Warehouse Operative

at  Stryker

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The Job’s Mission
The Warehouse Operative will support the company’s distribution activities to meet quality standards and exceed the customers expectation. They will have responsibility for ensuring all production activities are completed (receiving, put away, picking, packing and shipping) to ensure our customers received their orders. There will also be a requirement to support with continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the operation remains compliant and evolves to better support the business.

Key Activities & Accountabilities

• Operational execution
• Able to execute the standard logistics activities in the specific area
• Operational coordination
• Ensure and assign sufficient resources are planned on each activity
• Responsible for streamlining the different activities within the specific area, before at the start and during the day to balance service and efficiency to an optimal level
• Warehouse administration
• Check that internal documentation, like check forms, are GDP compliant signed and completed on time
• Ensure and check if time of the people is registrered accurately
• Check that all employees that are requested are planned and show up
• Be the SME for any operational escalations (e.g. IS disruptions) for that specific area
• Supervisor support
• Support in providing objective employee feedback
• Support the operational supervisor in overall operational decision making regarding employees, equipment, workload balancing and other areas that will improve service levels or improve operational efficiency
• Support GEMBA management
• Ensure 6S audits are properly done and actions are followed up
• Ensure that operational data (e.g. statistics, daily report out) is available for the specific area that will enable daily reviews and daily start-up of the operations
• Lead small projects that positively improves operational outcome (on service, quality, cost) in the specific area
• Participate in cross-area projects to assess impact in the specific area and to support the overall Nordic Warehouse objectives
• Drive a culture of everybody, everyday
• Any other reasonable request in line with the operational needs of the business

Education

• High school or similar.

Experience

• Minimal 2+ years of technical education with degree and relevant work experience of 3-5 years
• Fluent in English
• Minimal 1-year experience of coordinating logistics processes
• Thorough experience with operational WHS processes
• Experience with ERP systems
• Experience with the Nordic Warehouse ISO standard
• Experience in LEAN tools

Competencies

• Collaboration – we achieve more together, and the Supervisor should lead by example and seek to collaborate at every opportunity.
• Innovation – just because it is the way it has always been done like that does not mean that is the best way. We encourage people to be creative and think outside of the box to set ourselves apart from our competitors.
• Relationship building – relationships are the foundation of a strong team and a robust network of relationships across the organization are pivotal to our success.
• Decision making – in a dynamic environment the ability to show sound judgement and make effective decisions is vital.
• Proactiveness – in a fast-paced operation being ready for anything is vital and a proactive approach and the ability to manage individual and team workload is a key attribute.

Service Commitments and Warehousing Promise
The EMEA Operations team keep the service commitments at the forefront of what we do every day. Our service commitments define who we are and connects our mission, values and strategy with our vision delivering remarkable results and a high level of service.
As the European Warehouse group, we also look to live our promise of being driven to grow talent and deliver excellence in service quality and cost for our customers.
Our Service Commitments and Promise are pivotal to the success of our European Warehousing Operations and the Supervisor should champion these and lead by example.
job description here.
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company 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

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