Category Manager, Supply Chain Management
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :30 years, 8 أشهر
Cleveland Clinic to build a multi-specialty, tertiary center and adjacent clinic in the UAE that will bring high-quality healthcare to Abu Dhabi and the rest of the Middle Eastern region. This integrated clinic-hospital design will serve local and international people in an environment that combines excellent amenities with world-class medical care. The hospital is scheduled to open in December 2013.
Part of start-up team of supply chain management
Design and implement supply chain function included activities such as designing process flows, establishing department policies and procedures
Work with Master System Integration team for implementing ERP system
Work with consultants for various activities such as developing product taxonomy, formulating RFI, RFQ.
Work with various institution chairs and department heads for developing Medical, Pharmaceutical, Laboratory and non clinical Item Master
Demonstrated ability in developing item master by the timeline.
Work with MSI team in data upload activities for soft launch
Actively involved in budget estimation of the department
Utilized expertise in the local market for developing vendor master
American Hospital Dubai is the first in the Middle East to get accredited by the Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA). The hospitals Medical Laboratory is also accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) - the first private laboratory in the Middle East to be accredited by (CAP).
At American Hospital my role was managing all purchasing activities, supervising purchasing officers and ensuring efficient intra hospital distribution.
Member of pre-opening team - set up the hospital materials management.
Managing the key activities of the operations, this includes procurement and inventory control.
Vendor outsourcing, purchase planning, negotiations, follow-ups and correspondence & meeting with vendors.
Finalization of contract tendering and evaluation of vendor performance.
Liaising with Doctors and Departments Heads for product finalization and purchase planning for new projects.
Preparation of management reports.
Handling overseas shipment clearing and Ministry Of Health formalities.
Reviewing of inventory aging reports identifies slow/non moving products and ensures proper liquidation by negotiation (in-house or outside hospitals) and liquidation of short expiry products by negotiation with vendors.
Overseeing receiving incoming deliveries by ensuring shelf life and quality of products according to the hosopital policies
Overseeing goods distribution to different departments in the hospital by setting up of sub-stores and inventory par levels and ensures effective billing to the patients.
Supervising purchasing officers
Maintaining computerized accounts.
Credit collection.
Preparation of invoices & statements
Tender quoting
Petty cash handling.
Pay-roll Management
Office administration, self-correspondence and other secretarial practices.
Purchasing spare parts for LD vehicles and HD vehicles/equipment.