**What you will do-** You will develop and implement production plans to maximize the use of the organization's resources and meet established production specifications and schedules; volume, cost, and wastage targets; and quality standards. You will use business needs and knowledge of operations capabilities to produce schedules and production plans and estimate the human resources, tools, and equipment needed to manufacture products. This is an onsite role. The employee will work onsite at the Kalamazoo, Michigan location. + Monitor production activity and analyze production data so that the flow of materials is timed meet production requirements + Adjust schedules to accommodate backlogs, and material or labor shortages + Prepare work orders for production or purchase requests based on production schedules + Ensure safety stock levels are met for various inventory pools by analyzing trends and adjusting plans + Evaluate production specifications and plant capacity data to determine manufacturing processes and calculate machine and operator loads + Communicate with customers around lead time, backorder, and inventory issues + Identify and own CI projects to improve daily planning processes and inventory management. + Support systems enhancements to improve planning process **What you need-** + Bachelor's degree - required + Microsoft Excel experience - required + Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JDE, etc.) - preferred Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role. 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.