Manager, Advanced Operations

Location

Kalamazoo, MI | United States

Job description

Why engineering at Stryker?

At Stryker we are dedicated to improving lives, with a passion for researching and developing new medical device products. As an engineer at Stryker, you will be proud of the work that you will be doing, using cutting-edge technologies to make healthcare better. Here, you will work in a supportive culture with other incredibly talented and intelligent people, creating industry-leading medical technology products.  You will also have growth opportunities as we have a culture that supports your personal and professional development.

Need another reason to apply? Check out these 8 reasons to join Stryker’s engineering team:  

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 

What We Want

• Effective communicators.  People who collect and interpret information accurately and can concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.
• Talent developers . Growth-oriented managers who recruit and hire top-performing talent and prioritize the development of their team members.
• Network builders. Managers who build connections with other teams and divisions and coordinate cross-functional collaboration.
• Managers who drive performance. People who implement process improvements and leverage the talent of their team to consistently increase performance and productivity.

What You Will Do

As an Advanced Operations Manager in the Acute Care team, you will be responsible for accelerating the pace and effectiveness of New Product Introduction by developing a culture of innovation within the engineering team while leveraging our GQO and Divisional partnerships.

You will provide technical oversight and leadership for delivering premium products through excellence in manufacturing, process, and technology development.

This role will include the leadership of a team driven to deliver on project milestones while supporting the development of our internal production systems and external supply base by progressing projects through our Design Transfer process.

• Lead a team responsible for implementing changes and adjustments in the production lines to accommodate the manufacturing of new products.
• Successfully determine project scope, scale, resource & financial requirements to meet new product introduction goals.
• Collaborate closely with the new product development team, translating product needs into a scalable production system.
• Provide insights into new product development from a production perspective, ensuring alignment with plant and external vendor requirements.
• Establish and maintain direct communication with global plants, participating in benchmarking activities to understand challenges and solutions in various locations.
• Demonstrate effective communication, resilience, and leadership skills within the team and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Act as a key liaison between the production operations team and the Acute Care research and development team.
• Develop clear roles and responsibilities between stakeholders ensuring a seamless integration of organizations to avoid overlap of activities for Design/Manufacturing Transfer.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the production lines & supply base, leveraging insights from global counterparts and ensuring alignment with GQO strategic goals.
• Execute a robust talent offense by attracting, developing, retaining, and engaging top talent while driving personal/professional growth of individuals, the team and delivering high quality results with passion, energy, and drive.
• Proactively drive positive outcomes to technical, business, and personnel problems.
• Support a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging at a team level.

What You Will Need

• 8+ years experience in similar positions in Manufacturing/New Product Implementation/Product Transfer.
• 3+ years experience in people leadership position
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or applicable technical field
• Must possess strong leadership skills, proven ability to coach and mentor individuals in technical skills and people development areas.
• Should demonstrate experience working in a dynamic and results driven team based environment.
• Demonstrated leadership, project management, and engineering experience in Medical Device or a similar regulated field.

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.

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