Product Support Specialist Manual and Robotic

PowerToFly; Dalkeith; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A global medical technology leader is seeking a Product Support Specialist in Edinburgh to provide clinical support for joint replacement procedures. This role involves training healthcare professionals on Stryker products, auditing inventory, and collaborating with sales teams to optimize customer service. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in a medical environment, strong communication skills, and a background in theatre settings. The position emphasizes a commitment to ethics and integrity while representing the company.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ theatre or medical experience is required.
• Understanding of cost pressures surrounding theatres and surgical procedures is important.
• Strong sense of responsibility and ability to self-motivate.

Responsibilities

• Support customers in the theatre and clinical environment.
• Provide training on Stryker products.
• Ensure best-in-class customer service levels.

Skills

Theatre experience

Computer skills

Presentation skills

Workshop demonstration skills

Education

Professional training in a medical environment

Industry background

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

Overview

The Stryker Product Support Specialist responsibilities include directly supporting all Stryker products associated with Joint Replacement procedures (including robotic surgery with Mako). This role within Stryker UK will focus on servicing and supporting our clinical customers to strive for best-in-class specialist support with procedural excellence. Additional responsibilities include working with the local sales team to coordinate training and events and managing day to day requirements of business support, ensuring Stryker delivers exceptional levels of service to our broad range of customers.

Key Activities & Accountabilities

• Servicing existing and new customer base within the theatre and clinical environment.
• Providing support for MAKO robotic procedures, and manual joint replacement surgeries.
• Providing theatre and wider HCP staff with training on Stryker products.
• Working closely with team members within the defined region, and the Regional Sales Manager, to ensure customer service levels are best in class.
• Auditing theatre Stryker stock (implants, disposables and instruments), managing consignment inventory and ensuring good asset management practice.
• Understanding the clinical application of the broader Stryker business to always offer customers the best possible solution.
• Conducting trials and evaluations of products in both theatre and the clinical environment as and when required.
• Implementation of training, provision of instruments and implementation of new Stryker business. This could include organizing and conducting training workshops and events for a broad customer group.
• Communicating essential features and benefits of products and their clinical application.
• Always demonstrating outstanding ethics. Treating customers and other employees with respect and representing Stryker in the best possible light.
• Behaving with integrity and delivering on commitments within required timescales.
• Observing customer needs and liaising with sales colleagues to follow up on and introduce new or additional Stryker products and/or support.
• Maintaining a basic business plan highlighting daily, weekly, and monthly objectives.
• Developing an understanding of the local healthcare environment and regional strategy.
• Additional responsibilities as directed by RSM (Regional Sales Manager).

Education

• Theatre experience or professional training in a medical environment preferred. Industry background also advantageous.

Experience

• Minimum 2 years’ theatre or medical experience.
• Commercial knowledge and an understanding of cost pressures surrounding theatres and surgical procedures is important.
• Computer skills – MS Office, Excel etc.
• Presentation skills with modern presentation media.
• Workshop/product demonstration skills including anatomy and physiology knowledge base.

Competencies

• High level communicator.
• Ability to work in a collaborative manner with colleagues and customers.
• Professional, disciplined, focused, and organised.
• Strong sense of responsibility.
• Ability to self-motivate, work under pressure and deal with challenge.
• Winning personality and extensive people skills.
• Actively seeks continuous self-improvement.
• Flexible to change.

Location

• This role will predominantly be based in Edinburgh

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 150 million patients annually.