Smith+Nephew

Lead global commercial category strategies, complex sourcing initiatives, supplier relationships, and digital procurement improvements while advising senior stakeholders. | Requires at least 7 years in procurement, strategic sourcing, or commercial management, a bachelor's degree, and demonstrated global strategy execution; an MBA or relevant certification is preferred. | Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. The Global Category Manager, Commercial is responsible for leading global category strategies across assigned commercial spend portfolios and serving as a trusted strategic business partner to senior stakeholders across Commercial, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales Excellence, Customer Experience, Finance, Legal, and other key functions. This role operates at an enterprise level, translating business priorities, market dynamics, supplier capabilities, and risk considerations into multi-year category strategies that deliver measurable business value. The successful candidate combines commercial expertise, strategic thinking, data-driven decision-making, and supplier relationship management to optimize value, manage risk, accelerate innovation, and enhance stakeholder experience. As a member of the Global Procurement team, you will lead strategic sourcing initiatives, develop category roadmaps, influence senior leaders without formal authority, and manage strategic supplier relationships that support commercial growth, customer engagement, digital transformation, and operational excellence. You will also play a visible role in procurement transformation initiatives, digital enablement programs, and continuous improvement efforts that advance Smith+Nephew's strategic priorities. What Will You Be Doing? Category Strategy & Value Delivery Lead the development, execution, and continuous evolution of global category strategies across assigned commercial categories and supplier portfolios. Translate business requirements, market intelligence, supplier insights, and enterprise priorities into actionable category roadmaps. Identify and implement value creation opportunities that improve cost efficiency, supplier performance, innovation, customer engagement, risk management, sustainability, and business outcomes. Develop and maintain Finance-validated savings pipelines, value plans, and business cases aligned with enterprise objectives. Ensure category strategies are integrated into annual business planning and commercial priorities. Provide category expertise and strategic recommendations that support enterprise decision-making. Monitor market trends, emerging technologies, and supplier innovations to identify competitive advantages and growth opportunities. Strategic Business Partnering Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic business partner to senior stakeholders across Commercial, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales Excellence, Customer Experience, Finance, Legal, and other functions. Build strong and collaborative relationships that position Procurement as a strategic enabler of growth. Influence priorities and decisions through data-driven insights, market intelligence, and structured recommendations. Constructively challenge business decisions to appropriately balance value, risk, speed, compliance, and strategic outcomes. Facilitate alignment among global, regional, and functional stakeholders to accelerate execution and decision-making. Act as a procurement ambassador, promoting best practices and enabling business success through strategic partnerships. Strategic Sourcing & Commercial Excellence Lead complex sourcing initiatives, supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contracting activities. Design sourcing strategies and commercial models aligned with business priorities and category objectives. Lead negotiations involving pricing, agency models, digital solutions, marketing services, customer engagement platforms, data services, intellectual property, and contractual risk. Structure and negotiate complex supplier agreements while ensuring compliance with enterprise governance standards. Partner with Legal and business stakeholders to create contracts that effectively balance value creation and risk mitigation. Drive sourcing excellence through competitive market assessments, supplier benchmarking, and best-in-class procurement methodologies. Supplier Relationship Management Manage strategic supplier relationships within assigned portfolios. Establish governance frameworks and performance management processes that drive accountability and continuous improvement. Collaborate with suppliers to identify innovation opportunities that support commercial effectiveness and organizational growth. Monitor supplier performance through meaningful KPIs, scorecards, and business reviews. Lead executive-level supplier engagements and performance discussions as appropriate. Develop resilient supplier ecosystems that support scalability, competitiveness, and innovation. Proactively identify and mitigate supplier risks and capability gaps. Risk, Governance & Compliance Identify, assess, and proactively manage commercial, supplier, contractual, operational, and