Medical technology company Smith & Nephew has chosen vendor managed service provider Comensura to manage all its UK recruitment requirements. Smith & Nephew anticipates that Comensura will enable it to makedirect cost savings of between 6 and 8% of its total UK recruitment spend,thanks to greater efficiency.

Mike Trevor, chief executive of Comensura, says:  “We are delighted to be working with such a renowned company as Smith & Nephew. Our service will allow the company to reduce the time it takes to recruit staff, improve the quality and fit of candidates, and simplify the administrative processes involved to deliver immediate direct and indirect cost savings.” 

“We wanted to introduce a system that would give us complete visibility over our entire recruitment process and help initiate pay parity across all staffing levels whilst guaranteeing quality staff,” explains Mike Barnett, vice president HR at Smith & Nephew.  “The Comensura solution gives us confidence that all our managers are following best practice when recruiting staff. At the touch of a button we can now instantly get a view of the businesses staffing levels, something that is becoming increasingly important in the current economic climate.”