Marketing Associate Surgical Technologies Who we want: - Hard-working winners. Confident, competitive and results-oriented professionals who create a track record of success. - Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations. - Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders. - Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices. What you will do: - Understand key competitors and their relative strengths/weaknesses - Understand customer groups, including why customers buy the product or service - Identify critical customer needs and preferences - Provides customer feedback to marketing leadership - Aid in the construction of the marketing plan - Understand basic budget management principles - Understand general marketing principles such as segmentation, targeting, and positioning - Subject matter expert for applicable products/product lines and able to field technical questions - Support sales training initiatives and programs throughout the year - Support the on-label use and promotion of all products - Understand and supports setting price and maintaining product or portfolio margin - Aware of commonly used internal/external communication goals, tools and formats - Use appropriate scorecards to track results - Track existing KPIs and reports back to the organization - Share basic customer satisfaction input trends with the salesforce Minimum Qualifications (Required): - Bachelor's degree required - 0 years of work experience required Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired): - Marketing or business degree preferred - 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 - Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint) This role is for a minimum 9 months Fixed Term Contract, however the desire would be to extend further. 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. 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.