SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER
AMAKAN SOHAR LLC
Total years of experience :20 years, 6 Months
Selected Achievements and responsibilities Provide expert advice to key stakeholders on all aspects of procurement and the procurement category to encourage innovative practices and support delivery of business and policy directions. Lead negotiations on high impact complex supply arrangements and contract issues to deliver better category outcome. Identify and manage commercial, contractual, operational, financial, ethical and supply chain risk to minimize negative impacts on category objectives while encouraging opportunity and innovations. Lead and manage cross-functional working groups to achieve a high level of performance, integration, and consistency in procurement across the category. Develop and implement supplier management plan to meet business needs, enhance engagement and motivate suppliers to optimize service outcomes. Effectively managing internal and external stakeholders to ensure category strategy is implemented. Work on effective sample approval process across verticals. Attain weekly, monthly meeting with hospital leadership and published monthly cost reduction measures.
Selected Achievements and responsibilities Manages supply chain team of 42 full time employees ensures adequate supply levels and coordinates timely supply distribution. Develop and meet inventory goals for the organization which effectively balance cash-flow, industry leading product lead-times, and inventory turn rates. Maintains open lines of communication between vendors, suppliers, distributors, executives, physicians and nurses. Develops supply expenses analysis 'monthly to create action plans to reduce facility and division spend. Develop relationships in the market place to understand and stay abreast of industry changes which may impact various business management programs as it relates to pricing trends and new products. Negotiate Vendor contracts, bulk agreements and ensure vendor meet metrics for cost, quality and on-time delivery. Established core procurement strategies to maintain continuous cost-effective supply.
Selected Achievements and responsibilities Single-handedly lead all aspects of Procurement, pharmacy and Stores. Direct all phases of budgeting and financial management, Identify KPI's, develop and implement controls to maximize profits and minimize loss. Provide leadership and expertise to optimize Inventories, material requirement planning. Responsible for managing escalation and issue resolution process with logistic service provider. Provide input for revisions of the tool for and then execute formal reviews of hospital pharmacies compliance with regulations, standards and policies. Involve in ramp-up patient's number to meet the hospital needs while providing safe and effective medication management and guidance to the patient. Supports and directs the implementation of divisional pharmacy strategic initiatives and goals. Supports continual, cost-effective improvement in patient care in collaboration with other leaders. Fosters multi-disciplinary approach to quality improvement with a focus on coordination of services and enhance clinical outcome.
Selected Achievements and responsibilities Effectively managing Pharmacy, consumable, surgical and general stores operations. Maintain hospital drug formulary as per hospital policy. Provide a Clinical Pharmacist perspective to information technology throughout the hospital while helping to design, test and implement new information systems in the hospital. Provides orientation, training and continuous support to all staff as it pertains to the clinical system. Returned back obsolete stock of 15 lakhs to different suppliers in two months. Assist in identifying and developing alternate vendor source for localization, achieving cost effective purchases of all materials with reduction in delivery time and improve consistency in quality. Proactively monitors medication ordering process and provide training to staff's pharmacist in appropriateness review of prescriptions. Making Policies and SOP's of the Pharmacy department to comply with the NABH and JCI standard. Imparting Training to Pharmacists, Nurses, Physicians and other healthcare providers for quality improvement, effective medication management and patient safety. Effectively managing a team of 61 staff including one manager and three supervisors. Effectively managing the inventory of Main stores, catheterization lab, operating room and other user's department as per the agreed budget of the hospital. Revisited the reorder level and set the maximum and minimum order quantity based on present consumption.
Selected Achievements and responsibilities Provide a Clinical Pharmacist perspective to information technology throughout the hospital while helping to design, test and implement new information systems in the hospital. Maintains pharmacy Dictionaries including adding a new drug to the Drug Dictionary and Gold Standard Formulary Charge Master Maintenance. Analysis of requests for development or change, assessing the feasibility, functionality and impact on the data base. Reviews and analyses report and information looking to enhance system performance. Aggregates prepare and present routine pharmacy data to team members, administrations and regulatory agencies as necessary. Disseminates information regarding changes to the system to the appropriate end-users. Proactively monitors medication ordering process for errors and system malfunction. Effectively educates physicians and other healthcare providers on CPOE use and evaluate competency prior to solo use. Provides orientation, training and continuous support to all staff as it pertains to the clinical system Effectively managing a volume of prescriptions approximately 600 per day. Managing the Inventory in such a way that there is minimum stock out. Reduced inventory by 30 per cent by implementing collaborative planning with sales and procurement. Effectively managing the inventory with minimum stock variance of 0.2 percent of total inventory. Consolidated suppliers base by 22 per cent through the elimination of subpar suppliers while improving total cost and efficiencies. Negotiate contract and maintain relationship with the various vendors for further increase in profit margin. Work regularly with the CEO and COO to discuss and implement cost savings and operational improvements. Collaborating with the members of Pharmacy and Therapeutic committee for effective medication management. Negotiate various supply and service agreements, delivering balanced commercial terms and conditions along with payment terms. Providing proposal support for business development. Making Policies and SOP's of the Pharmacy department to comply with the CBAHI standard. Imparting Training to Pharmacists, Nurses, Physicians and other healthcare providers for quality improvement, effective medication management and patient safety. Providing effective leadership to pharmacy workforce to ensure that hospital achieves its objectives of delivering the highest possible standards of clinical practice and patient care. Taking care of all the stores related day in and day out activities, to ensure the proper running of all the function of the stores. Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers, and respond to the customer inquiries and complaints. Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory taking, reconciling cash receipt, or in performing service to customers. Identifying and developing alternate vendor source for localization, achieving cost effective purchases of all materials with reduction in delivery time and improve consistency in quality. Implementing strict measures in operating procedures to optimize resource/capacity utilization. Leading/motivating teams ensuring their career development and positive contribution to the company.
