Senior Sales Education Associate

Stryker • Portage, MI

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

This is a hybrid role with the expectation to be onsite at our Portage, MI office 2-3x/week. The Sr. Sales Education Associate will conduct technical training courses for sales representatives and reseller partners in the use of complex situations for multiple products for our Neurosurgical & Enabling Technologies BU. They will also interact with customer and functional organizations to develop specifications for the content of courses. Prepares lesson plans from engineering documentation, field service requirements or software documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 2+ years of work experience required
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred
• 2+ years medical device or marketing experience preferred
• Previous experience in an education or training setting
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communications skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects while delivering on established timelines
• Ability to be persuasive in the absence of organizational authority
• Must be able to understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures and policies

Responsibilities

• General product and procedural knowledge
• General understanding of the competitive landscape
• General understanding of the sales operations and selling process
• General understanding of key customer groups
• Advanced understanding of educational program design
• Strong interpersonal skills, including written and oral communication
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams and executes sales education courses and programs
• Organizes in-class or virtual courses
• Gather, track and organize data from education programs
• Understands how our Sales Education strategy supports our business strategy
• Understands the budgeting process and tracks expenses for educational programs
• Knows current key stakeholders and networks/communicates with them
• Enhances sales education workstreams
• Follow and use corporate branding guidelines
• Aware of commonly used communication tools and who our target audience is

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/F/Veteran/Disability.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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