Associate Manager Cleanroom / Packaging

Stryker Corporation; Skawina; Hybrid; PLN 151,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive compensation

Comprehensive benefits package

Travel 10%

Job summary

Stryker Corporation is seeking an Associate Cleanroom Manager to lead supervisors and production teams in a hybrid Poland-based role. You will drive safety, quality, delivery, and cost improvements while building a high-performance organization focused on patient outcomes.

Requirements include a higher-education degree in a related field, 6+ years in manufacturing/logistics ops, 2+ years of leadership, and Polish/English proficiency.

Qualifications

• Higher education in engineering/production/logistics/operations management.
• 6+ years in manufacturing/logistics/production operations management.
• 2+ years leading people in manufacturing/logistics.
• Experience in cleanroom/medical device, food, automotive, or aerospace industries.
• Polish and English proficiency.
• Proficiency with MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop cleanroom production teams through direct management of supervisors and leaders to hit safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets.
• Drive continuous improvement with lean manufacturing, visual management, and daily performance routines.
• Monitor manufacturing metrics and ensure production plans meet customer delivery requirements.
• Build workforce capability via recruitment, onboarding, coaching, and leadership development.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Polish language

English language

Lean manufacturing

Problem solving

Education

Higher education diploma in Engineering/Production/Logistics/Operations Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Join Stryker and play a leadership role in shaping the performance, capability, and culture of our cleanroom manufacturing operations. As an Associate Cleanroom Manager, you will lead supervisors and production teams to deliver outstanding results in safety, quality, delivery, and cost while helping build a high‑performing organization that positively impacts patients' lives. You will be accountable for building and sustaining a culture of continuous improvement by leading the implementation of Lean Manufacturing principles, daily performance management practices, structured problem solving methodologies, and employee engagement initiatives to drive operational excellence and workforce effectiveness.

What You Will Do

• Lead and develop cleanroom production teams through direct management of supervisors and operational leaders to achieve performance targets in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee development.
• Drive operational excellence by implementing and sustaining continuous improvement initiatives, lean manufacturing practices, visual management systems, and daily performance routines.
• Monitor and improve key manufacturing metrics, ensuring production plans and customer delivery requirements are consistently achieved.
• Build workforce capability through recruitment, onboarding, coaching, performance management, succession planning, and leadership development activities.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements, while actively promoting a culture of risk identification and issue resolution.
• Manage staff and workforce planning activities to align employee availability with production schedules and business needs.
• Oversee process controls, documentation, equipment maintenance coordination, and final product acceptance activities to support operational effectiveness.
• Lead problem solving initiatives, coordinate improvement projects, and support process validation activities through data collection, analysis, and implementation of corrective actions.

What You Will Need

• Higher education diploma in Engineering, Production Management, Logistics, Operations Management, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in manufacturing, logistics, or production operations management.
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading people within a manufacturing, production, or logistics environment.
• Experience in cleanroom operations, medical device manufacturing, food manufacturing, automotive, or aerospace industries.
• Communicative proficiency in Polish.
• Communicative proficiency in English.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Great communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of lean manufacturing methodologies, including 5S, Total Productive Maintenance, Kaizen, or similar continuous improvement frameworks.
• Communicative proficiency in German or French.

Location and Pay

• Poland Pay Ranges: Poland, Skawina: 150.700 - 251.200 PLN gross annual

Compensation

In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for incentive compensation (such as bonus and/or commissions where applicable), along with Stryker's comprehensive benefits package. Travel Percentage: 10%

Work Flexibility Details

Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace.
Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary.
Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements.
Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category.
Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co‑located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.

Stryker Overview

Stryker is one of the world's leading medical technology companies and, together with its 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! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com