Head - Supply Chain - Pharma

1. Leading the purchase of chemicals, Solvents APIs, excipients, Capex , R&D sourcing & procurement.

2. Focus on significant reduction in procurement cost through effective negotiations & market intelligence.

3. Vendor development in domestic & international market, which includes selecting the right vendor, quality establishment, finalizing all the commercial terms & conditions & contracting for long term, either with a fixed or variable price.

4. Arranging all type of new raw materials for New Product Development along with Vendor questioners VQ, co-coordinating and fulfilling all documentation requirement.

5. Sourcing & monitoring of new Key raw material, starting material. Arranging various Forms like 29, 9, 10, 41 etc. Advance License, Test License, proper co-ordination with Overseas manufacturer for shipment, Documentation, LC and Indents.

6. Co-coordination with finance dept for releasing payment as per LC and accepted terms.

7. Monitoring prices from Global Supplier for product RMC from international as well as from domestic sources.

8. Prepare MIS on Purchase performance, cost savings, purchase standardization across locations & overall performance vis-a-vis budgeted on a monthly, quarterly & yearly basis.

9. Ensure PPIC prepares the rolling production plan as per inputs from BD team.

10. Ensure Material Requirement Plan is prepared and sent to Production team within timelines.

11. Oversee and monitor daily, weekly and monthly production plan and ensure variance is covered in the monthly target.

12. Controlling store activities , Inventory control , disposal plan , material movement planning , storages conditions , stock controls etc.

13. Preparing and maintaining a Job Contracts , CMO/CDMO Contracts, ARCs / AMCs for all plant Instruments and equipment as required by the user department .

14. Develop the Logistics plan in line with the agreed product availability plan monthly and ensure it is continuously updated.

15. Ensure all Inventories are monitored frequently for adequacy and ageing.

16. Initiate and take action to liquidate ageing stocks in discussion with respective functional heads.

17. Preparing all SOPs and Purchase manual ,review all audit documents relevant to Purchase and supply chain, taking care complete documentation process for ISO and GMP activities

18. Making MIS monthly on Open Purchase order status - monthly basis ,Closing of purchase order, Fund Flow , Cost of Solvent, Bills of Transporter and supplier for pending invoices, Rental Charges, goods in Transit Report against open PO etc.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

1. Highly collaborative in order to ensure that there is a free flow of ideas and information across the business leading to overall business performance enhancement

2. Ability to exercise good judgment, influencing & convincing skills

3. Must be able to work under pressure at times to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion

4. Strong written and verbal communication, administrative, and organizational skills, and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple priorities

ADDITIONAL INPUTS

1. New position

2. Prior experience of pharma or similar sector expected, with emphasis on Contract Manufacturing operations

3. Good understanding of Excise matters including Bonded warehouse, etc.

4. Although the ideal candidate is expected to have exposure of all 3 facets (Purchasing, Warehousing & Logistics), the emphasis should be more on Purchasing & Vendor Management related aspects, coupled with aspects like Freight negotiations

Working days - 6 days

Location - Pitampura