Global Category Manager - Travel

Smith+Nephew; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Global Category Manager, where you'll lead the strategic vision for Travel Services. In this dynamic role, you'll manage supplier relationships, drive innovation, and ensure compliance with category strategies. Your expertise in Travel procurement will be pivotal in enhancing supplier performance and delivering value across the organization. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of Travel Services in a collaborative environment that values diversity and innovation. If you're ready to make an impact, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Generous annual bonus

Pension schemes

Car allowance

Flexible holidays

Private health and dental plans

Healthcare cash plans

Paid volunteering hours

Discounts on gyms and fitness clubs

Salary sacrifice bicycle scheme

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Travel procurement and supplier management.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant fields.

Responsibilities

• Manage expenditures and drive strategic plans for Travel Services.
• Lead sourcing projects and enhance supplier performance.

Skills

Travel procurement experience

Supplier relationship management

Strategic planning

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration

CIPS qualification

Job description

Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew, we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living!

Travel procurement isn’t just about cost savings—it’s about driving innovation, managing risk, and ensuring we stay ahead in an ever-evolving landscape. If you’re an experienced Travel procurement professional who thrives on complex supplier relationship management, supplier strategy, and delivering commercial impact at a global scale, this is the role for you.

Are you ready to take the lead in revolutionising our Travel Services? As the Global Category Manager, you'll be at the helm of our strategic vision and initiatives within this dynamic category. Your role will encompass managing all expenditures, driving strategic plans, and leading key initiatives that shape the future of our Travel Services.

You'll be the driver behind our partner and supplier engagements, ensuring seamless collaboration and innovation. Your strategic vision will be pivotal in developing and executing the Category strategy, aligning with the broader Technology Services vision.

In this role, you'll forge strong relationships with key business stakeholders, spearhead proactive sourcing projects, and influence demand management. You'll also lead the charge in enhancing supplier performance and driving innovation within the category.

What will you be doing?

• Providing input to the Global Category Lead for setting functional objectives.
• Delivering Travel Services Category targets.
• Collecting and analysing supplier, market, and internal business data.
• Developing and communicating the Global Category Strategy for Travel Services.
• Identifying and mitigating key supplier risks & resolving supplier performance issues promptly.
• Executing projects based on the Category strategy and business plans.
• Leading proactive sourcing and establishing key supplier relationships.
• Implementing consistent KPIs and managing strategic supplier relationships.
• Driving innovation with strategic suppliers.
• Creating, applying, and reviewing major contracts.
• Ensuring alignment of activities with the overall Category strategy.
• Communicating negotiated contracts to stakeholders and ensuring compliance.
  
  
  

What will you need to be successful?

You'll need strong Travel procurement experience, with Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in fields such as business administration, finance, law or a scientific or technical field. A CIPS qualification is a bonus.

Success in the role will be determined by increased value across the category, and improved relationships internally and externally. Ultimately we want to move towards something that is much more proactive, and will allow us to plan our demand better, deliver simpler and better processes and when needed source new suppliers that will further increase competition and deliver value.

You. Unlimited

We believe in creating the greatest good for society. Our strongest investments are in our people and the patients we serve.

• Inclusion, Diversity and Equity: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Growing on Diversity, Learn more about our Employee Inclusion Groups on our website
• Your Future: Generous annual bonus and pension Schemes, Save As You Earn share options and a car allowance.
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Holidays 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.
  
  
  

Applications:

If you share our passion for pioneering innovation and can demonstrate how you meet the criteria outlined, we would love to hear from you.

We continue to actively build an environment where every individual can fulfil their potential and be proud ambassadors for Smith & Nephew, our customers and their patients.

We value the diversity of our people and welcome applications from everyone.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Medical Equipment Manufacturing

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