Lead Projects & Planning

Work Flexibility: Onsite

• Who we want:

  
  

  Challengers. People who seek out the hard projects and work to find just the right solutions.
  Teammates. Partners who listen to ideas, share thoughts and work together to move the business forward.

  
  

  Charismatic networkers. Relationship-savvy people who intentionally make connections with both internal partners and external contacts.

  
  

  Strategic closers. Salespeople who close profitable business and consistently exceed their performance objectives.

  
  

  Game Changers. Persistent salespeople who will stop at nothing to live out Stryker’s mission to make healthcare better.

  
  

  Customer-Oriented achievers. Representatives with an unparallel work ethic and customer-focused attitude who bring value to their performance objectives.

  
  

• What you will do:

  
  

• Project Management (50%)

  
  
• Own pipeline of Supply Chain projects, manage priority & align project releases with ground operations teams. Define project objectives, project scope, roles & responsibilities.
• Outlining a budget based on requirements and tracking costs to deliver project on budget.
• Preparing a detailed project plan to schedule key project milestones, workstreams & activities.
• Coordinating with cross-functional team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.
• Managing delivery of the project according to this plan.
• Preparing status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information
• Managing and adjusting for any changes in project scope, schedule and / or budget.
• Prepare and communicate Risk mitigation plan to all stake holders
• Improvement in Cost per Delivered Shipment (CPDS) and (or) improvement in customer focused SLAs with each executed project

• Planning & Process Excellence (50%)

  
  
• Analyze business process gaps, identify solution alternatives, and guidance to business and relevant stakeholders for selecting the best solutions for closing the gaps.
• Proactive identification of process improvement projects (end-to-end conceptualization, project management and implementation) which lead to measurable improvement in DC and Distribution metrics
• Drive Continuous Improvement - Quantitative and qualitative to improve Supply Chain costs, quality, and service.
• New process design, creating Business Requirement Document in line with process improvements.
• Conducting User Acceptance Testing for new developed features / systems from Business side. Work for creation of Standard Operating Procedures for DC and Distribution operations.
• Process Re-engineering: Lead Process Excellence Programs on designing new processes and re-engineer existing ones at central level.
• Coordinate with Tech and product team to get operational improvement projects completed.
• Define and design areas of improvement and track action plans to closure.
• Reassess KPIs & operations metrics/SLAs & design Automated Dashboards for centralized performance monitoring
• Elicit requirements and drive process change using document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, business analysis and workflow analysis

• Professional Experience & Required Skills:

  
  
• Graduate/Post-Graduate in Business Management, Engineering with 4-5 years of experience in Demand & Supply Planning, Inventory Management, Project Management & Process Excellence.
• Excellent, demonstrated quantitative, analytical and organizational skills
• Strong ability to lead discussions with the business to analyze, configure and model processes in Supply Chain Management (SCM) backed by strong data analysis. 
• Creating supply chain solutions to support business growth and work with business team to develop requirements for various business solutions in supply chain.
• Network & Route optimization.
• Able to communicate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences)
• Knowledge of business processes, industry standards, best practices, customization, and developments
• Comfortable with ambiguity and can handle the unexpected with flexibility.
• Highly driven, motivated and a very good team player. Excellent Communication & Influencing skills
• Analytics / Data science certifications preferred