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Key responsibility:

Secure day to day:

• Managing the daily operation of the warehouse and distribution department in order to ensure required service levels

• Ensuring compliance with local regulations regarding health & safety, regulatory and hazardous materials, as well as internal policies and procedures

• Developing and maintaining Warehouse SOP's in line with ISO13485 and ISO14001

• Ensuring all staff is appropriately trained on all aspects applicable to run a compliant and safe operation

• Supporting the development of -and maintaining Service Level Agreements, with our businesses and customers

• Proactively respond, with a sense of urgency, analyze and resolve business and customer issues;

• Setting yearly departmental budget and monthly projections

• Achieving the department's yearly financial objectives, through planning, directing, controlling, implementing, evaluating, monitoring and forecasting as needed to achieve budgets

Strengthening the base (Lead - Engage - Lean):

• Driving a constant focus on employee engagement and development by mentoring and training to ensure a culture in which employees are developed and talent is being retained

• Closely work together with other departments to pursue an overall cost effective and efficient integrated supply chain

New Business Opportunities:

• Enabling an operation which is capable to quickly adapt to major changes requested by our external and internal customers and / or changes in product mix

• Proactively support business growth, new products & services, mergers & acquisitions

Key Requirements:

• Higher education or equivalent work experience, preferred TSL, Economics, Engineering

• Minimum 3 years of experience in leading people and related warehouse operations, experience in healthcare sector (medical, pharma) will be an advantage

• Fluent in Polish and English (both verbal and written)

• Strong leadership profile, working close to people, open for inputs, influencer and people developer

• High level of process optimization capabilities, supported by concrete achievements or projects accomplished

• Operational ability to bring together the departmental goal achievement and good stakeholder relationship is required

• Good command of IT solutions supporting warehousing and operations (WMS as example), practical knowledge of JD Edwards ERP software will be seen as high advantage for this role

• Experience in the Medical Devices industry (ISO13485) will be an advantage

• Proven track record in LEAN / 6 Sigma; relevant education preferred (green or black belt)

• High sense of urgency and ability to find solutions under time restriction

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.