Category Manager

Category Manager (Finance) 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.

• Manages supply chain of assigned direct materials suppliers and parts to support business continuity and optimization, including sourcing, development of category strategy roadmaps, negotiating contracts, analyzing spend, creating inventory management strategies, gathering commodity intelligence, and managing supplier performance; may include limited management of purchase orders.
• Leads cross-functional category team(s)
• Identifies and may implement key Global Supply Chain initiatives

• Category Management for electronics categories - wiring harness, electronics assemblies and OEM parts
  • Provides cross-functional team leadership within assigned category(ies); leads cross-functional category team meetings
• Collaborates with manager and cross-functional peers to create long-term supplier strategies and roadmaps. Engages with internal stakeholders to develop and influence category strategy that aligns with long-term business objectives.
• Co-leads direct procurement supplier selection process with collaboration from Supplier Engineering and guidance from manager. Leverages knowledge of strategic sourcing practices to identify a core supply base able to offer lowest total cost of ownership and high-quality product while identifying value improvement opportunities.
• Collaborates with manager to align production supplier requirements and sourcing strategies with those of new product development (NPI) for designated suppliers/categories to ensure uninterrupted material availability, alignment of risk, and cost goals with long term vision for the category / business
• Prioritizes category team projects in collaboration with manager and ensures team goals and objectives are achieved
• Leverages knowledge of commodity trends to propose strategies and educate stakeholders
• Develops and presents category strategy reviews
• Supplier Performance Management
• Leads supplier score carding and supplier business reviews for assigned suppliers
• Proactively collaborates with supply base and procurement team to understand and communicate demand changes and minimize excess inventory or material shortages
• Leads continuous improvement efforts needed with suppliers
• Escalates issues with supplier executive leadership with support and guidance of manager
• Risk and Capacity Management
• Develops mitigation plans and programs for assigned suppliers and critical sub-tier suppliers; collaborates with manager and cross-functional peers to drive implementation
• Leads capacity assessments for assigned suppliers and critical sub-tier suppliers; anticipates long‑term risks and installs proactive mitigations
• May serve as project manager for key supplier capacity or risk mitigation initiatives
• Leverages…