Fortis Healthcare - Regional Head - Supply Chain

Job Title : Regional Head- Supply Chain

Band: 3

Department: SCM

Location/Unit : Mohali

Position Reports to Head- SCM and COO - Region

Key Relationships : Support Office SCM Team, SCM Stores & Inventory Control Managers at Facilities, Regional/Zonal/Facility Directors, COO, CMO/ Head MSOG, User groups (Medical - Doctors, Non-Medical- Hospital Admin), Hospital MS, Hospital Administration Head, Finance team (MIS, Inventory processes), IT team (Automation support)

Main Objective of the Role :

- Oversee the purchase, supply and distribution of Medical equipment, Projects, Drugs & Consumables. Implement Supply Chain strategy, policies and procedures.

- Accountable for realization of expected savings and supplier performance

- Overall responsible for End to End Supply Chain capability building, People and Performance management, and operational efficiency of the team.

Key Responsibilities :

- Manage the Supply Chain Sourcing process across commodities

- Ensure that commodity strategies are deployed including risk assessment, for total spend portfolio. Provide functional guidance to Projects and Facility teams.

- Align with new product introduction and quality control process. Identify and collaborate with stakeholders (Doctors, Operations) on potential new revenue streams.

- Ensure commodity demand planning process and capabilities are established for total spend

- Ensure effective and consistent supplier negotiation and contracting process is followed

- Drive standardization and substitutions managing the balance between economic and clinical priorities

- Ensure that an effective process is in place for early identification of savings potential

- Report on team performance (projects, negotiation, expected financial results)

Supply Base Management & Development :

- Ensure existence of commodity preferred supplier lists and differentiated supplier relationships

- Manage right sizing of the supplier base and services diversity

Ensure existence of effective distribution across the network ensuring consistent supply and optimization of inventories and inventory holding costs :

- Effective inventory planning and management: Minimum stock, Re-order levels, Consignment stock, inventory days, reducing variability etc.

- Oversee management of regulatory compliance, expiry management, statutory reporting and compliance

- Oversee execution of distribution and warehousing strategy.

Ensure effective supply chain process and transaction control, support, data management, MIS, analytics and corrective action planning :

- Oversee Supply Chain SOP roll-out and sustenance, including compliance management.

- Item and Supplier Master master mapping, deploying standard masters across network in the Region.

- Cost price master update and regular update, automation control, schemes and contracted terms compliance mechanism

- Regular MIS: Supply Chain value/savings, Inventory days and corrective action definition and follow up.

Supply Quality & Sustainability :

- Ensure process is in place to define desired supplier/product quality and to receive regular feedback on supplier performance and SLA monitoring. Manage supplier relationships.

- Manage Supplier development process for selected key suppliers with a performance gap.

Major Job Qualifications / Specific Skills :

Required Education :

- Graduate or Post-Graduate in any discipline from a University of Repute.

- Post-Graduation or MBA in Materials Management is a must. Preferred Education:

Experience :

- 12 to 15 years in SCM function with minimum 5 years of SCM leadership Experience in setting up ERP system for the SCM function in a healthcare industry is desirable

Knowledge and Specific Skills :

- In depth domain knowledge of Medical, Surgical & Pharmaceutical Materials used at a tertiary care hospital & their markets.

- Stores & Inventory Management skills in a tertiary care hospital or hospital chain