As a member of the East Asia leadership team, the role holder will provide strategic leadership for the Joint Replacement and MedSurg franchises across Singapore, Malaysia, and export markets (Indonesia & Philippines), ensuring alignment with growth targets and the broader strategic objectives for Stryker. The role encompasses full P&L accountability for Singapore and Malaysia, with a key focus on driving sustainable growth in both sales and profit, while maintaining strict compliance with all regulations. A critical aspect of this role involves recruiting, engaging, and developing top talent to support the achievement of business goals. Additionally, the role holder will be responsible for fostering customer engagement across Singapore and establishing strong, effective sales and distribution channels to accelerate growth. Furthermore, the role will oversee the overall engagement of the Singapore office, ensuring a cohesive and motivated team environment. **Key Deliverables:** + Develop and execute sales, marketing, and technical service plans for Singapore, Malaysia, and export markets. + Prepare for market changes and ensure timely and appropriate responses. + Implement sales productivity metrics and lead business expansion opportunities. + Provide continuous updates on market and sales trends. + Represent the company at government and industry bodies. **Leadership & People Development:** + Exemplify Stryker’s Values: Integrity, Accountability, People, and Performance. + Create succession plans and individualized development plans. + Invest in people development and maintain a strong talent pipeline. + Mentor and coach sales and commercial leaders. + Foster a high-performance culture with strong accountability and ethics. + Ensure professional development for the sales management team. + Conduct annual and interim performance reviews and employee engagement sessions. + Ensure compliance with company policies. **Customer Relationships:** + Establish and manage relationships with KOLs and senior management of distributors/agents. **The Candidate:** + Degree in Medical/Business/Engineering/Technology/Sales/Marketing/Commercial preferred. + Experience in a multinational company in medical/pharmaceutical/sales/distribution. + Thorough knowledge of sales/distribution processes and applied selling/commercial skills. + Familiarity with the orthopedic industry and key decision-makers preferred. + Successful outcomes in product launches and change management. + Experience in high-growth lean organizations preferred. + Ability to interact with diplomacy and tact while maintaining assertiveness and persistence. + Excellent business acumen, communication skills, and hands-on implementation ability. 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. 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.