Establish material requirements from engineering, new product build schedules, and maintains inventory at planned levels. Evaluates supplier reliability and works with Supplier Development Engineering and Strategic Sourcing to develop new supply sources as needed. Monitors cost, schedule, and scope of assigned new products and projects. Insures materials availability for production release in time to meet project schedules. Works as a key member of a high performance team. **Roles and Responsibilities:** * Uses developed forecasts and proper planning techniques to ensure that optimal inventory levels are available to meet engineering and production ramp up requirements. * Applies extensive new product introduction/R\&D purchasing experience to minimize material run times and insure on time delivery of material to provided help with NPI project schedules. * Works with engineering to assist suppliers in developing efficient fabrication processes. * Identifies second sources for critical components as necessary * Participates in the continuous improvement of current systems and processes. * Works with Strategic Sourcing to identify and qualify new supplier resources. * Identifies potential supplier capacity issues and works in conjunction with S