compliance risks. Ensure sourcing and contracting activities comply with company policies, procurement governance standards, and applicable regulations. Provide stakeholders with clear risk assessments and mitigation recommendations. Escalate significant risks early and support informed decision-making. Support governance forums through fact-based analysis and recommendations. Maintain accurate category documentation, sourcing records, reporting, and audit readiness. Data, Insights & Digital Enablement Leverage advanced analytics, supplier intelligence, market research, and AI-enabled tools to inform strategic decisions. Translate complex datasets into actionable insights and executive-level recommendations. Develop dashboards, scorecards, value reporting, and category performance metrics. Champion data-driven decision-making across Procurement and stakeholder groups. Promote adoption of digital procurement capabilities and automation solutions. Drive initiatives that improve efficiency, transparency, user experience, and commercial effectiveness. Transformation & Continuous Improvement Lead and support procurement transformation initiatives that improve operating models, capabilities, and stakeholder experience. Contribute to the implementation of new technologies, supplier management approaches, governance frameworks, and ways of working. Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce complexity, and improve business outcomes. Foster a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous learning. Champion Smith+Nephew's "Better Every Day" mindset by driving sustainable improvement and embracing change. What Will You Need to Be Successful? Education Bachelor's degree required in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, Marketing, Economics, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related discipline. MBA, CIPS, CPSM, ISM, or equivalent professional certification preferred. Advanced training in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, or commercial leadership is highly desirable. Experience: Required 7+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or related commercial experience. Proven track record developing and executing global category strategies that deliver measurable business impact. Experience serving as a trusted advisor to senior business stakeholders. Demonstrated success leading complex sourcing initiatives and commercial negotiations. Experience developing business cases and delivering Finance-validated value. Experience managing strategic supplier relationships. Experience working in global, matrixed, and cross-functional environments. Preferred Experience supporting Commercial, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Professional Services, Digital, Customer Experience, Media, Agency, Research, Analytics, or Innovation-related spend categories. Experience within a global healthcare, medical device, pharmaceutical, or life sciences organization. Experience leveraging analytics platforms, AI-enabled tools, and digital procurement technologies. Strong change management and stakeholder engagement capabilities. Experience contributing to transformation, digitization, and continuous improvement initiatives. Travel Requirements: 10-20% global travel, as business needs require. You Unlimited. We believe in creating the greatest good for society. Our strongest investments are in our people and the patients we serve. Inclusion and Belonging- Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Inclusion and Belonging, Learn more about Employee Inclusion Groups on our website (https://www.smith-nephew.com/). Your Future: 401k Matching Program, 401k Plus Program, Discounted Stock Options, Tuition Reimbursement Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Paid Holidays, Flex Holidays, Paid Community Service Day Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account (Employer Contribution of $500+ annually), Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave, Fertility and Adoption Assistance Program Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, Mentorship Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more! The anticipated base compensation range for this position is $138,250 to $207,250 USD annually. ​The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, and geographic location. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate. In addition to base pay, we offer competitive bonus and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, medical leave programs, parental leave, generous PTO, paid company holidays, 8 hours of volunteer time annually, and a variety of wellness offerings such as EAP. #LI-REMOTE #LI-MA1 Smith+Nephew provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. Stay connected by joining our Talent Community. We're more than just a company - we're a community! Follow us on LinkedIn to see how we support and empower our employees and patients every day. Check us out on Glassdoor for a glimpse behind the scenes and a sneak peek into You. Unlimited., life, culture, and benefits at S+N. Explore our website and learn more about our mission, our team, and the opportunities we offer.

