Stryker

Associate Manager Cleanroom / Packaging

Poland · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerStryker
LocationPoland
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted12 Oct 2026

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Join Stryker and play a leadership role in shaping the performance, capability, and culture of our cleanroom manufacturing operations. As an Associate Cleanroom Manager, you will lead supervisors and production teams to deliver outstanding results in safety, quality, delivery, and cost while helping build a high-performing organization that positively impacts patients' lives. You will be accountable for building and sustaining a culture of continuous improvement by leading the implementation of Lean Manufacturing principles, daily performance management practices, structured problem-solving methodologies, and employee engagement initiatives to drive operational excellence and workforce effectiveness.

What You Will Do

Lead and develop cleanroom production teams through direct management of supervisors and operational leaders to achieve performance targets in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee development.
Drive operational excellence by implementing and sustaining continuous improvement initiatives, lean manufacturing practices, visual management systems, and daily performance routines.
Monitor and improve key manufacturing metrics, ensuring production plans and customer delivery requirements are consistently achieved.
Build workforce capability through recruitment, onboarding, coaching, performance management, succession planning, and leadership development activities.
Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements, while actively promoting a culture of risk identification and issue resolution.
Manage staffing and workforce planning activities to align employee availability with production schedules and business needs.
Oversee process controls, documentation, equipment maintenance coordination, and final product acceptance activities to support operational effectiveness.
Lead problem-solving initiatives, coordinate improvement projects, and support process validation activities through data collection, analysis, and implementation of corrective actions.

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What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

Higher education diploma in Engineering, Production Management, Logistics, Operations Management, or a related technical field.
Minimum 6 years of experience in manufacturing, logistics, or production operations management.
Minimum 2 years of experience leading people within a manufacturing, production, or logistics environment.
Experience in cleanroom operations, medical device manufacturing, food manufacturing, automotive, or aerospace industries.
Communicative proficiency in Polish.
Communicative proficiency in English.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
Great communication and interpersonal skills·

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of lean manufacturing methodologies, including 5S, Total Productive Maintenance, Kaizen, or similar continuous improvement frameworks.
Communicative proficiency in German or French.

Poland Pay Ranges:

Poland, Skawina: 150.700 - 251.200 PLN gross annual

At Stryker, we believe transparency helps candidates make confident decisions about their next career step. Compensation is an important part of that process and we want to be clear about how pay is determined. The compensation information posted for this role may be presented as a salary range or a fixed amount depending on the role. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for incentive compensation (such as bonus and/or commissions where applicable), along with Stryker’s comprehensive benefits package.

If you’d like to learn more about the salary or the benefits associated with this role, your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details as you progress through the hiring process.

Travel Percentage: 10%

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