Senior Manager - Operations

at  Stryker

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• Day-to-day effective management of production, ensuring products are produced in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Has demonstrated ability to lead teams to deliver a quality first culture, customer service, enabling growth, continuous improvement of products and processes and drive engagement of the operations teams, while ensuring alignment to Stryker Corporate and SGS requirements and standards.
• Establish performance targets for the Business Unit(s), and monitor actual Business Unit performance against targets, taking appropriate and timely corrective action where negative trends begin to emerge.
• Leadership of one or multiple high performing teams across units, provides guidance / direction to the operational and functional areas on site, fostering an environment of proactive and continuous improvement approach.
• Ensure that sufficient processes are in place for capacity planning so the organisation’s commitment to meets or exceeds customer requirements are met.
• Sponsors an environment of Safety, Quality, People Development and CI within Stryker
• Champions a positive employee environment by promoting open communication, engagement, and development of quality teams. Promotes a culture of inclusiveness, trust, flexibility, and teamwork.
• Ensures effective processes in selection of competent talent and supports the development of future potential experts and leaders. Ensures effective training and performance management processes are in place and executed.
• Sponsors and ensures engagement in all internal and external audit programmes such as Corporate, notified body & FDA audits.
• Oversight and responsibility to ensure operation units maintains adherence to all KPI’s (Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, and People Development). Continuously monitors and partakes in Local and global forums to assess opportunities for improvement.
• With global alignment, ensures that necessary Capacity is in place across the network to meet our Customers’ Demands.
• Represent the Operations function in NPI launches, ensuring availability of resources and FG product to meet agreed launch plans.
• Foster strong collaboration across all functions, has a strategic view in identifying alignment and developing strategies.
• Contribute as a key member of SYK Site Management Team to develop and implement an operational execution plan for the site
• Build a high trust and engagement culture within operations. Lead and demonstrate behaviors that drive engagement every day.
• Ensure effective performance management, communications, and recognition within function.
• Supporting and / or managing major CI Programs as required, which may include being involved at any or all phases of project / program from idea to execution phase.
• Project manage the more complex improvement initiatives as required.
• Support Standardising approaches and practices across Operations Locally and Globally.