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Job description

The Job's Mission:

• To provide executive assistance to the General Manager. We need someone that exhibits a professional and polished demeaner and fully understands the role of an executive PA. This role requires exceptional organizational skills, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to handle sensitive information with utmost confidentiality. The ideal candidate will be proactive, efficient, and capable of managing a diverse range of tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Key responsibilities

Administrative support

• Manage and maintain complex calendars,
• Coordinating complex scheduling and calendar management for the General Manager, including scheduling meetings, appointments, and travel arrangements, and providing comprehensive administrative support.
• Coordinate and prepare materials for meetings, presentations, and reports.
• Prepare and edit documents, letters, and reports with high accuracy.
• Capturing, filing and retrieving corporate records, documents, and minutes of South African Leadership Team (SALT) meetings
• Must have knowledge and experience in writing minutes for a statutory board meeting
• Capturing and processing data using various software, including word processing, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentation software.

Project management

• Assist in the planning and execution of special projects and initiatives.
• Monitor project timelines, deliverables, and coordinate with various departments to ensure completion.
• Conduct research and gather information as required for projects and reports.
• Coordinate project completion by assigning work to appropriate staff, including the SALT, on behalf of the GM.
• Manage all aspects of organization’s office services. Evaluate and assist in developing office policies and procedures for improved workflow and anticipate future needs as the organization grows.
• Assist in the selection of vendors and to purchase equipment, services, and supplies necessary for the operation of the organization.
• Other projects/duties as assigned for the overall benefit of the organization. 

Communication

• Serve as the primary point of contact between the General Manager and internal or external stakeholders.
• Draft, review, and distribute communications on behalf of the GM
• Facilitate effective communication within the executive team and across the organization.
• Coordinate all SALT team meetings and retreats and assist with company meetings and events as needed.
• Provide "gatekeeper" and "gateway" role, providing a bridge for smooth communication between the GM and staff, demonstrating leadership to maintain credibility and trust.
• Support the SALT team with communication and culture messages.

Event Coordination

• Plan and organize executive events, meetings, and conferences, both onsite and offsite.
• Oversee travel logistics, handle bookings, flights, car hire, accommodation.
• Manage events planning including venue selection, catering, team communications and travel arrangements for attendees.
• Provide hospitality to all guests and help to create a welcoming environment, assist with catering and hospitality needs as requested.
• Work closely with events planning team to ensure smooth planning and execution of company events.

Confidentiality and Discretion

• Handle sensitive and confidential information with the highest level of discretion and integrity.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures regarding confidentiality.

Office Management

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the executive office.
• Work closely with the GM to keep well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately.
• Anticipate GM’s needs in advance of meetings, conferences, and provide relevant support for the meetings to be successful.
• Manage office supplies, equipment, and facilities to ensure a well-functioning work environment.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or similar in Business Administration, Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as an executive assistant or in a similar role supporting senior executives.

Skills and Competencies:

• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and other relevant software.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to anticipate needs.
• High level of professionalism and strong interpersonal skills.

Personal Attributes:

• Discreet and trustworthy, with a strong sense of integrity.
• Proactive and self-motivated with a positive attitude.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and demands.
• Effective communicator, energetic, and self-motivated

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Job description

Job Overview

• As the Manager, Data & Analytics EEMEA, you will be responsible for the creation and management of data analytics tools and supporting the analytic needs of the EEMEA Division, providing world class analytical insights and capabilities. This includes ensuring appropriate data access and availability, analysis and visualization that meets and exceeds the internal customer’s needs.  This role is also responsible for collaborating across other regions and functions to ensure data access is available for the EEMEA business to address regional needs. This role is part of the Business Enablement Solutions team that is focusing on business transformation and sales enablement projects and initiatives to improve data visibility and drive automation and digitalization. This person also works closely with IT, Operations, Finance and other enabling functions to develop recommendations and initiatives to establish a data driven culture by providing access to accurate data and reports for KPI management.

Who we want

• Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.
• Insightful advisors. Managers who lead strategy development and provide guidance to teams.
• Subject matter experts. Managers who not only oversee the collection, review, and analysis of data but can interpret, translate, and present on all various matters as needed.

