Equipment Buyer/Planner

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. Primary Function of Position The Manufacturing Equipment Buyer/Planner is responsible for the procurement and lifecycle management of materials, components, and spare parts required to install, sustain, and maintain manufacturing line equipment. This position plays a critical role in ensuring uninterrupted production by proactively sourcing and securing the equipment-related materials and spare parts necessary to support maintenance, repairs, upgrades, and capital deployments. The core of this role is procurement execution: identifying qualified suppliers, negotiating terms, managing purchase orders, and ensuring on-time delivery of critical parts and materials. The successful candidate will maintain strong supplier relationships to ensure reliability under time-sensitive conditions and will resolve sourcing issues quickly to prevent disruption to production continuity. Experience with materials or supply planning is a plus, as it supports more effective forecasting and coordination with maintenance and operations teams, but is not the primary focus of the role. This position is well suited to a candidate who demonstrates strong procurement expertise, sound judgment under pressure, and a consistent record of proactive sourcing and execution in a manufacturing or industrial environment. Essential Job Duties Plan, buy, and manage direct materials and spare parts required to support manufacturing line equipment, tooling, automation, and test systems, ensuring continuity of operations and minimal production disruption. Partner with Engineering, Maintenance, and Production to define and maintain technical specifications, drawings, acceptance criteria, and documentation for equipment materials and spares supporting installation, sustainment, and repair activities. Own spare parts strategy for manufacturing equipment, including criticality assessment, recommended stocking levels, lead‑time risk mitigation, and lifecycle planning aligned to equipment uptime and production needs. Support Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), deviations, and qualification builds by assessing and executing procurement impacts related to equipment materials, spare parts, cost, lead time, and supplier scope. Execute sourcing events (RFI/RFQ/RFP) for manufacturing equipment materials, line tooling, test and measurement systems, and associated spare parts, evaluating total cost of ownership (TCO), serviceability, and long‑term supportability. Supports negotiation and of administration of supplier commercial terms where required—including pricing, payment terms, incoterms, lead times, warranties, service agreements, and after‑sales support—to meet manufacturing quality, cost, and delivery (QCD) objectives. Partners with Sourcing and Category Management in supplier governance and QBRs, includes monitoring of supplier performance (OTIF, lead time adherence, responsiveness, warranty performance, corrective actions) as well as identifying and mitigating supply risks that could impact manufacturing line availability. Converts approved requisitions into purchase orders; manage acknowledgements, expedites, changes, cancellations, and deliveries through installation, commissioning, or spares receipt with proactive risk management. Coordinate logistics and site‑readiness activities—including packaging, freight, customs documentation, rigging, utilities, and safety requirements—to enable on‑time deployment of manufacturing equipment materials and spares. Track and report procurement activities against manufacturing project schedules, equipment installations, and sustainment plans, providing clear status, risks, and recovery actions to stakeholders. Manage end‑of‑life (EOL) and obsolescence for equipment materials and spares by partnering with Engineering to identify, qualify, and transition alternate parts and suppliers. Serve as the liaison between Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Finance to execute the Request for Capital Expenditure (RCE) process in compliance with company procedures. Prepare, submit, and maintain complete technical, financial, and contractual documentation (RCEs, BOMs, contracts, spares lists) to support audit readiness and regulatory compliance when required. Required Skills and Experience Manufacturing-Focused Procurement: Demonstrated experience buying materials, components, and spares for manufacturing line equipment, automation, tooling, or capital assets. Spare Parts and Lifecycle Planning: Strong capability in critical spares identification, stocking strategies, lead‑time risk mitigation, and lifecycle support of production equipment. Administration and Organization: Proven ability to organize and evaluate data to support timely execution of core job responsibilities and support sourcing events where required. Technical Acumen: Ability to interpret equipment drawings, data sheets, BOMs, and specifications, translating engineering and maintenance requirements into executable purchasing actions. Cross‑Functional