$220,000–$240,000 Per Year
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Director, Procurement Technology & Enablement
Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew, we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living.
Smith+Nephew is transforming how procurement enables growth, innovation, and operational excellence across the enterprise. As Director, Procurement Technology & Enablement, you will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping and delivering a modern, scalable, and data‑driven Source‑to‑Pay (S2P) ecosystem that supports a global, regulated, and performance‑oriented business.
This role owns the end‑to‑end procurement technology strategy and roadmap-from sourcing and contracting through purchasing, supplier data, analytics, and user experience. You will serve as the senior business owner for procurement platforms, data, and digital capabilities, partnering closely with Procurement leadership, Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to ensure technology investments translate into measurable business outcomes.
You will combine strategic vision, hands‑on delivery experience, and strong change leadership to simplify processes, improve compliance, unlock insights, and elevate the experience for both internal stakeholders and suppliers.
Procurement Technology Strategy & Roadmap
- Define and own a multi‑year procurement technology and enablement roadmap aligned to S+N broader digital and transformation agenda.
- Act as the senior business owner for Source‑to‑Pay platforms, ensuring coherent architecture, clear priorities, and disciplined execution across sourcing, contracting, buying, invoicing, and supplier management.
- Continuously assess emerging technologies (including AI‑enabled analytics and automation) and translate relevant innovations into pragmatic, value‑focused use cases.
- Establish robust procurement data governance across master data, supplier data, and transactional data.
- Build analytics and reporting capabilities that deliver actionable insight on spend, supplier performance, risk, compliance, and value delivery.
- Enable consistent use of data and insights in category strategies, sourcing decisions, and supplier management-moving from descriptive reporting to predictive and decision‑support analytics.
- Writing business case for Roadmap
Source‑to‑Contract Design, Delivery & Governance
- Lead the design, selection, and implementation of scalable S2P solutions that balance global standardisation with appropriate business flexibility.
- Partner with IT, Finance, Legal, and Compliance to ensure solutions meet enterprise requirements for integration, internal controls, audit readiness, data privacy, and regulatory compliance.
- Establish clear governance for enhancement intake, prioritisation, change control, and release management across procurement systems.
Adoption, Change & Capability Building
- Lead global change management, communication, and training strategies to drive adoption and sustained value from new tools and processes.
- Improve user experience across buying and sourcing journeys, reducing friction while strengthening compliance and control.
- Build digital capability within the procurement function, partnering with category leaders to embed new ways of working.
Leadership & Enterprise Partnership
- Act as a trusted thought partner to senior Procurement, Finance, and business leaders on digital enablement and process evolution.
- Influence without authority in a complex, matrixed environment, aligning diverse stakeholders around shared outcomes.
- Contribute to the broader evolution of the Global Indirect Procurement operating model and leadership agenda.
What you will need to be successful:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience across procurement, digital transformation, or enterprise systems, with significant leadership accountability.
- Proven experience leading enterprise‑scale Source‑to‑Pay or Procure‑to‑Pay implementations and process transformation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of procurement processes across indirect and/or direct spend in complex, global organisations.
Preferred
- Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or other regulated industries.
- Deep familiarity with leading procurement platforms (e.g., SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer, CLM and supplier data tools).
- Demonstrated success translating technology investments into measurable business outcomes (adoption, compliance, productivity, insight).
- Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) a plus.
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, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 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
- Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model (For most professional roles)
- Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, Mentorship
- Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!
The anticipated base compensation range for this position is $220,000-240,000 USD annually and the compensation offered will depend on the candidate's qualifications. You may also be entitled to receive bonus and benefits, which may include medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k, tuition reimbursement, medical leave programs, and a variety of wellness offerings.
Smith & Nephew follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described by local and state policies.
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.
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Smith & Nephew Plc
The Group has a history dating back 160 years to the family enterprise of Thomas James Smith who opened a small pharmacy in Hull, England in 1856. On his death in 1896, his nephew Horatio Nelson Smith took over the management of the business.
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A few days after the declaration of World War 1 in 1914, Horatio Nelson Smith (the nephew of the company founder T. J Smith) met with an envoy of the French President in London. The company was awarded a contract to supply £350,000 of surgical and field dressings, to be delivered in five months.
By the late 1990s, Smith & Nephew had expanded into being a diverse healthcare conglomerate with operations across the globe, including various medical devices, personal care products and traditional and pioneering woundcare treatments.
In 1998, Smith & Nephew announced a major restructuring to focus management attention and investment on three business units — wound management, endoscopy and orthopaedics — which offered high growth and margin opportunities.
Smith & Nephew was incorporated and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1937 and in 1999 the Group was also listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
In 2001, Smith & Nephew became a constituent member of the FTSE-100 index in the UK. This means that Smith & Nephew is included in the top 100 companies traded on the London Stock Exchange measured in terms of market capitalisation.
Today, Smith & Nephew is a public limited company incorporated and headquartered in the UK and doing business in many countries around the world.