Senior Manager / Manager - Purchase (Category Manager)

Medanta:

In last 12 plus years, Medanta has created an impact in delivering world class multi-speciality care to it's patients. We have functional hospitals at Gurgaon, Indore, Ranchi, Lucknow & Patna. In addition we have presence through ‘Clinics’ in Defense Colony (South Delhi), Cybercity (Gurgaon), Delhi Airports & Darbhanga (Bihar). We further plan to rapidly size-up by entering into few more geographical areas and also identify new avenues. One such 'Line of Service' is Retail/OPD Pharmacy. We wish to further strengthen this by introducing FMCG/FMHG category and hence the requirement of this role:

Objective:
• To manage Purchase of FMCG/FMHG category for our Retail/OPD pharmacy line of services across all hospitals of Medanta. Will largely be responsible to procure goods and set processes in accordance with existing supply chain system
• Manage all contracts, maintain excellent professional relationship with service providers, have absolute focus on quality & adhere to timelines

Key Responsibilities:
• Purchase FMCG/FMHG & develop this as additional category in our Retail/OPD pharmacy line of services across all hospitals of Medanta.
• Manage entire purchase process from planning to execution considering plan & budgets. Track all service orders, receipts, invoices, payments along with representative in Finance
• Contribute in additional sales revenue with this new category introduction and increasing bill\ticket values
• Liase with business/store teams for product requirement & availability
• Category management, vendor identification & development
• Assortment planning: Identify, negotiate, onboard brands relevant to specific region/store
• Manage Margin/profitability with respect to categories
• Category refreshment: New brand introduction on a time to time basis
• Visual merchandising & Planogramming: Defining guideline on planogramming & ensuring adherence to the same
• Inventory control: Montoring inventory days & liquidation plans
• Negotiate & manage monthly schemes & offers from brands on periodic basis
• Budgeting & forecasting
• Managing TOTs (Terms of Trade) / agreements & record keeping
• Manage all documentation requirements as per compliance requirements
• Plan for department manpower requirement and utilize all team members efficiently