What you will do

Leadership/People Development:

• Develop trusted relationships with the EEMEA business teams and other key stakeholders.
• Partner closely also with IT and external vendors and foster a collaboration environment.
• Ability to influence at all levels within the organization.
• Manage discussions and provide business input and translate business requirements.
• Foster a culture of data quality and business understanding of data accuracy for analytical purposes.
• Provide leadership and guidance to projects that impact our processes.
• Leverage experts and resources from Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, RAQA, Legal, IT etc. where necessary.
• Partner with the business transformation, sales enablement team and other enabling functions to build a solid data environment for our business stakeholders.
• Responsible to live and exemplify Stryker’s Values: Integrity, Accountability, People, and Performance
• Act as a change management leader to ensure user adoption as part of a data-driven environment.

Functional Responsibilities:

• Manage large library of analytics content for key internal customers including Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Operations.
• Orchestrate collaboration with Stryker enterprise functions to leverage domain expertise, capabilities, and identify areas of opportunity.
• Manage expectations on timing and scope of project work, including budget and financial impact.
• Lead discussions with data analysts and business stakeholders to identify opportunities where data analytics concepts can be applied to real-world business opportunities.
• Mentor and coach both new and experienced data analytics colleagues in the development of their skills and complex business problem resolution.
• Demonstrate creative ability to recommend visualizations of data that empower key business stakeholders to easily interpret complex information and quickly identify key insights.
• Orchestrate presentations and communications that effectively convey complex analyses up to the leadership level.
• Contribute to the development of the strategic vision for data analytics at Stryker.
• Work in close partnership with business stakeholders to identify and support/lead key commercial initiatives.
• Investigate and implement new analytics methods & tools to support the needs of the business.
• Support/lead the identification, development, and tracking of KPI goals / targets to support business initiatives.

Conduct & Compliance

• Abide by and support the policies set forth in the Stryker Code of Conduct.
• Understand that compliance with the Code of Conduct, as it may be amended by Stryker Corporation from time to time, is a condition of continued employment with Stryker.
• Conduct work in compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations and in accordance with Stryker’s high ethical standards.
• Report any violations of these policies and procedures to Stryker management or in the manner outlined in Stryker’s Ethics Hotline Policy.

What you need

Knowledge & Skill Requirements

• Excellent analytical skills: Must be able to analyze and resolve complex issues of a broad scope using independent judgment.
• Solid interpersonal skills: Internal Staff, Management and Commercial.
• Demonstrates strong communication and presentation skills.
• In-depth understanding of business processes with the ability to translate it in IT language.
• Must be able to understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures.
• Effective planning and organizational skills: Ability to prioritize work and keep accurate, detailed and confidential records.
• Demonstrated a culture of employee engagement, talent development and growth.
• Ability to anticipate impact and proactively take initiative beyond direct responsibility.
• Proficiency with related software tools including but not limited to Microsoft Project Manager, Excel etc.

Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or Master`s degree in Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or other relevant engineering/technical field required.
• 5+ years of related work experience required.
• 2+ years of people leadership experience preferred.
• Experience leading peers through end-to-end data analytics projects (e.g. from problem and requirements definition to code/model validation and reporting deployment) required.
• Experienced/advanced in business intelligence and analytics platforms (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) required.
• Familiar with common data analysis processes (e.g. data transformation, cleansing, modeling, relational database concepts) required.
• Familiarity with programming languages central to data analytics (e.g. SQL, Python, R, DAX) required.
• Background of advising both immediate team and broader organization on solutions required.
• Familiar with development & utilization of applications and process automation tools to improve analytics processes (e.g. Power Apps, Power Automate) required.
• Experience with project management tools & framework (e.g. scrum and agile frameworks) preferred.
• Experience/advanced in data governance concepts including the need for documented definitions, calculations, sources, lineage, etc. preferred. 
• Medical Device Company experience preferred.
• Internal applicants with an equivalent combination of education, experience and performance over time at Stryker will be considered.