Senior Materials Coordinator - 1st Shift - $32.40/hr.

Stryker; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 58,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Short-term disability insurance

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Senior Materials Coordinator to lead day-to-day production planning and scheduling, while handling material logistics including shipping, receiving, and kitting for assembly. You will partner with Production, Quality, Engineering, and Procurement to align plans with demand, capacity, and regulatory requirements.

You will provide functional leadership to assembly technicians, pursue continuous improvement, and ensure adherence to Stryker’s quality systems and policies.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 3+ years of experience in production planning, scheduling, materials management, or supply chain in manufacturing.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems for planning and inventory.
• Experience with inventory control including cycle counting and reconciliation.
• Ability to operate material handling equipment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute production schedules aligned with demand and inventory targets.
• Monitor schedule adherence and adjust plans as needed.
• Balance labor, capacity, and material constraints for efficiency.
• Maintain planning data in ERP/MRP systems including lead times and routing.
• Perform cycle counts and reconcile inventory discrepancies.
• Coordinate daily shipping/receiving and communicate with carriers.
• Pull and kit production materials before shifts starts.
• Analyze metrics and drive process improvements for planning and reliability.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Inventory management

Data analysis

Leadership

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate's or Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The Senior Materials Coordinator is responsible for leading day-to-day production planning and scheduling activities to support safe, complaint, and efficient manufacturing operations. This role is also responsible for material handling activities including shipping and receiving, cycle counting, inventory transactions, and kitting production materials for assembly. This role serves as a key liaison between Production, Quality, Engineering, and Procurement to ensure production plans align with demand, capacity, inventory targets, and regulatory requirements.

The Senior Materials Coordinator provides functional leadership to assembly technicians, drives continuous improvement initiatives, and ensures adherence to Stryker’s quality system, policies, and performance expectations.

What You Will Do

• Develop and execute production schedules that align with customer demand, inventory targets, and service level requirements.
• Monitor schedule adherence and adjust production plans based on changes in demand, material availability, or operational priorities.
• Balance labor, capacity, and material constraints to support efficient manufacturing operations.
• Maintain planning data within ERP/MRP systems, including lead times, lot sizes, and routing information.
• Perform cycle counts, reconcile inventory discrepancies, and complete inventory transactions to maintain inventory accuracy.
• Coordinate daily shipping and receiving activities and communicate with parcel carriers regarding inbound and outbound shipments.
• Pull and kit production materials to ensure assembly teams have required components before shift start.
• Analyze planning and inventory metrics, communicate priorities and risks to stakeholders, and implement process improvements that improve planning efficiency and supply reliability.

Required Qualifications

What You Will Need

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in production planning, scheduling, materials management, or supply chain within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems for production planning and inventory management.
• Experience performing inventory control activities, including cycle counting and inventory reconciliation.
• Ability to operate material handling equipment, including hand trucks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate's degree or Bachelor's degree.
• APICS/ASCM certification such as CPIM or CSCP.
• Experience in a regulated manufacturing industry, including medical device, pharmaceutical, or aerospace.
• Experience supporting new product introductions, engineering changes, or process validation activities.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and data analysis experience.
• Previous lead-level or senior-level production planning experience.

$32.40 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.