Manager Logistics

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

Provide tactical and strategic oversight to the finished goods warehouse functions in support of established safety, quality, service level, financial and efficiency goals. The position will develop operational processes and goals as well as measure performance for work activities that include receiving, put away, kitting, Kanban, finished product packing, shipping and inventory control. Additionally, this position will be responsible for supporting the business with material storage, controls, capacity and capability planning as necessary to scale with growth of business. Primary

Essential Job Duties

• Supervises a team of individual contributors with functional responsibility for performing ongoing receiving, put-away, picking, kitting, replenishment route running, inventory control and/or packing duties.
• Schedules work activities and assignments, efficiently allocates available resources for shift coverage and coordinates operating coverage plans with other departments.
• People management skills, including the ability to inspire, lead and motivate a team of people, delegate work and explain ideas.
• Hire, train, develop, and motivate warehouse personnel to follow procedures, meet high quality standards, production schedules, operations dept goals, and productivity requirements.
• Anticipates opportunities for development of self and staff.
• Develops talent development plans in conjunction with Human Resources and other functional groups as needed.
• Develop and maintains key operational performance metrics, which are utilized to hold employees accountable for all day-to-day activities.
• Enhance the 9 block and succession plan.
• Establish goals and career expectations with TAP and IDP
• Writes and delivers annual performance reviews.
• Develops and maintains all policies and procedures that are specific to plant warehousing.
• Ensures policies and procedures as designated for warehousing are followed safely, accurately, and efficiently.
• Develop continuous improvement projects to improve ability to scale to support sustained business growth.
• Ensures material storage practices and related equipment is in keeping with local, state, and OSHA regulations.
• Works and communicates directly with Finance and functional management to develop and meet operational budgets for headcount, depreciation and cost center spending.
• Resolves bottlenecks and other operational problems that prevent a timely and efficient handling of inbound and/or outbound orders (e.g. purchase order receipts and fulfillment of interplant stock transport orders).
• Conducts analysis as required to investigate and determine root cause of compliance, quality or other performance failures and implements corrective actions as warranted.
• Support internal and external audits, cycle count program in coordination with Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Production Planning functions.
• Manage and effectively executes exception activities as required by warehouse function (e.g.
• processing of urgent material receipts, inventory purges, rapid replenishment of short materials to manufacturing work center(s) etc.).
• Establish a culture that promotes transparency, positivity, and high levels of engagement to drive team and business goals.
• Secondary Responsibilities: Actively benchmarks and leverages lean oriented tools such 5S and Six Sigma to eliminate waste and help error proof transitional work.
• Leads implementation of projects that lead to operational improvement goals and objectives (e.g., throughput, transaction accuracy, process controls, ergonomic, layout and other process improvement initiatives).
• Owns management of workforce capacity and material space requirements planning processes.
• Responsible for developing 1–3-year operating models for the warehouse and inventory control functions.
• Management of operations and resourcing necessary to support satellite warehouse locations.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience working in a warehouse environment associated with a production facility.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead and supervise operational teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Possess strong organizational skills to meet deadlines, assist staff in prioritizing work and handle multiple projects.
• Must be able to apply sound judgment and decision-making skills in dealing with a variety of routine issues.
• Ability to handle conflict well and give positive and negative feedback along with managing performance issues.
• Experience in leveraging lean process tools such as Six Sigma and 5S.

Required Education and Training

• High School Diploma.
• Understanding of Warehouse and OSHA Safety procedures.
• Working knowledge of Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) operating procedures.

Working Conditions

• Warehouse environment. Facility is 130,000 square feet and climate controlled.
• Must be able to stand for periods up to 8+ hours.
• Must be able to walk over 10,000 steps per day depending on operational needs.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• Experienced with organizing unstructured data to support proposals or operational plans.
• APICS CPIM and/or CSCP certification and ability to learn new software systems quickly.
• Skilled in MS Office suite, WMS, Access and/or SQL database experience.
• Must have Agile and SAP experience.

Additional Information

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer:  In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)), some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employees
who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.

Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the government’s licensing process can take 3 to 6+ months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (“TCP”) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls, final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employee’s
start date, which may or may not be flexible, and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable, candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes. 

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target compensation ranges are listed.

Client-provided location(s): Phoenix, AZ

Job ID: a0754917-3064-4b93-9d7a-002070c3a414

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-03-14T02:45:20