Category Manager - Dental Implants

Portman Dentex are one of the largest dental groups in the UK.

We value diversity and the unique perspectives our colleagues bring, promoting a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. With an unwavering commitment to patient care at our core, we focus on delivering exceptional experiences every day.

Are you a self-starter who'd love the opportunity to own the strategic growth, commercial performance and development of our Dental Implants category across our practice network? Are you a graduate with some professional experience in category or project/programme management? If you answered yes to those two questions, we have the perfect opportunity for you.

In our brand new Dental Implant Category Manager role, you'll lead on everything from growth and marketing initiatives to supplier partnerships and clinical engagement. There's plenty of variety, so what does success look like in the first 6 months?

• A clear category growth strategy and delivery roadmap established and agreed with senior stakeholders.
• Strong engagement with clinicians, Regional Clinical Leads and practice teams across the network.
• Tangible improvements in category performance, treatment uptake and patient access.
• Effective supplier partnerships delivering innovation, training and commercial value.
• Scalable treatment pathways and operational workflows successfully implemented across practices.
• Clear performance reporting and insight frameworks in place to support ongoing category development.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (Business, Commerce, Marketing, Economics, Finance, Life Sciences / Health Sciences).
• Some professional 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 analytical capability, with the ability to interpret data and drive performance improvement.
• Excellent communication, organisation and delivery skills.

Spending time in our practices is key for this role (along the lines of 3 days a week out in practice and 2 days working from home), so you'll also need to have a full driving licence and car – and of course we’ll cover all of your travel expenses.

In addition to a competitive basic salary, our benefits also include:

• Wellbeing Support: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and GP service plus an in‑house Mental Health First Aider programme
• Additional Reward: bonus scheme based on business performance, with additional bonus available linked to category growth
• Extra Leave:
  Birthday off and option to buy 3 more days
• Family Support:
  Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Financial Security:
  Life assurance and pension scheme

When you click apply, we’ll need your CV and contact details, along with the answer to four quick questions and your application will be complete! You’ll get a response as quickly as we can, whatever the outcome of your application. As a heads up, we’re planning to run the first stage interviews w/c 7 April.

Click apply to take the next step in your career.

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