Sr Material Program Specialist

Mexicali, MEXICO, mx April 24, 2026 Full Time

Primary Function of Position

Provides strategic leadership across multiple product families and/or business units, ensuring robust end‑to‑end material readiness and cross‑functional alignment to support operational execution. The role is responsible for gathering, evaluating, and presenting procurement and material insights that inform SIOP alignment, build‑plan amendments, SOE reviews, production‑status assessments, and clear‑to‑build analyses.
This position oversees Global Procurement deliverables supporting manufacturing line transfers and new‑plant readiness, ensuring cross‑functional project milestones, supply‑chain requirements, and risk mitigation plans are aligned with MSRB, PMO, and other functional partners.
The role also establishes standards for processes, tools, and reporting mechanisms that govern material readiness, and benchmarks external best practices to define an internal roadmap for the evolution of the Materials Program Management function.

Essential Job Duties

Leadership and Organizational Management

May lead a team of Material Program Managers/Specialists, providing coaching, performance management, and day‑to‑day guidance to drive operational excellence.
Assigns responsibilities across multiple product portfolios and/or business units, ensuring coverage of critical workflows, escalation pathways, and readiness reviews.
Partners with functional leaders in Procurement, Planning, Supplier Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, and Program Management to align priorities and organizational expectations.

Cross‑Functional Leadership

Represents Global Procurement in enterprise operational forums; prepares and delivers consolidated materials and procurement insights supporting SIOP, build‑plan updates, SOE reviews, production‑status assessments, and CTB readiness.
Oversees procurement-readiness deliverables supporting manufacturing line transfers and new‑site readiness by aligning schedules, readiness criteria, risk registers, and transfer/milestone requirements.

Material Readiness and Master Data Governance

Ensures effective planning and setup of component materials across multiple product portfolios, including DTP readiness, BOM/SAP master‑data accuracy, and enterprise-wide data‑integrity standards.
Oversees governance mechanisms to maintain high‑quality data across planning systems, ensuring consistency, auditability, and business‑rule alignment.
Leads procurement‑related support for life‑cycle transitions from NPI into volume manufacturing, ensuring production readiness and cross‑functional alignment.

Risk Management, Health Reviews and Compliance

Owns BU‑level and product‑family inventory‑health performance, including days‑of‑supply, coverage‑profile (CP) adherence, and compliance metrics.
Directs material‑health and compliance assessments to identify supply constraints, capacity exposures, supplier‑execution risks, and data‑quality issues.
Collaborates with Supplier Engineering and Sourcing to evaluate supplier capacity vs. demand, validate constraints, and drive risk‑mitigation and capacity‑expansion proposals.
Provides senior‑level recommendations on planning‑parameter changes, master‑data corrections, supply‑assurance strategies, and demand‑planning improvements.

Reporting, Tools, Standards and Continuous Improvement

Develops and delivers executive‑level dashboards, narratives, readiness reviews, and risk summaries for leadership.
Owns the development, standardization, and adoption of tools and processes used for CTB assessments, readiness tracking, material‑health reviews, and procurement‑related workflows.
Benchmarks external best practices and works with COEs/IT to refine or scale systems, reporting, and analytics capabilities.
Defines and maintains the long‑term roadmap for the Materials Program Management function, ensuring scalability to meet future product complexity, volume growth, and regulatory requirements.

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.

Required Skills and Experience

Functional Skills

Expert‑level ERP/MRP proficiency: Advanced mastery of SAP or comparable systems, including planning‑parameter architecture, MRP exception strategy, effectivity management, BOM governance, and cross‑plant supply modeling.
SIOP and strategic planning expertise: Deep experience interpreting SIOP signals, analyzing supply/demand gaps across multiple product lines, and shaping cross‑functional decision‑making.
Material readiness leadership: Proven ability to manage readiness for line transfers, NPI ramp, sustaining production, and multi‑site operational transitions.
Advanced risk assessment: Expertise in supplier‑capacity modeling, E&O forecasting, constraint identification, and scenario planning for high‑complexity portfolios.
Operational execution support: Strong understanding of manufacturing requirements, change‑management workflows (ECOs), and plant‑readiness criteria across global operations.

General Competencies

Analytical capability: Ability to synthesize large data sets into actionable insights and present clearly to executive audiences.
Cross‑functional influence: Demonstrated success aligning teams across Procurement, Planning, Engineering, Supplier Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, MSRB, and PMO.
Communication excellence: Skilled in delivering executive‑readiness reporting, facilitating cross‑functional reviews, and communicating risk clearly and concisely.
Process governance and continuous improvement: Strong background in defining standards, driving global process adoption, and designing systems/tools to scale.
Leadership, prioritization and problem solving: Ability to manage ambiguity, mentor team members, and coordinate activities across multiple high‑impact initiatives.

Required Education and Training

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Operations, or related discipline, plus 10+ years of experience in purchasing, materials, planning, or supply‑chain roles in a regulated manufacturing environment (medical device preferred).
Master’s degree or equivalent senior‑level training preferred.
Demonstrated professional history of leading high‑performing teams.
Professional certifications such as CPSM, CPIM, PMP are preferred.

Working Conditions

Approximately 20% travel required to domestic and international supplier sites, as well as Intuitive manufacturing locations.

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.

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