Sales Representative, Sports Medicine

Smith+Nephew

Sales Representative in medical technology responsible for customer acquisition and sales goals in the sports medicine field. Collaborating with healthcare professionals to ensure the correct use of products during surgeries.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeBasel • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Achieve established sales targets within the sales territory
Manage existing customers and acquire new customers (clinics and private practice/outpatient sector)
Support surgical procedures with the aim of ensuring the proper use of our products through guidance (e.g., ACL surgery, meniscal repair, hip arthroscopy)
Develop and maintain networks, including managing the relevant interfaces of our customers (outpatient and inpatient)
Provide professional technical consultation and product/equipment training
Continuously analyze the territory with regard to competitors, customer requirements, purchasing decision factors, and local market changes, taking budget planning into account
Document sales activities in the CRM system
Independently plan and conduct product trainings and workshops with users
Participate in regional and national congresses and training programs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Either a university degree (e.g., in medical engineering) or medical training (e.g., operating room nurse, registered nurse, medical practice assistant) or an equivalent qualification through relevant professional experience
High degree of independence, result orientation, and team spirit
Strong communication and negotiation skills
Confident IT skills, especially MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Excellent German and good English skills (spoken and written)
Driver’s license category B, residence in the specified sales territory and willingness to travel (80%) within that area
Proven experience in sales of medical/surgical products or implants is an advantage
Prior experience in orthopedics / sports medicine / endoscopy / arthroscopy is an advantage
Experience supporting surgical procedures is an advantage
Any additional national language is an advantage (French, Italian, Swiss German)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Attractive compensation: In addition to a competitive salary package, you will have access to our pension plan and S+N shares
30 days of vacation
Mental health program
One additional day off per year for volunteer work (Volunteer Day)
Continuous training in our SN Sales Academy “Selling Unlimited” and ongoing coaching in day-to-day work
Generous car policy including private use

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Hard Skills & Tools

medical engineeringoperating room nurseregistered nursemedical practice assistantsales of medical productssurgical procedures supportproduct trainingbudget planningCRM documentationnegotiation skills

Soft Skills

independenceresult orientationteam spiritcommunication skills

Certifications

driver’s license category B