Smith & Nephew Careers, Benefits, Review

Inclusion, diversity and equity are at the core of our culture, and we are actively working to increase inclusion across all our workplaces. We do this by living our culture pillars and through awareness and training, but also by promoting it in our daily activities. 

Employee inclusion groups

Employee Inclusion Groups (EIGs) are voluntary, employee-led groups that foster a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace aligned with Smith Nephew’s culture, purpose, and sense of belonging.

Our primary goal for our EIG’s is to create an inclusive culture that supports diversity of thought, background and perspective. Our EIG’s cover a broad spectrum of diversity and provide a network for employees to engage and collaborate as part of a global framework and be empowered to drive local events and activities. 

Who We Are

Smith and Nephew is a global medical technology company. We design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. We support healthcare professionals to return their patients to health and mobility, helping them to perform at their fullest potential.

From our first employee and founder, T.J. Smith, to our team today, it’s our people who make Smith Nephew a unique place. Yes, we love to innovate and develop exciting technologies, and we offer competitive salaries and progressive benefits. But it’s our culture - of Care, Collaboration and Courage - that really sets us apart. Through a spirit of ownership and can-do attitude, we work together to win. We’re a company of people who care about each other, about our customers and their patients, and about our communities. Together, we fulfill our shared purpose of Life Unlimited.

At Smith Nephew it’s our culture of Care, Collaboration and Courage that really sets us apart. Through a spirit of ownership and can-do attitude we work together to win. By joining us you’ll become a part of a team who care about each other, about our customers and their patients, and about the communities where we live and work.

In your role you’ll be supported to learn, develop, and grow your career in a way that suits you. Whether it’s formal or informal, online or face-to-face training, you can pursue your growth opportunities across the entire company.

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Our Manufacturing, Supply & Quality teams are responsible for making and distributing our products across the world, while ensuring that we achieve the best in quality and comply with all industry regulations.

We take great pride in our manufacturing expertise and have facilities in 12 locations around the world. Manufacturing is responsible for producing high quality products for our diverse, global customer base. 

Within Manufacturing, we offer roles for machine operators, engineers and health & safety professionals.

Global Supply Chain includes roles in demand planning, supply planning, commercial logistics, warehouse, distribution and customer care.

In Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs, we hire to a variety of roles including quality engineers, inspection technicians, microbiology engineers, microbiologists, lab managers, chemical engineers and regulatory affairs specialists.

Sales & Marketing

Our Sales & Marketing teams play a key role in strategic planning and commercialising our products, as well as serving and supporting our customers.

Our sales force is highly trained, skilled and passionate about enabling better patient outcomes. Becoming a sales professional requires intense training and includes passing a strict certification programme.

Surgical device sales representatives must be able to demonstrate a detailed knowledge of all the surgical instruments used to implant a device, or have specific understanding of the various surgical techniques that a customer might use.

In our wound management franchise our representatives have a detailed understanding of how patients live with wounds and how clinicians seek to prevent and treat them. Our representatives also help to provide in-hospital support to aid in the effective use of our products.

Our global marketing teams set and deliver the strategic direction of our businesses in conjunction with our regional presidents.

At a regional and country market level, our marketing teams deliver our marketing activity.

Our marketing teams play a key role in identifying research and development opportunities, delivering marketing communications activity and enhancing our digital offering.

Roles in Sales & Marketing

Sales & Marketing offer opportunities for graduates and experienced professionals at all levels. Typical roles include:

• Sales Representatives
• Product Managers / Marketing Managers
• Sales Trainers
• Marketing Communications
• Commercial Excellence (including: pricing, tenders, market access and digital marketing.)

We offer roles at a global, regional and a country market level.

Research and Development

Through our global Research & Development team, we strive to deliver innovation that matters; pioneering products that enable better patient outcomes, and providing services that bring value to our customers and the Company.

We continue to invest to improve existing products as well as the development of new products. We seek to develop meaningfully disruptive products and services that harness transformational innovation, providing access to new technologies to people across the world.