Manager- Drugs Procurement

Reporting to the General Manager, Drugs Procurement, the Manager- Drugs Procurement shall be responsible for managing the rate contracting and monitoring the vendor performance for drugs in Uttar Pradesh.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

1) Ensuring that proper bidding and contracting process is followed to identify the most suitable drugs suppliers based on their quality parameters, historical performance, capacity assessment and manufacturing footprint;

2) Preparing RFP document for inviting bids to address the estimated requirement for drugs in the state of Uttar Pradesh;

3) Selecting vendors for supplying drugs based on the complete 3-stage tendering process- Prequalification, Technical and Commercial Bidding; Coordinating with the relevant committees and authorities to ensure timely completion of the process;

4) Ensuring that all the steps listed down for the drugs procurement are followed and all timelines are strictly adhered to;

5) Undertaking price negotiations with suppliers to finalize a competitive price for the drugs being procured;

6) Continuously evaluating performance of all the suppliers delivering drugs to UPMSC and ensuring fulfillment of pre-defined quality norms;

7) Overseeing adherence to all the defined norms in rate contracts by all the enrolled suppliers under UPMSC.

Qualification:

Essential

Applicants must have an MBA degree from a recognized university/ institution.

Desirable

Applicants with B. Pharma/ M. Pharma shall be preferred.

Experience:

Essential

Applicants must have minimum five years of experience of which three years should be in procurement.

Skills and Attitude:

1) In-depth knowledge of drug procurement;

2) Ability to develop and institutionalize procurement processes and controls;

3) People Management skills.

Age: Maximum age limit 45 years

VACANCY DETAILS: 2 vacancies (1 UR and 1 SC)

CONTRACT TYPE AND PERIOD:

The position is on offer on a contractual basis, initially for a period of three years, extendable thereafter, based on performance and subject to further approval by the UPMSC.

COMPENSATION OFFERED:

Maximum Honoraria for the position is approx. Rs. 80,000 per month.

LOCATION: Lucknow

 REFERENCE: M-DP

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Senior Consultant
Strategic Alliance Management Services P Ltd.
1/1B, Choudhary Hetram House, Bharat Nagar
New Friends Colony, New Delhi 110 025

011- 2684 2162; 4165 3612

LAST DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:

Eligible candidates interested in this position are requested to apply online at www.sams.co.in by or before 11:59:00 PM on April 16, 2018