Associate Manager, Procurement Operations

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.

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Who we want-

• Business-oriented evaluators. People who effectively interpret information to demonstrate the effects of business initiatives, regulation and industry trends for sales, management and leadership teams.

• Strategic thinkers. People who enjoy analyzing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting, or sales opportunities.

• Motivated product launchers. People who bring strategic direction and drive for execution to ensure products are developed and launched with precision.

What you will do-

• Ensure procurement activity is completed accurately, timely, and is aligned to support the supply plan and inventory targets.

• Monitor and drive MDI metrics to understand significant impacts to supported projects.

• Ensure that KPIs are aligned with strategic objectives and are tracked, communicated, and corrective actions taken where necessary.

• Manage Accelerate integration PTP team and process.

• Actively manage key stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment of expectations and performance.

• Foster a continuous improvement culture that delivers measurable results. 

• Track and drive progress of emerging issues and recovery measures, communicate risks and escalating appropriately.

• Influence the organization across departments to drive standardization and simplification, and support initiatives in line with Purchasing strategy.

• Ensure compliance with all applicable regulations, including ISO13485/9001 and EU MDR, and support audits as necessary.

• Support NPI, M&A, PT teams to facilitate the onboarding of new suppliers and new SKUs. Verify integration checklists and processes are followed. Identify risks, seek proper resources to mitigate and escalate as needed. Stabilize new supply chains to transfer to sustaining buyer.

• Mentor/coach purchasing teams.

• Support various system integrations including ERP upgrades. Identify the need for process creation to support changes and lead creation efforts.

• Perform additional duties as assigned.

What you need-

• Bachelor’s degree- required

• 6+ years of supply chain management experience- required

• SAP experience- highly preferred

About Stryker

Our benefits:

• 12 paid holidays annually

• Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program.

• Financial benefits include Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

For a more detailed overview of our benefits or time off, please follow this link to learn more:  US Stryker employee benefits

About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 130 million patients annually. More information is available at  stryker.com.

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Stryker is driven to work together with our customers to make healthcare better. Employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required, depending on customer requirements, to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.