Lead global pipeline marketing by translating customer insights into innovation strategy and product development direction. | Requires significant upstream marketing, customer insight, and product strategy experience in medical devices or related fields, with strong stakeholder management and global collaboration skills. | Life. Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. This is a rare opportunity to help define the future of wound care innovation on a global scale. As Global Director, NPWT Pipeline Marketing, you will sit at the intersection of customer insight, innovation strategy and product development, helping shape the next generation of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy solutions. Working closely with healthcare professionals, commercial teams, marketing leaders and R&D, you will uncover unmet needs, identify emerging opportunities and translate complex market and customer insight into strategic direction. Your work will directly influence how future innovations are prioritised and developed, ensuring our pipeline remains focused on delivering meaningful value for customers, clinicians and patients around the world. This role is ideal for someone who is naturally curious, highly collaborative and motivated by solving complex challenges through deep customer understanding rather than purely commercial objectives. What will you be doing? In this highly visible global role, you will become the voice of the customer within the innovation process. You'll develop strong relationships with leading healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders across international markets, creating a deep understanding of clinical needs, treatment challenges and future opportunities. You will lead customer insight activities and translate diverse viewpoints, market dynamics and clinical feedback into clear strategic recommendations. Partnering closely with R&D and cross functional stakeholders, you'll help define future product concepts, target product profiles and innovation roadmaps that support long term business growth. As opportunities move through the development process, you will act as a trusted advisor who brings people together, challenges thinking when required and ensures customer needs remain at the heart of investment and product development decisions. What will you need to be successful? Success in this role comes from combining deep customer curiosity with strategic thinking and the ability to influence innovation across a complex global organisation. You'll be comfortable navigating ambiguity, drawing conclusions from multiple sources of information and building credibility with both healthcare professionals and senior internal stakeholders. We recognise that exceptional candidates may come from a variety of backgrounds. You may have developed your expertise within upstream marketing, customer insight, market research, product strategy, innovation, product management or commercial roles where customer needs directly informed product development and investment decisions. Key requirements include: • Significant experience within the medical device industry, ideally gained in areas such as upstream marketing, customer insight, product strategy, innovation management, product management, market development or adjacent functions. • Proven ability to engage healthcare professionals, surgeons, clinicians and key opinion leaders to uncover meaningful customer insights and translate those insights into product development opportunities, strategic recommendations and business cases. • Experience working closely with innovation, product development or R&D teams, helping to shape future products by translating customer, market and clinical needs into clear requirements and priorities. • Strong commercial and analytical judgement with the ability to interpret complex information, identify patterns and opportunities, and convert insight into compelling recommendations that influence decision making. • Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to collaborate with and constructively challenge senior leaders whilst building alignment across marketing, commercial, R&D and operational functions. • Experience operating within global or multinational organisations would be advantageous, particularly where customer insight, innovation and product development are closely connected. You. Unlimited. We believe in creating the greatest good for society. Our Strongest investments are in our people and patients we serve. Inclusion and Belonging: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Inclusion and Belonging, Learn more about our Employee Inclusion Groups on our website (www.smith-nephew.com) Your Future: Generous annual bonus and pension Schemes, Save As You Earn share options, and a car allowance. Work/Life Balance: Flexible Vacation and Time Off, Paid Holidays and Paid Volunteering Hours, so we can give back to our communities! Your Wellbeing: Private Health and Dental plans, Healthcare Cash Plans, Income Protection, Life Assurance and much more. Flexibility: Hybrid Working Model (For most professional roles). Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised, Mentorship. Extra Perks: Discounts on Gyms and fitness clubs, Salary Sacrifice Bicycle and Car Schemes and many other Employee discounts. For US Applicants: The anticipated base compensation range for this position is $157,500 - $292,250 USD annually. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role at Smith + Nephew. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate. In addition to base pay, we provide competitive bonus and benefits, which include medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k, tuition reimbursement, medical leave programs, parental leave, and generous PTO, paid company holidays annually and 8 hours of Volunteer time and a variety of wellness offerings such as We anticipate the application window for this opening to close on 26.10.2026. Smith+Nephew provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. Stay connected by joining our Talent Community. We're more than just a company - we're a community! Follow us on LinkedIn to see how we support and empower our employees and patients every day. Check us out on Glassdoor for a glimpse behind the scenes and a sneak peek into You. Unlimited., life, culture, and benefits at S+N. Explore our website and learn more about our mission, our team, and the opportunities we offer.

