JOB DESCRIPTION
Purchase
- Review of Comparative Quotes
- Conducting Negotiation Meetings
- Co coordinating for Approval for Negotiated Work/Purchases
- Ensuring timely release of Purchase/Work orders
- Vendor Management
- Procurement Planning
- Interaction with User department
- Team Management
- Commercial tie-ups for outsourced tests
Inventory
- Setting up of Processes
- Review & Monitoring Stores activities to ensure the SOP is followed
- MIS
- Statutory compliance
- Vendor Dispute resolution
- Interaction with user Department
- Team Management
Billing
- Planning & strategizing on Pricing
- Approval of Discount
- Handling Escalations on Billing complaints
- Interaction with Doctors on Billing related matters
- Team Management
Job description:
- Manage end to end procurement process for high end medical equipment's to and low-end equipment's
- Work closely with Head of Technical Operations to evaluate alternate platforms for tests to minimise cost of consumption and wastage
- Receive and process procurement requests from Business units i.e Hospitals, clinics, Labs, Tele Health and new projects and provide frequent updates on status of requests.
- Participate in procurement committee meetings and provide management with weekly reports on status of procurement requests
- Prepare quarterly procurement performance reports and market research reports for review by management
- Develop and maintain a list of approved suppliers to track quality of supplies/equipment, encourage competitive pricing and ensure timely awards and execution of contracts
- Develop and maintain strong professional relationships with suppliers to encourage prompt responses to requests, open dialogue and cooperation in identifying best options that add value to purchasing decisions
- Develop Enterprise procurement strategy for Biomedical equipment procurement and AMC/CMC contracts
- Liaise with suppliers to ensure adherence to contract agreements and lead corrective action plans in the instance of breach of contract
- Preparation and upkeep of materials database / library
- Evaluate product / arrange the equipment demo to users before negotiation
- Take on any other related duties which may be assigned
ABOUT THE TEAM
Aster DM Healthcare Limited is one of the largest private healthcare service providers operating in multiple GCC states and is an emerging healthcare player in India. With an inherent emphasis on clinical excellence, we are one of the few entities in the world with a strong presence across primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary healthcare through our hospitals, and clinics. We have over 20,000 plus dedicated employees across the geographies that we are present in, delivering a simple yet strong promise to our different stakeholders: We'll treat you well.
In India, we have 13 hospitals spread across Kerala (5 hospitals) with our flagship Aster Medcity Hospital at Kochi, Bangalore (2 hospitals Aster CMI & Aster RV) + 1 upcoming (Mother & Child), 1 in Hyderabad (Aster Prime), 1 in Kolhapur (Aster Aadhar) and 4 in Andhra Pradesh ( under Aster Ramesh Hospital 2 in Vijayawada, 1 in Guntur and 1 in Ongole). Most of our hospitals are NABH accredited with Medcity n Aster Ramesh (Guntur) JCI accredited.
In terms of revenue, we are USD 1.14 Bn company in which India contributes 17% and rest by GCC as of FY'19. Going forward we are also venturing into Pathology business (Aster Labs) by April'2020 n Pharmacy business in Jan 21 apart from 3 new hospitals in next 3 years in India.
We have Centre of Excellence across various specialties like Neurosciences, Cardiac Sciences, Integrated Liver Care, Orthopaedics, Onco, Gastro, Nephro, etc. in most of our hospitals. In summary, most of our hospitals are tertiary and quaternary care setups. Kerala with 4 hospitals and 1 educational institute forms a cluster, Bangalore with 2 hospitals + 1 hospital in Kolhapur forms another cluster and Andhra+Telangana another cluster.
