Why supply chain at Stryker?

As a member of our Supply Chain team, you will make a daily impact on the lives of others. Apply today and you will get a chance to work with high-functioning, driven people who all have the same mission of making healthcare better.

We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces and a Best Workplace for Diversity by Fortune Magazine! Learn more about our award-winning organization by visiting stryker.com

Our benefits include bonuses; commissions; healthcare; insurance benefits; retirement programs; stock based plans; family and parenting leaves; tuition reimbursement; wellness programs; onsite fitness centers and cafeterias; discount purchase programs; and service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities.

Who we want:

Detail-Oriented Process Improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes – finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.

Goal-oriented developers. Keeping the customer and requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions.

Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.

Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.

What you will do:

You will be responsible for executing and maturing Stryker Instruments’ ProCare Customer Demand Strategy. You will plan, create and monitor demand signals for Instruments’ ProCare. You will improve upon existing norms and create a next level integrated processes among internal functions such as service, operations, demand planning, supply planning, field service, and marketing. You will promote alignment by understanding and communicating customer needs and requirements throughout the organization. This is an onsite/hybrid mix role, with the employee working out of a Stryker office located in Kalamazoo Michigan.

Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Manage ProCare’s global demand planning process

• Update, monitor, and communicate forecast to suppliers

• Scope of management oversight

• Product lifecycle management

• Leverage scope and scale of global demand planning

• Provide input, strategy, tools and efficiency opportunities

• Channel the needs internal and external customers in all designs and initiatives

• Hold regular demand reviews with stakeholders

• Collaborate with, Operations, Inventory COE and Demand Teams to make effective supply chain decisions

What you need:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain management or related field, required

• 6 years of related experience within Supply Chain, required

• Experience in operating within a global, multi-divisional Supply Chain

• Manufacturing management, buying, demand planning, production planning

• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies and cost reduction methodologies

• SAP knowledge preferred but not required

• Strong Microsoft office skills, particularly Excel

About Stryker

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better.

The company offers innovative products and services in Medical and Surgical, Neurotechnology, Orthopedics, and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 100 million patients annually.

More information is available at stryker.com