Global Category Manager, Consultancy & Finance Services

Smith & Nephew, Inc.; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Generous bonus

Pension schemes

Private health

Dental plans

Income protection

Life assurance

Gym discounts

Bike & car schemes

Volunteer hours

Job summary

Smith+Naphew is seeking a Global Category Manager for Consultancy & Finance Services to lead the global strategy across Management Consultancy, Audit, Financial Services, Insurance and outsourced services. You will partner with Finance, Legal and senior stakeholders to shape external engagements and maximize value from suppliers.

You will drive complex sourcing initiatives, negotiations and governance improvements while balancing risk and commercial performance in a global framework.

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing Consultancy, Professional Services, Advisory Services, Financial Services or related categories within a complex global organisation.
• A proven track record of developing and executing category strategies that deliver sustainable business value and support transformation objectives.
• Strong experience leading complex sourcing initiatives, commercial negotiations and strategic supplier relationships.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships across a global matrix environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the global category strategy across Management Consultancy, Audit Services, Financial Services, Insurance and selected Outsourced Services.
• Partner with Finance, Legal and business leaders around the world to shape how Smith+Naphew engages with external advisors, consultants and specialist service providers.
• Influence key decisions, improve governance, optimise spend and ensure the business receives maximum value from external partnerships.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, complex negotiations and supplier relationships across a diverse portfolio of global providers.

Skills

Consultancy experience

Stakeholder management

Sourcing & negotiations

Strategic supplier relationships

Job description

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

Smith+Naphew is hiring Global Category Manager, Consultancy & Finance Services.

Consultancy and Finance Services sit at the heart of many of Smith+Naphew's most important business decisions, transformation programmes and strategic investments. As Global Category Manager, Consultancy & Finance Services, you'll shape how the organisation accesses external expertise across management consulting, audit, financial services, insurance and outsourced services.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across Finance, Legal and the wider business, you'll influence high value decisions, build strategic supplier partnerships and help drive sustainable value across a globally significant portfolio. This is an opportunity to combine commercial leadership, stakeholder influence and category expertise to make a visible impact across the organisation while helping shape the future of Procurement at Smith+Naphew.

What will you be doing?

As Global Category Manager, Consultancy & Finance Services, you will lead the development and execution of the global category strategy across Management Consultancy, Audit Services, Financial Services, Insurance and selected Outsourced Services.

Partnering with Finance, Legal and business leaders around the world, you will help shape how Smith+Naphew engages with external advisors, consultants and specialist service providers. You'll use market insight, supplier expertise and commercial acumen to influence key decisions, improve governance, optimise spend and ensure the business receives maximum value from external partnerships.

You will lead strategic sourcing initiatives, complex negotiations and supplier relationships across a diverse portfolio of global providers. At the same time, you'll support business transformation initiatives, helping stakeholders access the expertise they need while balancing innovation, risk management and commercial performance.

As a trusted advisor, you'll challenge conventional thinking, encourage smarter ways of working and help strengthen Procurement's position as a strategic partner across the business. Through your leadership and influence, you'll play a key role in shaping how Smith+Naphew deploys external expertise to support growth, transformation and operational excellence.

What will you need to be successful?

Success in this role comes from combining strategic thinking, commercial leadership and the ability to build credibility across a complex global organisation. You'll be comfortable influencing senior stakeholders, navigating ambiguity and turning business priorities into effective category strategies that deliver measurable outcomes.

• Significant experience managing Consultancy, Professional Services, Advisory Services, Financial Services or related categories within a complex global organisation
• A proven track record of developing and executing category strategies that deliver sustainable business value and support transformation objectives
• Strong experience leading complex sourcing initiatives, commercial negotiations and strategic supplier relationships
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships across a global matrix environment

You. Unlimited.

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• 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.
• 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.

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