EU Transportation Manager

Role: Permanent & full suite of benefits
Location:     Hybrid, Ireland (Cork or Limerick) and the Netherlands
Work Type:   Hybrid

About Stryker:
We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine!
We are proud to offer you our comprehensive rewards package, including bonuses, healthcare benefits, insurance, retirement programs, wellness initiatives, and service recognition.

What you will do:

Join a high-performing transportation and logistics team that is driving cost efficiency, operational excellence, and service reliability across Stryker’s EU Manufacturing network. As GQO EU Transportation Manager, you will drive policy development, optimisation, and best-practice sharing across several Stryker countries for raw material shipping to/from our plants.

You will serve as the lead transportation representative from our Global Transportation and Trade (GTT) Centre of Excellence to your assigned countries. This role partners closely with Transportation Operations, Indirect Procurement, Planning, Finance, Site Leadership, and Sourcing to ensure disciplined execution, continuous improvement, and alignment to Stryker’s service and cost objectives.

This is a remote role that requires travel to distribution sites within our network on a per-project basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and execute continuous improvement projects that drive cost out of our inbound transportation activities
• Lead monthly transportation reviews with internal stakeholders across functions within your assigned divisions
• Develop deep relationships and be a trusted thought partner for our commercial, finance, and operations organisations, as applicable for your assigned divisions
• Monitor and analyse weekly and monthly cost reports, identifying variances, risks, and cost reduction opportunities
• Develop and own clear routing instructions for carrier, mode, and service selection and drive routing compliance
• Serve as an escalation point for aggregated transportation issues, leading root cause analysis and corrective action plans, while also creating pathways for fast self-serve resolution
• Review monthly spend versus budget and partner with Finance to communicate trends, risks, and savings opportunities
• Act as the primary liaison for all transportation topics across internal stakeholders, including Sourcing, Planning, Procurement, Finance, Transportation, and Logistics
• Perform periodic audits to ensure compliance with contractual terms, service level agreements, and cost-plus structures

Required Qualifications

• Level 8 Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, transportation, business, operations, or related field
• 7+ years of experience in transportation in a high-volume manufacturing or distribution environment
• Demonstrated experience overseeing dedicated fleet operations and third-party logistics providers
• Strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to interpret cost, utilisation, and performance data
• Demonstrated ability to drive cost reduction through governance, optimisation, and operational discipline
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional collaboration and manage complex vendor relationships
• Ability to influence without direct authority and hold partners accountable to performance expectations
• Experience leading issue resolution, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present data-driven insights to senior leadership
• Exercises sound judgment and balances risk and reward in dynamic and ambiguous environments

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