Senior Product Team Leader

Work Flexibility: Onsite What you will do - The Senior Product Team Leader leads day-to-day manufacturing operations with accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, employee engagement, and team development. This leader will develop talent, drive continuous improvement, and partner cross-functionally to ensure production goals are achieved while maintaining compliance with quality and regulatory standards. The role requires a strong people leader who can effectively manage a skilled workforce, solve operational challenges, and drive results across multiple shifts. Lead and develop a manufacturing team across multiple shifts, fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, safety, quality, and continuous improvement. Deliver business objectives related to safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people development , using data and operational metrics to identify priorities and drive results. Coach, mentor, and develop team members and frontline leaders through ongoing feedback, performance management, training, and development planning. Anticipate production risks and partner with cross-functional teams, including Materials, Quality, Engineering, and Operations, to resolve issues and prevent production delays or part shortages. Drive workforce planning, resource allocation, cross-training, and competency development to ensure appropriate coverage and support changing production needs. Lead structured problem solving and continuous improvement initiatives, including Lean, 6S, Leader Standard Work, and other operational excellence activities. Monitor operational performance and communicate business results, risks, and priorities through daily management processes and leadership meetings. Manage labor and operating costs, including overtime, staffing, timecard management, and cost improvement opportunities. Partner with other leaders on plant-wide initiatives and provide leadership beyond the immediate area when needed. Support recruitment, selection, onboarding, and retention of talent while creating an environment that promotes employee growth and engagement. Ensure training, documentation, audits, and recordkeeping are completed in accordance with quality, regulatory, legal, corporate, and HR requirements. Serve as a key operational leader and provide leadership coverage when needed, including communicating performance, priorities, and risks to senior leadership. Required - Bachelor’s degree or 6 years of experience in lieu of a degree 6+ years of relevant experience Proven leadership experience Preferred - Proven experience in manufacturing or operations Experience working with ERP/ MPR systems Lean manufacturing $102,600 - $171,000 USD Annual Travel Percentage: 0% 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.