Production Supervisor

Stryker Corporation; San Jose (CA); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in California is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee manufacturing activities across assembly, inspection, material handling, and packaging. You will manage a team of about 20 employees and coordinate with cross‑functional partners to meet production, quality, and operational goals.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years in production or operations, plus 1 year of supervision.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 4 years of production, manufacturing, operations, or related transferable experience.
• Minimum 1 year of experience leading, supervising, or coordinating the work of employees in a manufacturing or operations environment.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily manufacturing activities across assembly, inspection, material handling, and packaging.
• Lead a team of approximately 20 employees, including scheduling, timecard approvals, overtime management, training, performance management, and hiring activities.
• Develop and monitor production plans and staffing levels to achieve daily and monthly production targets, supply plan attainment, and operational metrics.
• Coordinate resolution of production‑related issues with cross‑functional teams including Engineering, Quality, Supply Planning, Finance, Purchasing, and Research & Development.
• Monitor and drive performance against key metrics related to safety, quality, productivity, downtime, waste, and compliance with company policies and procedures.

Skills

Team leadership

Scheduling

Timecard approvals

Overtime management

Training and development

Hiring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP systems

Production planning software

Job description

Work Flexibility: Onsite

As a Production Supervisor, you will oversee manufacturing activities across assembly, inspection, material handling, and packaging functions. You will manage a team of approximately 20 employees while coordinating with cross‑functional partners to achieve production, quality, and operational objectives. 1st Shift Monday-Friday 6 am-2:30 pm

What You Will Do

• Supervise daily manufacturing activities and ensure products are built in accordance with validated processes, work instructions, and quality requirements.
• Manage a team of approximately 20 employees, including scheduling, timecard approvals, overtime management, training, performance management, and hiring activities.
• Develop and monitor production plans and staffing levels to achieve daily and monthly production targets, supply plan attainment, and operational metrics.
• Coordinate resolution of production‑related issues with cross‑functional teams including Engineering, Quality, Supply Planning, Finance, Purchasing, and Research & Development.
• Monitor and drive performance against key metrics related to safety, quality, productivity, downtime, waste, and compliance with company policies and procedures.

What You Will Need

Required:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 4 years of production, manufacturing, operations, or related transferable experience.
• Minimum 1 year of experience leading, supervising, or coordinating the work of employees in a manufacturing or operations environment.

Preferred:

• Experience supervising manufacturing employees in a regulated industry.
• Experience using production planning, manufacturing, or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
• Experience monitoring and improving operational metrics such as productivity, downtime, waste, quality, or schedule attainment.
• Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, or related continuous improvement training or certification.
• Experience collaborating with cross‑functional teams including Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, or Finance.

United States of America Pay Ranges: $116,100 - $193,400 USD Annual Travel Percentage: None

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.

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.