Marketing Associate - EMS (Hybrid)

Stryker Corporation; Portage (MI); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Remote work option

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Marketing/Sales support professional for a hybrid role in Portage, MI. The position involves supporting marketing managers, coordinating tools, assisting with trade shows, and providing sales support for account managers.

Expect extensive travel (up to 75%), strong communication, organization, and analytical skills. Role includes developing competitive product information, input on new product development, and ongoing collaboration with customer visits and sales teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Business, or related field.
• Ability to travel up to 75% domestically.
• Excellent analytical and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills, including the ability to speak effectively in front of large groups of people.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects.
• Strong word processing and spreadsheet skills; experience in project management.

Responsibilities

• Provides support to marketing managers in the development and sales support of one or more marketing segments.
• Helps to coordinate and develop marketing tools, assists with trade shows, literature development, presentations and publicity.
• Provides sales support to account managers with regard to fact-finding, information gathering, assistance in proposal development, customer site visits, and customer sales calls.
• Collect, analyze and maintain an up-to-date library of competitive product information.
• Provide input on new product development.
• Provide sales training on assigned products, as required.
• Participate in customer visits as requested.
• Participate in the pursuit of new business opportunities and new markets, as necessary.
• Coordinate orders with customer service.
• Provide unparalleled sales support by answering questions/resolving account manager/customer questions.
• Provide sales force with competitive and technical data on a timely basis.
• Accountable for all record keeping as appropriate and in accordance with Stryker specifications.
• Other general and specified duties may be assigned, consistent with the company’s goals, objectives and interests.

Skills

Bachelor's degree in Marketing

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Business, or related field

Job description

Work Flexibility

• Hybrid – This role will be on a hybrid schedule at our Portage, MI office (3 days/week onsite).
• 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. 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.

What you will do

• Provides support to marketing managers in the development and sales support of one or more marketing segments.
• Helps to coordinate and develop marketing tools, assists with trade shows, literature development, presentations and publicity.
• Provides sales support to account managers with regard to fact-finding, information gathering, assistance in proposal development, customer site visits, and customer sales calls.
• Collect, analyze and maintain an up-to-date library of competitive product information.
• Provide input on new product development.
• Provide sales training on assigned products, as required.
• Participate in customer visits as requested.
• Participate in the pursuit of new business opportunities and new markets, as necessary.
• Coordinate orders with customer service.
• Provide unparalleled sales support by answering questions/resolving account manager/customer questions.
• Provide sales force with competitive and technical data on a timely basis.
• Accountable for all record keeping as appropriate and in accordance with Stryker specifications.
• Other general and specified duties may be assigned, consistent with the company’s goals, objectives and interests.

What you need

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Business, or related field.
• Ability to travel up to 75% domestically.
• Excellent analytical and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills, including the ability to speak effectively in front of large groups of people.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects.
• Strong word processing and spreadsheet skills are essential, as is experience in project management.

Pay Range

United States of America Pay Range: USN: $59,900 - $83,300 USD Annual

Travel Percentage

Up to 75%

Company 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

Equal‑Opportunity Employer Statement

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.