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Stryker Downstream Marketing Associate - IVS in Portage, Michigan
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As a Marketing Associate on Stryker's IVS team, you will help plan and implement projects that support the marketing function. Interact directly with product managers to identify new marketing opportunities, prepare regular marketing activity reports and responds to questions from the sales organization.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Will provide sales support by answering and/or resolving customer questions and /or issues on assigned products via telephone, e-mail and sometimes in person
May develop and/or initiate the development and production of marketing support material (e.g. product brochures, Apps, videos, etc.)
Will assist in the marketing of our products through exhibits, trade shows and educational lab execution
Will provide marketing or sales training to others as requested
May provide input in the new product development process and collect Voice of the Customer (VOC) feedback on new product concepts
Will work with sales representatives and engineering teams to identify and implement improvements to existing products
Will develop and execute strategies for communicating product-related updates to sales representatives
Will support development of the Surgical Marketing knowledge management system through creation of new sales support tools and refinement of existing tools
Will work closely with Relationship Management team and Operations team to understand production capacity, build schedules, and stocking schedules for assigned products
Will coordinate with Distribution Team and Sales Representatives to effectively allocate products to customers in times of short supply.
Will work with Customer Care Team to understand complaint handling, Quality, and Service processes, and will communicate these processes to Sales Representatives as needed
May support key product trials, presentations or installations as directed by Brand Manager
WHAT YOU NEED:
Required
Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business or related discipline
0+ years of work experience
Preferred
- Internship experience related to marketing, sales, and/or healthcare
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.