Lead global pipeline marketing by translating customer insights into product innovation strategies. | Experience in medical device upstream marketing, customer insight, product strategy, and stakeholder management in global organizations. | Life. Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. This is a rare opportunity to help define the future of wound care innovation on a global scale. As Global Director, NPWT Pipeline Marketing, you will sit at the intersection of customer insight, innovation strategy and product development, helping shape the next generation of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy solutions. Working closely with healthcare professionals, commercial teams, marketing leaders and R&D, you will uncover unmet needs, identify emerging opportunities and translate complex market and customer insight into strategic direction. Your work will directly influence how future innovations are prioritised and developed, ensuring our pipeline remains focused on delivering meaningful value for customers, clinicians and patients around the world. This role is ideal for someone who is naturally curious, highly collaborative and motivated by solving complex challenges through deep customer understanding rather than purely commercial objectives. What will you be doing? In this highly visible global role, you will become the voice of the customer within the innovation process. You'll develop strong relationships with leading healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders across international markets, creating a deep understanding of clinical needs, treatment challenges and future opportunities. You will lead customer insight activities and translate diverse viewpoints, market dynamics and clinical feedback into clear strategic recommendations. Partnering closely with R&D and cross functional stakeholders, you'll help define future product concepts, target product profiles and innovation roadmaps that support long term business growth. As opportunities move through the development process, you will act as a trusted advisor who brings people together, challenges thinking when required and ensures customer needs remain at the heart of investment and product development decisions. What will you need to be successful? Success in this role comes from combining deep customer curiosity with strategic thinking and the ability to influence innovation across a complex global organisation. You'll be comfortable navigating ambiguity, drawing conclusions from multiple sources of information and building credibility with both healthcare professionals and senior internal stakeholders. We recognise that exceptional candidates may come from a variety of backgrounds. You may have developed your expertise within upstream marketing, customer insight, market research, product strategy, innovation, product management or commercial roles where customer needs directly informed product development and investment decisions. Key requirements include: • Significant experience within the medical device industry, ideally gained in areas such as upstream marketing, customer insight, product strategy, innovation management, product management, market development or adjacent functions. • Proven ability to engage healthcare professionals, surgeons, clinicians and key opinion leaders to uncover meaningful customer insights and translate those insights into product development opportunities, strategic recommendations and business cases. • Experience working closely with innovation, product development or R&D teams, helping to shape future products by translating customer, market and clinical needs into clear requirements and priorities. • Strong commercial and analytical judgement with the ability to interpret complex information, identify patterns and opportunities, and convert insight into compelling recommendations that influence decision making. • Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to collaborate with and constructively challenge senior leaders whilst building alignment across marketing, commercial, R&D and operational functions. • Experience operating within global or multinational organisations would be advantageous, particularly where customer insight, innovation and product development are closely connected. You. Unlimited. We believe in creating the greatest good for society. Our Strongest investments are in our people and patients we serve. Inclusion and Belonging: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Inclusion and Belonging, Learn more about our Employee Inclusion Groups on our website (www.smith-nephew.com) Your Future: Generous annual bonus and pension Schemes, Save As You Earn share options, and a car allowance. Work/Life Balance: Flexible Vacation and Time Off, Paid Holidays and Paid Volunteering Hours, so we can give back to our communities! Your Wellbeing: Private Health and Dental plans, Healthcare Cash Plans, Income Protection, Life Assurance and much more. Flexibility: Hybrid Working Model (For most professional roles). Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised, Mentorship. Extra Perks: Discounts on Gyms and fitness clubs, Salary Sacrifice Bicycle and Car Schemes and many other Employee discounts. For US Applicants: The anticipated base compensation range for this position is $157,500 - $292,250 USD annually. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role at Smith + Nephew. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate. In addition to base pay, we provide competitive bonus and benefits, which include medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k, tuition reimbursement, medical leave programs, parental leave, and generous PTO, paid company holidays annually and 8 hours of Volunteer time and a variety of wellness offerings such as We anticipate the application window for this opening to close on 26.10.2026. Smith+Nephew provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. Stay connected by joining our Talent Community. We're more than just a company - we're a community! Follow us on LinkedIn to see how we support and empower our employees and patients every day. Check us out on Glassdoor for a glimpse behind the scenes and a sneak peek into You. Unlimited., life, culture, and benefits at S+N. Explore our website and learn more about our mission, our team, and the opportunities we offer.