Associate Transportation Manager

About the role

Join a high-performing transportation and logistics team that is driving cost efficiency, operational excellence, and service reliability across Stryker’s EU distribution network. As Associate Mgr, GLO Transportation, you will drive policy development, optimisation efforts, and best-practice sharing across several Stryker countries for shipping activities to our customers.

You will serve as the lead transportation representative from our Global Transportation and Trade (GTT) Centre of Excellence to your assigned countries/trading lanes. This role partners closely with Transportation Operations, Manufacturing Locations, Indirect Procurement, Planning, Finance, and Distribution Logistics to ensure disciplined execution, continuous improvement, and alignment with Stryker’s service and cost objectives.

This is a remote role that may require travel to sites within our network on a per-project basis.

This cross-divisional role is responsible for maximising the service, quality and cost efficiency of transportation for GLO Transportation. The key focus for this role will be to support divisional and modal logistics operations, provide financial and escalation support, and drive continuous improvement. This role participates in cross-functional teams and requires strong internal and external relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison with leaders in the GLO transportation locations, and represent their requirements in the Global Transportation strategy.
• Collaborate closely with carrier partners to drive performance and efficiency.
• Provide guidance and train businesses to make educated transportation decisions.
• Maintain, communicate and enforce policies and procedures for relevant processes and functions.
• Ensure projects are followed through on and completed on time by working with the transportation ops team – guiding and educating the team as required and aligning with leadership.
• Build strong relationships with Stryker locations to provide premier customer service.
• Analyse internal customer requirements and other data to identify opportunities and activities to improve cost, quality, and service.
• Communicate and present ideas, projects, and KPIs & metrics to the appropriate stakeholders in the organisation.
• Must be able to analyse and resolve non-routine issues of a moderate to diverse scope using independent judgment.
• Monitor shipments through the 4PL and resolve escalations and issues.
• Manage business escalations to ensure effective service continuity.

Required Qualifications

• Level 8 Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, transportation, business, operations, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in transportation in a high-volume manufacturing or distribution environment
• Demonstrated experience overseeing operations and third-party logistics providers
• Strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to interpret cost, utilisation, and performance data
• Demonstrated ability to drive cost reduction through governance, optimisation, and operational discipline
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional collaboration and manage complex vendor relationships
• Ability to influence without direct authority and hold partners accountable to performance expectations
• Experience leading issue resolution, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present data-driven insights to senior leadership
• Exercises sound judgment and balances risk and reward in dynamic and ambiguous environments

About Stryker

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 and Orthopaedics that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.