Operational Excellence Engineer Global Logistics

Intuitive • Peachtree Corners, GA

238d • $155,800 - $224,200 • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's of science in Engineering or equivalent work experience preferred.
• 10+ years of experience working in a warehouse or operations environment.
• Experience in leveraging lean process tools such as Six Sigma and 5S.
• Ability to lead training courses for Lean/Six Sigma and other operational excellence methodologies.
• Highly skilled in MS Office suite including Excel & PowerPoint.
• WMS, Access and/or SQL database experience.

Nice To Haves

• APICS CLTD, CSCP, CTST, or CPIM certification preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully drive projects and process improvements in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven organizational skills to meet deadlines.
• Ability to apply sound judgment and decision-making skills in dealing with a variety of challenges.
• Experience with organizing unstructured data to help proposals or operational plans.
• SAP knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide functional expertise in logistics operations in help of inbound warehousing, transportation, and finished goods distribution for Global Logistics.
• Help the growth of our continuous improvement program using Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.
• Propose and help the deployment of market leading warehouse operations in our internally operated distribution center and with our 3PL warehouse providers.
• Resolve bottlenecks and other operational problems that prevent a timely and efficient handling of inbound and/or outbound orders.
• Conduct studies as required to investigate and establish root cause of compliance, quality or other performance failures and implement corrective actions.
• Effectively benchmark and leverage lean oriented tools such as 5S and Six Sigma to eliminate waste and help error proof transitional work.
• Run formal CI program and provide cross logistics training in Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.
• Drive implementation of projects that meet operational improvement goals and targets.
• Manage operations and resourcing necessary to help satellite warehouse locations.
• Develop and deploy key operational performance metrics.
• Develop operations team knowledge of warehouse operations, continuous improvement, and WMS applications.
• Apply data skills to identify and employ strategies to optimize warehousing, pick, pack & ship process, and meet shipment deadlines.
• Guide moderate to large cultural and behavioral change management initiatives successfully.

Benefits

• Market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree