Human Resources Business Partner; Innovation & Product Excellence

Stryker is one of the world’s leading Medical technology companies and is dedicated to helping healthcare professionals perform their jobs more efficiently while enhancing patient care. We are currently seeking an HR Business Partner to join our Instruments Division.

As an HRBP for Instruments, Innovation & Product Excellence you will come into the Kalamazoo office weekly.

As an HR Business Partner you are responsible for executing the talent strategy, providing a consistent experience to directors, managers and employees and supporting and executing the engagement strategy for the market. The HR Business Partner provides HR partnership to managers and directors focusing on the work environment, employee relations, employee retention and business processes by executing the business unit HR strategy.

In this role you will perform needs analysis to identify gaps in areas of compensation, talent, diversity, recruiting and change management and partner with Senior HR Leaders and subject matter experts to deliver solutions to meet the needs of their assigned business unit.

• Serves as subject-matter expert to managers and directors.
• Implements change based on proven change management techniques.

• Facilitates difficult interactions among organizational stakeholders to achieve optimal outcomes; resolves escalated conflicts among stakeholders.

• Executes HR business strategies to drive key business results; provides guidance on HR matters, partnering with subject-matter experts to develop needed solutions.

• Partners with managers, directors and HR to proactively implement business solutions, utilizing HR expertise and perspective; supports managers on HR projects.
• Coaches managers and directors on HR and business-related issues.

• Implements and delivers solutions and interventions that address issues of retention, change management, employee engagement, and leadership development, partnering with subject-matter experts as appropriate

• Interprets data and makes recommendations; asks critical questions needed to evaluate data; gathers, analyzes and presents data to managers and recommend solutions that support the culture and the defined HR strategy

• Bachelor's degree or 6+ years of equivalent experience
• 8+ years of work experience
• Previous HR or role-related experience

• 4+ years business-facing HR, HR COE, HR Operations, or role-related experience
• Previous HR functional experience in employee relations, workplace practices, or talent acquisition
• Strong facilitation, consulting, relationship-building, influence, negotiation skills, and project management skills
• Experience supporting technical teams

Health benefits include:
Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include:
Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in Med Surg, 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. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.