**Why join Stryker?
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Our total rewards package offering includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards - not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.
**Who we Want**:
- ** Analytical problem solvers.
**People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
- ** Goal-oriented**:Keeping the customer and requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions.
- ** Collaborative partners.
** People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.
- ** Dedicated achievers.
** People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
- ** Detail-oriented process improvers.
** Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes - finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.
**What you will do**:
Position summary:
This role will report to Global Process Excellence Team
Key areas of responsibility:
- Ensure the correct prioritization of the Automation Projects.
- Ensure the planning, tracking and support of the projects in the Automation program.
- Create documentation to guarantee the internal project standards.
- Monitor, update, and report out the project plan weekly to Global PMO
**Essential duties & responsibilities**:
- Assume overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closure of a project
- Deliver a project's objectives within scope, schedule, cost, and quality
- Lead process and technology implementation initiatives while tightly managing project spend on capital and expense budgets
- Manage and report project progress
- Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to drive successful project implementation
- Actively engage with stakeholders to evaluate existing process layouts in terms of process integration, ensuring best utilization of floor space, minimized handling and optimum process flow
- Participate in the selection, training and performance appraisal process of project resources, including temporary contract SME's as required
- Identify, monitor and appropriately managing project risk and liaise with broader team on common issues and resolutions
- Internal alignment with the IS Governance.
**What you need**:
**Education & special trainings**:
- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineer or System Engineer or Business Administration.
- PMP or PM (Certified) a plus
- Agile Methodology (Certified) a plus
- Green Belt a plus
- Multiple ERP systems knowledge is a big plus
**Qualifications & experience**:
- 5 years of relevant working experience in PMO in matrixed international company (preferably American or Multinational company) with complex reporting practices and with exposure to various reporting systems.
- 3 years of relevant working experience in IT or Software projects, working as a project management figure.
- Strong understanding of financial operations a plus
- Experience managing projects (reviewing timelines, baselines, critical paths,)
- Fluency in English required
- Lifecycle understanding in Automation or software development.
- Competent in Microsoft Office, advanced Excel skills (v-lookup, pivot table etc.)
- Demonstration of effective leadership and interpersonal skills necessary to interact and influence senior management in both Finance and the business
**Physical & mental requirements**:
- Ability to work well with cross-functional teams and multi-task.
- Good communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, attention to detail and ability to communicate complicated issues effectively.
- Demonstrated ability to perform consistently under varying business pressure as well as ability to adapt to a quickly changing environment.
- Working knowledge of MS Office Suites and MS Project.
- Effective problem-solving skills.
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