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Job Details

🏢 Company: Smith+Nephew
📌 Job Title: Sales Representative – Trauma
📍 Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
🕒 Job Type: Full-time

Company Overview

Smith+Nephew is a global medical technology company that develops innovative solutions for trauma, orthopaedics, and wound management. Operating in over 100 countries, the company supports patients and healthcare providers to achieve a Life Unlimited. Smith+Nephew fosters a culture of inclusion, continuous learning, and innovation, ensuring employees thrive while making a meaningful impact.

Job Overview

As a Sales Representative – Trauma, you will be responsible for launching, promoting, and selling trauma products to Orthopaedic Surgeons. You will provide clinical support, in-service training, and hands-on demonstrations, ensuring the correct application of products in your territory. Reporting to the Regional Sales Manager, you will also monitor competitor activity, generate insights, and help shape strategic marketing initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute quarterly business plans to exceed sales targets

• Maintain a disciplined calling pattern with theatre and in-room appointments

• Conduct one-on-one detailing, workshops, in-service training, and practical demonstrations

• Provide real-time technical support in theatres and wards

• Monitor market trends and competitor activity

• Identify new users, indications, and opportunities

• Keep accurate client call records and submit monthly reports

• Participate in quarterly activity reviews in line with business cycles

Qualifications & Experience

🎓 Education

• Matric + Degree within Faculty of Health Sciences (required)

• Physiotherapist or Biokineticist qualification preferred

💼 Experience

• Minimum 2 years supporting Orthopaedic cases in theatre

• Experience in Trauma sales preferred

• Scrubbing experience essential

🧰 Skills & Competencies

• Strong sales and negotiation skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to deliver clinical presentations and training

• Market insight and competitor awareness

• High attention to detail and process adherence

• Ability to work independently and manage territory

CV Tips

• Highlight orthopaedic or trauma sales experience in your CV

• Include theatre support, product launches, and client training

• Emphasize achievements in sales targets or product adoption

• Show your technical knowledge of medical devices and surgical procedures

• Include any clinical qualifications and scrubbing experience

Benefits of Joining Smith+Nephew

• Flexible vacation and paid volunteering hours

• Medical aid and employee wellness programs

• Hands-on, team-customized training and mentorship

• Hybrid working model for professional roles

• Inclusive, diverse, and empowering workplace culture

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge trauma products and global teams

Company Policy

Smith+Nephew is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity. All hiring decisions are based on merit and qualifications, and the company encourages applications from designated groups. Employees are expected to uphold ethical standards, maintain compliance with clinical and regulatory procedures, and contribute to a safe, professional work environment.