Category Manager Implants

• Portman Dentex
  
  Location:
  
  The Port - Cheltenham
• Vacancy Type:
  Central Functions
• Department:
  Marketing

Company Description

Portman Dentex is a leading dental group where your skills and ambitions make a real difference. We support over 370 practices across the UK and Ireland. We’re united by a passion for great dentistry, putting patients first and helping each other grow both at work and beyond.

Portman Dentex is recruiting for an ImplantCategory Manager role.

The Category Manager willown the strategic growth, commercial performance and development of their category across the Portman Dentex practice network.

You will be responsible for driving the strategic growth of theImplants categoryacross Portman Dentex, covering growth initiatives, supplier partnerships, commercial performance, clinical engagement and marketing initiatives. The role combines category strategy with hands-on delivery to ensure scalable, ethical and commercially sound implementation across the business.

You will be comfortable operating at all levels of the organisation - from nurses and Practice Managers through to Directors, clinicians and cross-functional teams - to implement best practices, optimise profitability, and enhance patient experience and clinical outcomes across our practices.

Working closely with Regional Clinical Leads (RCLs), clinicians, practice teams and central support functions, the Category Manager will lead the development and implementation of scalable category initiatives, treatment pathways and operational workflows that support consistent delivery across the network.

Key Accountabilities

Category Strategy & Growth

• Own the category strategy, growth roadmap and performance for either the Implants or Clear Aligner category across the Portman Dentex network.
• Identify and prioritise opportunities to grow patient demand, treatment uptake and clinical utilisation.
• Translate strategic priorities into clear commercial initiatives and implementation plans across practices.
• Act as the internal category expert, providing insight and guidance to senior stakeholders across the business.

Implementation & Practice Engagement

• Work closely with Regional Clinical Leads (RCLs), clinical SMEs and practice teams to support implementation of category initiatives.
• Develop practical implementation plans that support consistent adoption of treatments, technologies and pathways across practices.
• Engage clinicians and practice teams to share best practice and support capability development.

Supplier & Strategic Partner Management

• Develop and managestrategic supplier partnershipsthat support category innovation, capability development and commercial growth.
• Work with procurement to maximise value, training support and practice adoption from supplier relationships.
• Identify opportunities to introducenew technologies, treatment solutions and service modelsthat enhance the patient offering.

Workflow Design & Adoption

• Drive the development of scalable clinical and operational workflows to support the consistent delivery of implant or clear aligner treatments.
• Support adoption planning, training and engagement across practices.

Performance & Insight

• Monitor category performance across the network, identifying trends, performance gaps and opportunities for growth.
• Use data and insight to inform commercial decision-making and prioritise improvement initiatives.
• Track delivery metrics and benefits realisation to ensure category initiatives deliver measurable impact.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with Operations, Marketing, BI, Procurement and Clinical teams to deliver initiatives that support category performance.
• Support marketing campaigns, training initiatives and reporting frameworks that drive patient engagement and category growth.

Skills & Experience

• Deep Commercial and Customer experience in Product and category management. You will have owned products before and had experience in driving growth
• Specific experience in Customer Management and retention plans would be a benefit but not essential
• Experience in category management, programme management or commercial project delivery, ideally within a structured or blue-chip organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver cross-functional initiatives and drive implementation across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clinicians, operational teams and senior leaders.
• Strong commercial awareness and…