Account Manager (Orthopaedics) in Birmingham

At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. We’re looking for a driven Account Manager to join our Orthopaedics team, covering the Birmingham, Oxford and Bristol areas. If you’re passionate about building strong customer relationships, delivering value-based solutions, and making a real impact in healthcare, this is your opportunity to thrive in a dynamic field-based sales role.

As our Orthopaedics Account Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of driving strategic growth across key accounts in your territory. Reporting to the Area Business Manager, you’ll take full ownership of your accounts, crafting and executing strategic plans that unlock new opportunities and drive revenue growth. From leading quarterly business reviews to developing tailored proposals, you’ll collaborate across teams, harness data from our CRM system, and stay ahead of market trends to ensure our focus brands thrive. Your role will be pivotal in expanding the footprint of our focus brands and ensuring our solutions make a meaningful difference to healthcare providers and patients alike. Success in this role means being a trusted advisor, a strategic thinker and a passionate advocate for our products and customers. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment and be energised by the opportunity to make a real impact.

You’ll need:

• Previous Orthopaedic experience is desirable, either in a clinical or sales setting.
• Proven sales experience, ideally with exposure to value and portfolio selling in hospital and community settings.
• Strong account management skills with a track record of driving revenue growth and market share.
• Confidence in engaging senior clinical and non-clinical stakeholders, including NHS procurement professionals.
• A degree in life sciences, business management or equivalent.
• A valid driving licence.

Travel Requirements: >75% within your patch.

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.

Sales roles: Choose between a company car or a generous cash car allowance.

Smith+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.