Senior Manager, Advanced Operations

About Stryker

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. 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

Who we want-

• Effective communicators. People who regularly share relevant status updates and effectively articulate issues and recommendations to stakeholders and senior management.
• Managers who drive performance. People who implement process improvements and leverage the talent of their team to consistently increase performance and productivity.
• Insightful advisors. Managers who lead strategy development and provide guidance to teams.

What you will do-

• Lead a team of engineers and project managers responsible for design transfer of new productions into operations with a focus on design for inspection, manufacturability, assembly and service
• Be a key member of the Advanced Operations (AO) leadership team
• Formulate and implement strategic plans to help drive the overarching strategic plan and future direction of the organization
• Be an effective partner across all functions within divisional and Global Quality & Operations (GQO) organizations to deliver associated new products in line with divisional pipelines
• Participate in and lead a cross functional/divisional business forums and process improvement initiatives
• Direct teams to work effectively and build collaborative relationships with product development across multiple divisions and with the manufacturing operations to improve the speed to market of new products
• Utilize the new product processes and global advanced operations procedure
• Ensure a culture of collaboration exists between the AO NPI teams across the and that key skill sets can be leveraged when required to ensure all projects are managed effectively and delivered in line with divisional expectations
• Develop detailed understanding of “best practice” in product launch performance within the Medical Device industry
• Develop skills matrix in line with product road maps identifying the necessary training and coaching for team members to ensure that technical and team-based skills are acquired, applied and maintained by team members
• Prepare and deliver annual budgets (headcount, expense and capital) for final review and approval
• Approve personnel requisitions and capital expenditure requests
• Provide direction to the team in complex or difficult situations, remove obstacles, assign appropriate resources, and interface with other functions to assist with issue resolution
• Partner with HR in identifying and acquiring top talent, while developing and retaining talent within the team
• Establish priorities imparting a sense of urgency and importance to effectively deliver new products per quality, cost and time constraints
• Be responsible for the implementation, enforcement and compliance of all relevant quality, regulatory and safety standards

What you need-

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or business discipline required; master’s degree preferred
• 10+ years of applicable experience required
• 5+ years of leadership experience or substantial engineering support/project management experience required
• Experience working with electronic contract manufacturers -preferred
• Experience managing new product or process development teams -preferred
• Experience with entire product design lifecycle -preferred
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment -preferred
• Experience with GD&T, process mapping, statistical methods, and process/product validations -preferred
• Fluency in English and Korean -preferred

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