Manager, Distribution & Logistics

Stryker Corporation; Flower Mound (TX); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in Flower Mound, Texas, seeks a Manager, Distribution & Logistics to lead the distribution team, drive on-time deliveries, and ensure compliance with quality and financial controls. You will coordinate with customer service, sales, finance, quality, HR, IT and operations to achieve strategic goals.

You will oversee inventory management, process improvements using Lean principles, and a team of clerical/production staff, while ensuring regulatory compliance including FDA/OSHA

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 6 years of equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in Distribution & Logistics.
• At least 5 years of people leadership experience.
• At least 3 years of warehouse operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily functional leadership to the distribution team to ensure on-time, cost-effective deliveries and positive customer experience.
• Ensure compliance with Stryker Quality System and Financial rules regarding inventory and revenue recognition.
• Lead a Distribution Unit and supervise clerical/technical staff and production staff.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with customer service, sales, finance, quality, HR, IT and operations to meet objectives.
• Set and achieve inventory, quality, cost, and delivery service targets; support new business opportunities.
• Maintain compliance with quality procedures for Distribution and with financial rules.

Skills

People leadership

Lean principles

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Excel

PowerBI

PowerPoint

Job description

Work Flexibility: Onsite

What you will do:

As the Manager, Distribution & Logistics you will provide daily functional leadership and direction to the distribution team to ensure achievement of business goals and objectives through consistent coordination of quality on-time deliveries that are cost effective and provide a positive customer experience. Additionally, will be responsible for compliance to the Stryker Quality System and Stryker Financial rules regarding inventory and revenue recognition management.

Additional responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the performance of the Distribution Unit.
• Identifies and is responsible for executing strategic initiatives to ensure ability to meet future growth
• Be responsible for the selection, supervision, development, engagement and objective achievement for the distribution team consisting of clerical/technical and production staff
• Work cross functionally with the customer service, sales, finance, quality, human resources, IT and operations team to achieve Stryker mission, vision and objectives
• Be responsible for setting and achieving inventory management, quality, cost and delivery service objectives
• Support new business opportunities
• Be responsible for updating and maintaining compliance to quality system procedures regarding Distribution
• Be responsible for maintaining compliance to Stryker Financial rules regarding inventory and revenue recognition management
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations and procedures (Stryker Quality System, FDA, FAA, OSHA, etc.)
• Plan and administer procedures and budgets for unit Manage one or more Distribution Unit Supervisor

What you need:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or 6 years of equivalent experience
• 8+ years of work experience Distribution & Logistics
• At least 5 years of people leadership experience
• At least 3 years of warehouse operations experience

Preferred:

• Experience working with MS Excel, PowerBI, PowerPoint or similar
• Proven track record of process improvement using Lean principles
• Medical device/regulated industry experience
• United States of America

Pay Ranges:

US10: $112,900 - $188,100 USD Annual Travel Percentage: 20%

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.

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.
• 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.