Key Responsibility:

Procurement Planning & Control
- Review and approve purchase requisitions and purchase orders
- Ensure compliance with hospital procurement policies and approval matrix
- Coordinate with user departments for forecasting and planning
- Monitor procurement timelines and vendor commitments

Inventory Management & Optimisation
- Oversee inventory levels across medical and nonmedical stores
- Ensure adherence to FIFO / FEFO principles
- Analyse consumption patterns and reduce slowmoving / nonmoving stock
- Conduct and review periodic stock audits and reconciliations

Vendor Management & Negotiation
- Evaluate and manage vendor performance and SLAs
- Support vendor empanelment, evaluation, and renewal processes
- Negotiate pricing, delivery terms, and service conditions
- Resolve supplyrelated disputes and escalations

Stores & Materials Supervision
- Supervise stores operations and material handling practices
- Ensure proper storage, labelling, and segregation of materials
- Ensure compliance with safety, biomedical waste, and infection control norms




- Support emergency and critical inventory management

Documentation & NABH Compliance
- Ensure complete and accurate documentation of supply chain activities
- Maintain records for traceability, recalls, and audits
- Support NABH audits related to Materials Management chapter
- Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)

Interdepartmental Coordination
- Liaise with clinical, nursing, pharmacy, OT, CSSD, finance, and admin teams
- Ensure uninterrupted material supply to patient care areas
- Support recent departments, service launches, and expansions
- Act as escalation point for materialrelated issues

Cost Control & Process Improvement
- Identify costsaving and standardisation opportunities
- Monitor budget utilisation and variance
- Implement process improvements and automation where applicable
- Support annual costreduction and efficiency initiatives

Team Supervision & Development
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📌 Assistant Manager (Chennai)
🏢 Gleneagles Healthcare
📍 Chennai