Business Process Owner, Upstream

What you will do -

Operations and supply chain leader with 8+ years of experience driving enterprise transformation in complex, matrixed organizations. Proven ability to translate strategy into scalable initiatives that improve performance, efficiency, and cross-functional alignment. Strong executive presence with experience influencing without authority and delivering measurable business impact. Data-driven leader with financial acumen, skilled at prioritizing investments, mitigating risk, and executing under tight timelines.

Enterprise Strategy & Commercial Alignment -

• Translate corporate strategy into actionable, multi-year roadmaps across Business Units
• Partner with T&E BUs and Commercial Leadership on sales enablement, NPI, M&A, and digital initiatives
• Drive improvements in service, inventory, and operational readiness
• Communicate strategic priorities and align stakeholders
• Identify risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans
• Support due diligence efforts as needed

Business Unit Performance & Governance -

• Lead KPI reviews and drive performance improvements
• Prioritize initiatives based on ROI, effort, and impact
• Partner with field and branch networks to execute roadmaps
• Support inventory strategy (par levels, lifecycle, obsolescence)
• Build and maintain processes, including SAP documentation

Cross-Functional Leadership & Execution -

• Align priorities across Functions, Regions, and Business Units
• Influence without authority to accelerate execution and remove barriers

Financial & Risk Stewardship -

• Link operational initiatives to P&L impact
• Evaluate ROI of supply chain investments
• Identify and mitigate enterprise risks

Executive Communication & Stakeholder Engagement -

• Present strategy and performance updates to leadership
• Drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders
• Foster accountability and operational excellence

Required -

• Bachelors degree
• 8+ years of supply chain, production planning, finance, operations, marketing (strategic) or similar experience
• Microsoft suite/Excel experience
• Power Apps experience
• PowerBI experience

Posted Date: 05/21/2026
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN : $110,100 - $183,400 USD Annual
• US5 : $115,600 - $192,600 USD Annual
• US10 : $121,100 - $201,700 USD Annual
• US15 : $126,600 - $210,900 USD Annual
• US20 : $132,100 - $220,100 USD Annual
• US30 : $143,100 - $238,400 USD Annual

View the U.S. work location and transparency guide to find the pay range for your location.

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.