Material Handler

Stryker; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 3,582,000 - 4,959,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Stryker in San Jose is hiring a Material Handler to support inventory accuracy and material flow in a warehouse/manufacturing setting. The role focuses on cycle counting, inventory control, and resolving discrepancies while maintaining precise records.

You will perform counts, investigate variances, document findings, and collaborate with Production and warehouse teams to ensure materials are available and issues are resolved promptly. Salary is $31.05/hour with bonus eligible and benefits.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in inventory control, material handling, warehouse, manufacturing, or a related environment.
• Experience performing cycle counts, physical inventories, inventory reconciliation, or investigating inventory discrepancies.
• Basic computer skills and experience using inventory, warehouse, or ERP systems.
• Ability to stand/walk for extended periods of time.
• Ability to lift, push, and/or pull up to 40 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Perform cycle counts and physical inventories to maintain inventory accuracy and identify discrepancies across products, parts, bins, and serial-controlled inventory.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies, perform root cause analysis (RCA) and stock investigations, and proactively recommend or implement corrective actions to prevent recurring issues.
• Maintain accurate inventory records and audit trails within SAP/EWM and other business systems, including material movements, transfer postings, bin management, and inventory adjustments.
• Monitor inventory accuracy and related KPIs, identify trends or risks, and communicate inventory health, discrepancies, and recommended actions to leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Support day-to-day material handling activities, including receiving, put-away, picking, staging, docking, and movement of materials, while following established inventory controls.
• Partner with Production, Customer Service, Engineering, and warehouse teams to resolve material and inventory issues, prioritize competing needs, and ensure materials are available to support operations.
• Use Excel and system-generated data to research inventory issues, analyze information, create basic reports, and support data-driven decisions when needed.
• Follow established quality, FDA, OSHA, and safety requirements while supporting Lean/6S and continuous improvement initiatives focused on inventory accuracy and operational efficiency.

Skills

cycle counts

inventory control

data analysis

Excel

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)

Job description

Location: 5900 Optical Ct, San Jose, CA

Shift: Monday - Friday 5:30 AM - 2:15 PM

Summary: As the Material Handler, you will support inventory accuracy and material flow within a warehouse and manufacturing environment, with a primary focus on cycle counting, inventory control, and resolving inventory discrepancies. You will investigate variances, identify root causes, maintain accurate inventory records, and proactively communicate issues and recommended solutions while also supporting receiving, picking, staging, and other material movements. This role is ideal for someone who is highly detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable taking ownership of inventory issues with minimal supervision.

What You Will Do

• Perform cycle counts and physical inventories to maintain inventory accuracy and identify discrepancies across products, parts, bins, and serial-controlled inventory.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies, perform root cause analysis (RCA) and stock investigations, and proactively recommend or implement corrective actions to prevent recurring issues.
• Maintain accurate inventory records and audit trails within SAP/EWM and other business systems, including material movements, transfer postings, bin management, and inventory adjustments.
• Monitor inventory accuracy and related KPIs, identify trends or risks, and communicate inventory health, discrepancies, and recommended actions to leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Support day-to-day material handling activities, including receiving, put-away, picking, staging, docking, and movement of materials, while following established inventory controls.
• Partner with Production, Customer Service, Engineering, and warehouse teams to resolve material and inventory issues, prioritize competing needs, and ensure materials are available to support operations.
• Use Excel and system-generated data to research inventory issues, analyze information, create basic reports, and support data-driven decisions when needed.
• Follow established quality, FDA, OSHA, and safety requirements while supporting Lean/6S and continuous improvement initiatives focused on inventory accuracy and operational efficiency.

What You Need

Required:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience in inventory control, material handling, warehouse, manufacturing, or a related environment
• Experience performing cycle counts, physical inventories, inventory reconciliation, or investigating inventory discrepancies
• Basic computer skills and experience using inventory, warehouse, or ERP systems
• Ability to stand/walk for extended periods of time
• Ability to lift, push, and/or pull up to 40 lbs.

Preferred:

• Experience with SAP and/or Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)
• Experience with cycle counting, stock investigations, transfer postings, bin management, and/or inventory adjustments
• Experience performing root cause analysis and resolving inventory discrepancies
• Working knowledge of Excel, including exporting, organizing, and reviewing inventory data
• Familiarity with inventory controls, audit trails, inventory accuracy KPIs, Lean, 6S, and/or Six Sigma principles

$31.05 per hour plus bonus eligible + benefits.

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