Executive Director- Supply Chain

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.

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Reporting to the Managing Director, the Executive Director- Supply Chain shall be responsible for overseeing the supply chain of drugs & consumables and equipment in the state of Uttar Pradesh including warehouse operations, management and distribution of supplies.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

1) Directing an organization's overall supply chain operations, including purchasing and inventory of raw materials, selection of vendors, and distribution of finished goods;

2) Developing strategies, policies, procedures and overall team to optimize value of the entire supply chain function in creating world-class materials management group;

3) Maintaining compliance with all regulatory requirements and ethical standards related to procurement;

4) Establishing key performance metrics and benchmarks relating to supply chain planning/ forecasting;

5) Developing and implementing logistics plans inclusive of supplier contracts, routing guidelines, problem resolution and cost containment;

6) Ensuring timely supply of drugs, consumables and medical equipment in the state by exercising continuous adequacy planning as per demands;

7) Overseeing inventory analysis and management for drugs at UPMSC warehouses and ensuring that the inventory norms are followed;

8) Supervising timely generation of Purchase order recommendations to ensure fast and efficient release of Purchase Orders and distribution of drugs and consumables;

9) Overseeing the performance of operations at all the warehouses related to Stock handling, Store-keeping, MIS Operations, Logistics etc. and ensuring smooth functioning as per the pre-defined norms;

10) Ensuring that stock-outs are adequately monitored at all warehouses and fulfillments are managed in a timely manner;

11) Coordinating with the Quality Control division to enable fast and efficient quality assurance process at all the drug warehouses;

12) Monitoring the distribution of drugs from warehouses to health facilities in the state and ensure safe and timely delivery;

13) Ensuring that the manpower and talent pool are trained and well equipped for managing the procurement, supply chain and logistics of drugs and equipment.

Qualification:

Essential

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

Desirable

Applicants with MBA in Supply Chain Management shall be preferred.

Experience:

Essential

Applicants must have minimum 15 years of experience of which 10 years should be in Supply chain management.

Desirable

1) Applicants with deep understanding of procurement and logistics cycle for drugs and medical equipment shall be preferred.

2) Experience in pharma warehouse management.

Skills and Attitude:

1) In-depth knowledge of supply chain and logistics management;

2) Ability to develop and institutionalize new operational processes and controls;

3) People Management skills.