Life Unlimited

Smith+Nephew is a portfolio medical technology business that exists to restore people’s bodies and their self-belief by using technology to take the limits off living. We call this purpose ‘Life Unlimited’. Our 17.500+ employees deliver this mission every day, making a difference to patients’ lives through the excellence of our product portfolio, and the invention and application of new technologies across our three global franchises of Orthopaedics, Advanced Wound Management and Sports Medicine & ENT.

At one of the sites mentioned, we are looking for a

Transport Visibility & Analytics Specialist (m/f/x)

Main Tasks:

• Implement end2end visibility for all shipments managed by S+N from origin (MFG, GDC, LDC) to destination (GDC, LDC, Customers)


• Ensure scalable solution ("plug&play" of connected 2/3PLs) covers all transportation partners in all traffic modes, intercontinental, intra-region and in-country


• Enable pro-active management of all shipments in order to avoid interruptions and delays


• Provide shipment related data (ASN, ePOD, volumes, documents, cost) and track & trace milestones/events in S+N central data lake/BI in order to enable Logistics, Customer Service and Commercial functions to manage customer priorities in real-time daily


• Enable shipment and carrier performance management, analytics & forward looking planning


• Ensure performance (accuracy, timeliness, real-time, availability, security, reliability) of cloud/IoT solution and connected service providers are at targeted level in collaboration with Procurement and internal stakeholders


• Focus on customer experience in collaboration with Customer Solutions/Service and balance service levels with cost

Job Requirements:

• Education and professional qualification within transportation or freight forwarding with a major focus on visibility solutions


• Additional experience in broader Logistics activities are beneficial


• Experience in Transportation/Logistics in Healthcare/Medical Devices is an advantage


• Understanding of Parcel/Express (last mile) and Freight Forwarding (air, ocean, overland) market and is familiar with transportation and visibility solution service providers within EMEA


• Proven experience with end-2-end transport visibility solutions


• Extensive work experience desired


• Profound in MS Office and experience in SAP, state of the art interfacing with IoT providers and digital solutions in transportation


• Fluently in English (written and spoken); German and Spanish/Italian/French are a plus

We offer

• An Interesting and varied function in an international and interdisciplinary environment


• Modern infrastructure and opportunities to further advance your career


• The opportunity to play a relevant part in a medical network and to further develop a company with an excellent reputation


• Attractive compensation package and social benefits


• If you are inspired by this opportunity, please submit your complete application to our career portal.

Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Patrick Menge, Talent Acquisition Specialist

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