Senior Inventory Analyst

Stryker • Portage, MI

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Inventory Analyst is the owner of the Instrument (Inst) inventory count strategy and serves as the central subject matter expert for inventory accuracy, counting methodology, and inventory risk analysis. This role provides strategic oversight and analytical leadership across all inventory pools, ensuring balanced coverage for all customers while supporting compliance, forecasting, and budget alignment. The analyst partners closely with inventory count teams, finance, and commercial stakeholders to optimize inventory utilization and asset deployment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Operations, or a related field preferred)
• 2+ years of relevant experience
• Excel experience

Nice To Haves

• SAP experience
• PowerBI experience

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the Instrument inventory count strategy, including process design, timing, frequency, and execution standards across all inventory pools.
• Serve as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for all inventory count teams, providing guidance, training, and support as needed.
• Maintain end‑to‑end knowledge of inventory count processes and ensure consistent application of best practices.
• Analyze inventory count results, identify risk areas, and recommend corrective actions to mitigate inventory accuracy and compliance risks.
• Perform detailed analysis of inventory data to assess count risk, coverage gaps, and trends across all inventory pools.
• Develop and maintain reporting that highlights inventory accuracy, exposure, and areas requiring additional control or focus.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to investigate discrepancies and drive root‑cause resolution.
• Own CETE Asset Pool analysis and strategy, ensuring alignment with business demand, customer needs, and operational priorities.
• Support forecasting activities and perform ongoing budget review related to asset pools.
• Provide insights and recommendations to optimize asset utilization while balancing cost, service levels, and risk.
• Analyze inventory distribution to ensure all pools are appropriately and equitably covered across customers.
• Identify imbalances in inventory allocation and recommend actions to improve coverage, efficiency, and customer support.
• Collaborate with commercial, operations, and finance partners to align inventory strategies with customer and business requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on inventory accuracy, process efficiency, and analytical capability.
• Develop and document standard work, metrics, and dashboards to support transparency and decision‑making.
• Communicate findings, risks, and recommendations clearly to stakeholders and leadership.

Benefits

• 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/V/D.
• Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
• Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better.
• We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes.
• We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior