Manager- Quality Control

JOB DESCRIPTION

Manager- Quality Control, Uttar Pradesh Medical Supplies Corporation (UPMSC), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

1. POSITION VACANT: Manager- Quality Control, Uttar Pradesh Medical Supplies Corporation (UPMSC), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

2. ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND:

Headquartered in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Medical Supplies Corporation (UPMSC) is registered under the Companies Act 2013. It shall be headed by an IAS officer and will act as the nodal organization for centralized procurement and distribution of drugs and equipment to Government Health Facilities in Uttar Pradesh. It shall replace the existing decentralized procurement involving Chief Medical Store Depot (CMSD) and district level authorities.

UPMSC’s vision is to ensure availability of quality drugs, medical equipment at lowest cost at all public health facilities

Besides procuring medicines and equipment, UPMSC will also enter into private-public partnerships for bringing changes in the health sector.

Basic Objective of UPMSC:

1) Ensuring coverage of all the essential drugs under Rate Contract;

2) Facilitating supplier selection, contract negotiation and share of business allocation;

3) Establishment and execution of Centralized procurement systems for the procurement of drugs, consumables and medical equipment in Uttar Pradesh;

4) Ensuring quality control and availability of all the drugs & consumables and medical equipment at district drug warehouses, procured through UPMSC;

5) Ensuring timely payments to the suppliers against the procurement of drugs, consumables and medical equipment by UPMSC;

6) Maintaining records related to indents/ requirements, purchase orders, supply and consumption of drugs, consumables and medical equipment and support in preparation of annual forecasting and budgeting process;

7) Reconciliation of indents vs budgetary allocations and budget variance analysis for procurement of drugs, consumables and medical equipment;

8) Procurement of medical equipment or other materials based on purchase requests received from others department/ organization of Government of Uttar Pradesh.

For more information about the organization, please visit www.upmsc.in

3. JOB DESCRIPTION/ RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reporting to the General Manager, Quality Control, the Manager- Quality Control shall be responsible for ensuring quality testing for drugs and equipment being procured for the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

1) Guiding creation of expected standards of quality for all types of drugs and equipment required by the state of Uttar Pradesh; Creating adequate awareness among the suppliers of these standards and encouraging them to meet these;

2) Coordinating with the relevant authorities to empanel government or private laboratories to help UPMSC in conducting quality checks for large volumes of drugs in a timely and efficient manner;

3) Supervising participation in Vendor Pre-Qualification process to ascertain most suitable and high-quality suppliers for different drugs and equipment; Conducting checks on manufacturing facilities of interested supplier;

4) Ensuring proper quality checks are done and pre-defined norms are followed for all drugs and equipment before finalizing on suppliers and/ or distributing the requirements as per need;

5) Ensuring drugs reaching warehouses are adequately tested by third party laboratories and proper checks are maintained before distributing them to the various facilities;

6) Laying down proper blacklisting norms for suppliers not meeting with the QC requirements and ensuring strict punishment for repeat defaulters.

4. QUALIFICATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:    

Qualification:

Essential

Applicants must have B. Pharma /M. Pharma degree from a recognized university/ institution.

Experience:

Essential

Applicants must have minimum five years of experience of which three years should be in Quality Control of medical supplies.

Desirable

Applicants with hands on experience in quality assurance function of a biopharmaceutical company.

Skills and Attitude:

1) In-depth knowledge of Quality control of medical supplies;

2) Ability to develop and institutionalize quality control processes;

3) People Management skills;

4) Knowledge of the India medical supplies (drugs and equipment) industry.

5. Age: Maximum age limit 45 years

6. VACANCY DETAILS: 1 Vacancy (UR)

7. 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.

8. COMPENSATION OFFERED:

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

9. LOCATION: Lucknow

10. REFERENCE: M-QC

11. 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

12. 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.

Qualification:

Essential

Applicants must have B. Pharma /M. Pharma degree from a recognized university/ institution.

Experience:

Essential

Applicants must have minimum five years of experience of which three years should be in Quality Control of medical supplies.

Desirable

Applicants with hands on experience in quality assurance function of a biopharmaceutical company.

Skills and Attitude:

1) In-depth knowledge of Quality control of medical supplies;

2) Ability to develop and institutionalize quality control processes;

3) People Management skills;

4) Knowledge of the India medical supplies (drugs and equipment) industry.

5. Age: Maximum age limit 45 years

6. VACANCY DETAILS: 1 Vacancy (UR)

7. 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.

8. COMPENSATION OFFERED:

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

9. LOCATION: Lucknow

10. REFERENCE: M-QC

11. 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

12. 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.