Associate Production Team Leader (1St Shift)

Work Flexibility: Onsite

What you will do -

The Associate Production Team Leader will be an engaging leader for team growth and business results while maintaining a people, quality and safety first mindset. You will be the manufacturing leader in our Cleanroom product assembly, accountable for team performance in the areas of: quality, delivery and performance to budget, team building, employee engagement, new product transfer, capacity and production planning.

Additional responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the operations launch functions for product transfer to Kalamazoo site from other Stryker locations
• Be responsible for oversight of Cleanroom business unit, which includes multiple assembly lines
• Lead team members from Operations to achieve monthly production targets
• Use data and other inputs, to identify, prioritize, and deliver on business and customer needs
• Be responsible for the recruitment and hiring of talent
• Forecast and predict recruitment needs of temporary and permanent talent to the team for conversion
• Manage labor through OT approval and timecard management
• Drive employee engagement by being responsible and accountable for actions promoting an environment that fosters personal growth and development
• Hold team and associated personnel accountable for Cleanroom quality requirements for regulatory standpoint
• Collaborate with cross functional teams (Advanced Operations, Engineering, Quality) to achieve business goals
• Analyze and identify levers to impact metrics/action plans to improve metrics and project impacts
• Anticipate and predict line down issues and partner with support staff to avoid delays to production
• Identify, prioritize and lead cost reduction initiatives to deliver on financial projections
• Partner with other business unit leaders on projects or operations initiatives to align when appropriate
• Be responsible for managing cost performance for the unit/team supported
• Lead daily meetings and communicate business results /metrics clearly at all levels of the operations business
• Evaluate employee performance through various means, such as talent reviews and common annual reviews, and enforcing company policies through appropriate disciplinary measures, with guidance
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement through the support of business and process improvements including but not limited to 6S, lean manufacturing initiatives, etc..
• Will participate in regulatory agency (FDA, ISO, EUMDR, etc.) audits

What you need -

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 2+ years of working experience required
• Excellent organization, planning, communication, project management and performance attainment in a manufacturing or logistics environment required
• Demonstrated leadership characters and capabilities - highly preferred
• Previous manufacturing experience preferred
• Experience with medical device regulations, FDA regulations, Cleanroom regulations -preferred
• Intermediate PC skills including Microsoft Office, Excel, Power BI, ERP Systems -preferred

Travel Percentage: 10%

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability.

Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.