Supply Chain Manager | Manipal Hospital Raipur

Manipal Hospital Raipur; Raipur; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Manipal Hospitals Raipur is seeking a seasoned SCM Head to lead end-to-end supply chain activities across the group. The role focuses on optimizing inventory, ensuring compliant procurement, and driving data-driven MIS for better decision-making.

You will oversee inventory management, governance, and reporting, while coordinating with multiple departments to improve service levels and reduce costs. This senior position demands strong leadership and ERP experience.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills to facilitate decision-making across departments.
• Solid problem-solving and analytical skills with willingness to challenge assumptions.
• Strong communication skill, both oral and written, including negotiation skills.
• High degree of numeracy and analysis.
• Advanced skills in Excel are essential.
• Knowledge of ERP Systems ( SAP/Oracle) or similar, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure end-to-end supply chain processes and systems across the group.
• Analyses data and prepares consolidated MIS to facilitate and recommend actions.
• Strict compliance with hospital formulary and scheduled procurement activities.
• Inventory management to ensure stock availability at pharmacy and stores with low inventory levels.
• Periodic check of non-moving and expiry stock.
• Compliance monitoring on SCM functions.
• Develop inventory audit methodology meeting corporate/government specifications.
• Support compliance initiatives and inventory strategies for synergy across operations.
• Implement cost-effective logistics and inventory practices to meet delivery requirements.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Numeracy

Team management

Forecasting

ERP knowledge

Tools

Excel

SAP/Oracle ERP

Job description

Job description

About Us:

As a pioneer in Healthcare, Manipal Hospitals is among the top healthcare providers in India serving over 5 million patients annually. Today we stand as an integrated network with a pan-India footprint of 50 hospitals across 19 cities with 10,500 beds, and a talented pool of over 5,600 doctors and an employee strength of over 20,000.

Role: SCM Head

Location: Raipur, Chhattisgarh

CRITICAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key Focus Areas

• SCM Process
• Inventory Optimization
• Procure to Pay Operations
• Governance , MIS & Reporting

Essential Duties and Responsibilities detailed :

SCM Process :

• Ensure robust end to end supply chain processes and systems across group
• Analyzes data and prepares consolidated MIS as needed to facilitate and recommend actions to ensure optimal supply chain execution.
• Strict compliance with hospital formulary and schedule procurement activities
• Inventory Management- ensure availability of stocks at pharmacy & stores maintaining the low inventory level
• Periodic check of Non-moving and expiry stock
• Compliance Monitoring on SCM functions
• Devises and manages physical inventory audit methodology which meets corporate, governmental and internal/external customer specifications
• Support compliance initiatives and inventory strategies to achieve synergy across the operation.
• Implements methods, practices and techniques to ensure the most economical movement of materials through the supply chain to achieve cost-effective logistics practices and inventory levels while meeting customer delivery requirements

Inventory Optimization & Control-

• Derive and maintain optimum list of SKUs and Storage locations across hospitals for inventories.
• Optimization of MSL by balancing desired service level and inventory turns. Reduction in inventory holding without compromising on availability % and reduction in stock out costs.
• Inventory hygiene improvement for negating write off costs to minimum by continuous monitoring of Surplus, Non-Moving, Nearing expiry, Ageing, and initiate timely liquidation actions. Adequate cycle count process by various methods like Value,
• Strict Compliance with industry/Statutory norms / Standards on physical storage of goods.
• Work closely with MDM/Category Managers and act as a key support to ensure Product Life Cycle and Product Status is maintained for all SKUs

Procure to Pay Operations -

Governance ,MIS & Reporting

• Compliance monitoring for UNIT SCM functions, Implementing Best practices across SCM&P.
• Liaising Internal and external Statutory audits and maintain compliance level.
• MIS reports on SCM functions Inventory holding, Inventory hygiene, Service level tracking

Skills & Knowledge-

• Strong interpersonal skills to facilitate decision-making across the Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Operations, IT, and Finance organisations
• Solid problem-solving and analytical skills with willingness and ability to challenge assumptions drive change and improvement
• Strong communication skill, both oral and written, including effective negotiation skills
• High degree of numeracy and analysis
• Advanced skills in Excel are essential
• Knowledge of ERP Systems ( SAP/Oracle),Hospital information systems and Demand Management Solutions (forecasting software), or similar, preferred
• High ethical standards and professionalism.
• Good team management Skills