The Job's Mission

The Stryker Product Support Specialist responsibilities include directly supporting all Stryker products associated with Joint Replacement procedures (including robotic surgery with Mako). This role will focus on servicing and supporting our clinical customers to strive for best-in-class specialist support with procedural excellence.

Additional responsibilities include working with the local sales team to coordinate training and events and managing day to day requirements of business support, ensuring Stryker delivers exceptional levels of service to our broad range of customers.

Learn more about the Mako robot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-hSfOKrAZI  

https://www.stryker.com/us/en/portfolios/orthopaedics/joint-replacement/mako-robotic-arm-assisted-surgery.html

Learn more about the Joint Replacement implants:

https://www.stryker.com/us/en/portfolios/orthopaedics/joint-replacement.html

Key Activities & Accountabilities

• Servicing existing and new customer base within the theatre and clinical environment.
• Providing support for MAKO robotic procedures, and manual joint replacement surgeries.
• Providing theatre and wider HCP staff with training on Stryker products.
• Working closely with team members within the defined region, and the Regional Sales Manager, to ensure customer service levels are best in class. 
• Auditing theatre Stryker stock (implants, disposables and instruments), managing consignment inventory and ensuring good asset management practice.
• Understanding the clinical application of the broader Stryker business to always offer customers the best possible solution.
• Conducting trials and evaluations of products in both theatre and the clinical environment as and when required.
• Implementation of training, provision of instruments and implementation of new Stryker business. This could include organizing and conducting training workshops and events for a broad customer group.
• Communicating essential features and benefits of products and their clinical application.
• Always demonstrating outstanding ethics. Treating customers and other employees with respect and representing Stryker in the best possible light.
• Behaving with integrity and delivering on commitments within required timescales.
• Observing customer needs and liaising with sales colleagues to follow up on and introduce new or additional Stryker products and/or support.
• Maintaining a basic business plan highlighting daily, weekly, and monthly objectives.
• Developing an understanding of the local healthcare environment and regional strategy.
• Additional responsibilities as directed by RSM (Regional Sales Manager).

What you need

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree within the field of biomedical engineering, medical technology, health sciences or Medical Certification (i.e. CST, PT, CPT, etc.)
• From 1-2 years of experience
• Fluency in Spanish and English is required (C1 level).
• Valid driver’s license

Preferred:

• Experience in operating room is highly preferred
• Previous experience as Product specialist, Clinical specialist, Nurse, or Biomedical engineer in the healthcare industry
• Master’s degree within the field of biomedical engineering, medical technology, and health sciences
• Experience with clinical training and education programs
• Demonstrated knowledge of business administrative and clerical procedures and systems (e.g., word processing, file management and record maintenance)

Role details

• Territory: Spain & Portugal (Iberia)
• Based Location: Valladolid
• Type: Field
• Travel percentage: 40% travel in iberia (60% base location)
• Presence in OR: 70%

What We Offer

• Company Car. As this is a field-based role with regular on-site meetings with customers, you will be provided with a customized company car including fuel card and all services.
• MAKO Product Training. To become a certified MAKO Product Specialist, you will complete a 6-month product training in English including co-travelling, surgery’s observation in the operating room and a final exam.
• Flat hierarchies and responsibility. Through flat hierarchies, we strengthen the initiative and willingness of our employees to take over responsible tasks.
• We grow talent. At Stryker we offer great personal and internal career development for our employees, with the possibility to make both vertical and lateral position movement.
• Team spirit & engagement. We create engaged and inclusive teams that encourage colleagues to share their diverse perspectives and opinions.
• Competitive salary. With us, you will receive a competitive salary commensurate with your job.
• Recognition of your performance. At our company, outstanding individual and cross-functional team performance is rewarded. Ideas, projects, or other exceptional achievements can be submitted for various awards on a local and global level.

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company 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.