Sr Strategic Enablement Analyst: Endo/Comm (Remote) - Illinois, Chicago Virtual Address

Work Flexibility: Remote

Who we want

Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure business goals and objective are met.

Collaborative partners. Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships, influence and partner with business leaders in multiple functional areas

Hard-working winners. Confident, competitive, and results-oriented professionals who create a track record of success.

 What you will do

In this role, you will support the development and implementation of pricing initiatives that support the business profitability goals and pricing strategy within the Customer Solutions Commercial Enablement function.

Responsibilities may include:

• Lead in building and maintaining high quality price reporting and analytics.
• Build complex financial models and analytical tools to measure financial performance including historical order bookings/shipments/pricing, item master data, revenue impact, contract performance, price lists, market and macro-economic trends, seasonality, promotions, and product life-cycle management.
• Lead conversation with Strategic Sales, Marketing and Finance on annual price planning strategies. To ensure accuracy on following year price points and to ensure alignment of forecasted price gain with finance, build a robust financial model.
• Propose, lead, and/or collaborate on analytic projects that are of strategic importance. These may involve analyzing problems and generating hypotheses, developing key performance metrics, in-depth quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and preparing reports and recommendations to support decision-making and strategy development.
• Serve as the pricing contact for divisional Marketing, Sales, and Finance business partners and also for the Enterprise Account Management Teams. This may involve developing planning framework, tools and methodologies, overseeing data collection activities, conducting analyses, and producing reports in sharing data-driven insights with all stakeholders.
• Critically evaluate and provide analysis of customer information, Stryker sales information, and historical pricing levels to Pricing Manager and Finance, Marketing, and Sales Management. This may include third party market information, strategic report analysis as requested and preparatory work for Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), Government, and other contract submissions.
• Communicate, convey, and visualize informed conclusions and recommendations in a manner to provide meaningful insights to the data and influence how organization approaches the challenge.
• Participate as a member of the Stryker Strategic Pricing Team involved in responding to customer requests for pricing master data, pricing master files, and data cleansing as it relates to pricing across all divisions of Stryker Corporation.
• Own process improvement projects that will drive efficiency amongst Pricing, Marketing, and Sales teams.
• Maintain awareness of industry best practices and the ability to advocate for and translate those into pricing practices where appropriate.
• Act as a role model to the department and organization for your work ethic, integrity, and team approach.

What you need

• Bachelor's degree required. 6+ years of relevant, professional experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 2+ years work experience required
• Must have knowledge of analytical tools such as Excel and Power BI
• Must have an understanding of basic financial concepts and processes related to sales, marketing, operations, and/or finance.
• Experience in Database Management/Analytics and  applicable software programs like Power BI and/or Tableau
• Demonstrated ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions,  and percentages, as well as analyze statistical and financial data.

• Business experience in the medical device or related industry preferred.  

Travel Percentage: 10%

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.

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