Production Team Leader - Fab 1st shift
stryker
5 - 10 years
Michigan
Posted: 18/04/2026
Job Description
What you will do
Join Our Team as a Production Team Leader -First Shift (Onsite). We’re looking for a hands-on people leader to lead a team of 40+ associates, drive performance and foster a culture of excellence on our production floor. As the Production Team Leader, you’ll play a key role in ensuring quality, on-time delivery, and budget adherence—while also supporting team building, employee engagement, new product launches, and effective capacity and production planning.
- Accountable to meeting and/or exceeding business objectives including but not limited to safety, quality, delivery, customer experience, people development and cost
- Allocate and lead resources in area based on production schedule and standards
- Identify and may lead cost reduction initiatives to deliver on financial projections
- Partner with other business unit leaders on projects or operations initiatives to align when appropriate
- Must be able to collect various metrics and compile to forecast business needs
- Attend daily management meetings and communicate business results /metrics clearly at all levels of the operations business
- Identify and execute continuous improvement projects through teamwork, empowerment, consultative problem solving, and operating with honesty and integrity while providing a highly responsive and unsurpassed level of customer service
What you need
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or 6 years of equivalent experience
- 4 years of proven leadership experience in manufacturing or operations
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent organization, planning, communication, project management and performance attainment in a manufacturing or logistics environment
- Own and execute LSW (Leader Standard Work) and audit requirements including, but not limited to, Quality and 6S
- Identify and execute continuous improvement projects through teamwork, empowerment, consultative problem solving, and operating with honesty and integrity while providing a highly responsive and unsurpassed level of customer service
- Accountable for team training compliance and guidance to team members, while ensuring a proper tracking of competencies
- Ensures compliance with established regulatory, quality, legal, corporate, and human resources policies and procedures
- Machining experience such as familiarity with CNC processes, tooling, or production workflows
- Program management experience such as managing cross‑functional timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder
About Company
Stryker Corporation is a leading global medical technology company that develops and manufactures products for orthopedics, surgical equipment, neurotechnology, and spine.
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