Production Planner

Stryker Corporation; Poland; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in Skawina, Poland, is seeking a production planner to coordinate activities with supply chain, manufacturing, and engineering teams to ensure on-time delivery of medical devices.

You will maintain ERP data, monitor schedules, manage inventories, and support capacity planning, NPI, and lifecycle changes in a regulated manufacturing environment. Hybrid work setup with travel 10% may apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in a related field is required.
• Minimum 5 years of production planning and supply chain experience.
• Experience with SAP ERP and related planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate production activities with cross-functional teams to meet on-time delivery targets.
• Maintain accurate planning data within the ERP system to ensure integrity.
• Monitor schedules and collaborate with manufacturing to resolve delivery issues.
• Manage inventory levels of raw materials, WIP, and finished goods for uninterrupted production.
• Track open orders, develop recovery plans, and reduce backlog.
• Lead capacity planning and support NPI projects and lifecycle changes.

Skills

Production planning

ERP systems

Bilingual English/Polish

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or SCM

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid At Stryker’s newly built manufacturing facility in Skawina, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliable production and delivery of innovative medical implants and instruments that improve patients’ lives worldwide. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing manufacturing organization where planning excellence, operational efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration directly impact business performance and customer satisfaction.

What You Will Do

• Plan and coordinate production activities for medical devices in collaboration with supply chain, manufacturing, and engineering teams to support on-time delivery targets.
• Maintain accurate production, inventory, and material planning data within the ERP system to ensure planning integrity and execution accuracy.
• Monitor production schedules and work closely with manufacturing teams to achieve planned output and resolve execution issues impacting delivery performance.
• Manage raw material, work-in-progress, and finished goods inventory levels to support uninterrupted production while maintaining optimal stock levels.
• Track and report open and overdue orders, develop recovery plans, and support actions that reduce order backlog.
• Lead production capacity planning activities in partnership with Production and Engineering functions to align resources with demand requirements.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) projects by providing production planning expertise and ensuring successful integration into manufacturing operations.
• Coordinate supply chain activities related to product lifecycle changes, including product phase-out planning and execution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in production planning and supply chain management within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using SAP ERP systems.
• Experience working with ERP systems for production planning, inventory management, and supply chain processes.
• Proficiency in Polish and English, both written and spoken.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the medical device, healthcare manufacturing, or other highly regulated industry.
• Experience supporting capacity planning, inventory planning, and new product introduction processes.

Poland, Skawina: zł97.200 - zł161.900 PLN Annual

At Stryker, we believe transparency helps candidates make confident decisions about their next career step. Compensation is an important part of that process and we want to be clear about how pay is determined. The compensation information posted for this role may be presented as a salary range or a fixed amount depending on the role. 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%

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

Work Flexibility

Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location.

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. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field‑based.

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.