Selected Achievements and responsibilities Effectively managed a very high volume of prescriptions and medications order, approximately 1200 prescriptions per day. Provide professional Pharmacist dispensing and Clinical skills for 600 bed hospital. Effectively managed the stores operations had a total inventory of 40 million. Managed a team of 72 peoples including one manager and one supervisor. Achieved Successfully Quality Accreditation Program like NABH, NABL, and JCI. Increased the profit margin almost double from average margin 26 percent to 51 percent by negotiating with the suppliers including all class of item. Saved almost 3 million for the organization by sending back the dead stock or obsolete items. Ensured Minimum stock out of all items including Pharmaceuticals, Surgical and consumables. Reduced variances from 16 percent to 2 percent of the total inventory by implementing bar-coding on all item. Reduced successfully the inventory days of the item from 33 days to 17 days through effective management of inventory. Imparted training to all staff pharmacists to facilitate in Medication Management Program within the hospital.
Selected Achievements and responsibilities Successfully managed inventory of 60 million including pharmaceuticals, Surgical and consumable item. Provided Professional Pharmacist training on Medication Reconciliation and medication safety to 38 staff Pharmacist in 420 bed hospital. Successfully managed the inventory of pharmaceutical items to serve for daily prescriptions approximately 1400 per day. Successfully managed the inventory of Surgical and consumable item to serve for daily surgeries approximately 55 to 60 surgeries per day of different specialties. Managed A-class item (High value) with Zero Variance. Reduced the percentage of Variance of total inventory from 17 percent to 2.5 percent through continuous monitoring of inventory and by improving the billing process. Made policies and SOP's of the department and ensured compliance with the NABH, CAP standards.
Selected Achievements and responsibilities Successfully increased the average profit margin from 21 per cent to 58 per cent including all class of item in two years. Increased Outpatient pharmacy sales volume threefold in two years while maintaining excellent patient care and collaborative drug therapy management with health care professionals. Received every quarter performance bonus continuously for two years for increasing profit margin and gross sale in OPD pharmacy. Provided effective leadership to pharmacy team (12 staff pharmacist) to ensure that hospital achieves its objectives of delivering the highest possible standards of patient care. Managed and resolved any customer conflicts or complaints. Served as Quality Coordinator of the pharmacy department and ensured that organization stays compliant with JCI, NIAHO standards through staff training, Implementation of policies and effective medication management.
Responsibilities Manage overall project development activities and report to the Project Director. Draw up and update project milestone schedule. Manage development of progress reports. Build relationship with global hospital operators and other healthcare organization. Manage project development deliverables in accordance with the schedule.
Responsibilities Designed & scheduled material procurement plans for pharmaceutical items, surgical consumables. Negotiated and monitored service level agreements with the suppliers, vendors. Developed, ensured implementation of medicines optimization strategy. Engaged in Workforce planning, recruitment and performance management of pharmacy staff. Ensured medicines are purchased in the most cost-effective manner from the approved suppliers. Ensured appropriate departmental policies, procedures and standards are in place, implemented and monitored. Ensured all pharmacy staff undertakes their mandatory and statutory training.
Responsibilities Purchase / Dispensing Ordering and selling medicines and other stock. Processing prescriptions and dispensing medications. Keeping statistical and financial record. Ensuring availability of medications and other items in the pharmacy. Stores Management Taking care of all the stores related day in and day out activities, to ensure the proper running of all the function of the stores.
Responsibilities Deployment and control of medical representative and their activities. Customer coverage like doctors, chemist, and others healthcare professionals. Communication and meeting business objectives. Imparting training to medical representatives and conducting clinical medical educations.
Responsibilities Customer coverage like doctors, chemist, and others healthcare professionals. Communication and meeting business objectives.
Responsibilities Planning and organizing manufacturing activities of the company. Implementing operational manual, production plans and programs. Checks the availability of raw materials and packing materials. Executes the weekly and monthly production plans according to the schedule. Controlling the batch production process and production facilities and manufacturing activities to comply with the standard.