Downstream Marketing Associate - IVS

Work Flexibility: Onsite

As a Marketing Associate on Stryker's IVS team, you will help plan and implement projects that support the marketing function. Interact directly with product managers to identify new marketing opportunities, prepare regular marketing activity reports and responds to questions from the sales organization.

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.

• Is the subject matter expert for applicable products/product lines and able to field technical questions. [note: some products are more technical than others and will take longer to get to SME status].

• 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.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree
• 0+ years of work experience

• 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).

Preferred

• MBA

WHAT WE OFFER:

• A winning team driven to achieve our mission and deliver remarkable results.
• Quality products that improve the lives of customers and patients.
• Ability to discover your strengths, follow your passion and own your own career.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN: $59,900 - $83,300 USD Annual
• US5: $62,900 - $87,500 USD Annual
• US10: $65,900 - $91,600 USD Annual
• US15: $68,900 - $95,800 USD Annual
• US20: $71,900 - $100,000 USD Annual
• US30: $77,900 - $108,300 USD Annual

View the U.S. work location and transparency guide to find the pay range for your location.Travel Percentage: 50%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.