Job Summary:
This leader of Indirect Channel Management (ICM) is the key role in developing and executing strategy related to all Indirect Channels in Japan, and also closely working with SCM(Sales Channel Management team) in line with local management process. The role will require cross functional collaboration and commercial focused, working with regional and global ICM leads to ensure global standards on ICs are implemented within the region. They will also ensure there is continuous improvement in how channel partners are managed by ensuring both performance growth and operating with robust compliance standards.

Main Responsibilities & Duties

• Aid in selecting, developing and overseeing Stryker's entire country/ indirect channel network (including Legacy, NV, Medical and future Acquisitions)
• Participate in SYK regional and country leadership meetings to ensure LTs are aligned, understand and execute on ICM global practices.
• Manage the education and training of business leaders and key stakeholders across the country/region.
• Manage end to end IC processes in IC Hub, ensuring contract accuracy and execution.
• Deciding on escalated ICM issues from country/regional leaders to strengthen globally established indirect channel management standards.
• Manage IC lifecycle management, driving rigorous IC standards through diligent onboarding, contracting and continuous monitoring processes.
• Execute the effective roll out of global processes locally.
• Ensuring clear process flows are developed and communicated effectively within the business and all key stakeholders are managed to effectively implement the process.
• Establish and maintain responsibility framework locally that will be implemented for ICs.
• Lead / help facilitate leadership meetings to ensure country leadership is aligned and understands global ICM standards and execute same
• Manage all IC issues with diligent stakeholder management, to drive effective resolutions and communications to all levels, mitigating risks and ensuring clear documentations.
• Support development of communicate materials on standards and expectations for sub-IC selection/documentation to be leveraged enterprise wide.
• Continuously support business team to optimize business opportunity through new IC channels, business targets and managing profitability.
• Work with local MD, Franchise leads and Commercial excellence team support Go to Market and channel strategy and develop strategic plans to optimize local channel network
• Overall responsibility for managing solid IC governance process through a rigorous internal and external IC review mechanism, ensuring optimization of IC performance and network, operating with the standards expected by Stryker.
• Manage 1 direct report

Skills & Experienced Required

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Marketing, Business, Management or applicable discipline required; master's degree strongly preferred.

• 8 years professional commercial experience across commercial leadership, sales channel management, finance, compliance, logistics management or market access

  
  
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, strategic and tactical skills, excellent analytical skills, with the ability to conceptualize, structure and develop analyses.
• Excellent people skills including developing relationships at all levels in an organization and directly influencing business objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to make effective decisions independently and to work in a challenging environment with a natural ability to perform under stress.
• Strong organizational, planning, and follow-up skills and ability to hold others accountable.
• Travel Up to 30%-50% (In Japan and regional) travel may be required.
• Native level Japanese & business level English

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.