Smith & Nephew is to enhance its permanent and temporary recruitment systems to save up to 8% on its total UK recruitment spend.

The medical technology company is working in association with procurement and supply chain management solutions provider Comensura to automate recruitment functions such as issuing job adverts and gathering CVs from talent pools, online job boards and recruitment agencies.

Mike Barnett, vice president for HR at Smith & Nephew, said: "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 while guaranteeing quality staff. This solution gives us confidence all our managers are following best practice when recruiting staff."

He added: "At the touch of a button we can now instantly get a view of the business's staffing levels, something that is becoming increasingly important in the current economic climate."