Associate Production Team Leader

Stryker; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 77,700 - 129,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Job summary

We are seeking an Associate Production Team Leader at Stryker in Kalamazoo. You will lead a production team focused on quality, safety and meeting targets in a fast-paced environment.

This role involves coordinating cross-functional efforts and ensuring smooth product transfers to the Kalamazoo site. The position requires strong organization, planning and communication skills, plus experience in manufacturing or logistics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 6 years equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of working experience.
• Excellent organization, planning, communication, project management and performance attainment in a manufacturing or logistics environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Associate Production Team to meet monthly production targets.
• Oversee product transfer and launch into Kalamazoo site from other Stryker locations.
• Manage multiple assembly lines and optimize throughput.
• Recruit and hire talent; forecast staffing needs.
• Collaborate with Advanced Operations, Engineering and Quality.
• Drive cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead daily meetings and report business results and metrics.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and 6S/lean initiatives.

Skills

Organization

Planning

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Power BI

ERP Systems

SCADA

Job description

Shift: 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm Monday – Friday (Weekends based on business need)

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 Manufacturing Operations, 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.

• Be responsible for the operations launch functions for product transfer to Kalamazoo site from other Stryker locations
• Be responsible for 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 Production 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

Required –

• Bachelor's degree (or 6 years equivalent experience)
• 2+ years of working experience
• Excellent organization, planning, communication, project management and performance attainment in a manufacturing or logistics environment

Preferred –

• Demonstrated leadership characters and capabilities
• Previous manufacturing experience
• Experience with medical device regulations, FDA regulations
• Intermediate PC skills including Microsoft Office, Excel, Power BI, ERP Systems
• SCADA experience

$77,700 - $129,500 USD Annual

Benefits

• Medical and prescription drug insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• critical illness insurance
• accident insurance
• hospital indemnity insurance
• personalized healthcare support
• wellbeing program
• tobacco cessation program
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• 401(k) plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• basic life and AD&D insurance
• short-term disability insurance

Stryker 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.

Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.