1. POSITION VACANT : Manager- Equipment Procurement, Uttar Pradesh Medical Supplies Corporation (UPMSC), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

2. Organisation Background :

- Headquartered in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Medical Supplies Corporation (UPMSC) is registered under the Companies Act 2013. It shall be headed by an IAS officer and will act as the nodal organization for centralized procurement and distribution of drugs and equipment to Government Health Facilities in Uttar Pradesh. It shall replace the existing decentralized procurement involving Chief Medical Store Depot (CMSD) and district level authorities.

- UPMSC's vision is to ensure availability of quality drugs, medical equipment at lowest cost at all public health facilities

- Besides procuring medicines and equipment, UPMSC will also enter into private-public partnerships for bringing changes in the health sector.

Basic Objective of UPMSC :

1) Ensuring coverage of all the essential drugs under Rate Contract;

2) Facilitating supplier selection, contract negotiation and share of business allocation;

3) Establishment and execution of Centralized procurement systems for the procurement of drugs, consumables and medical equipment in Uttar Pradesh;

4) Ensuring quality control and availability of all the drugs & consumables and medical equipment at district drug warehouses, procured through UPMSC;

5) Ensuring timely payments to the suppliers against the procurement of drugs, consumables and medical equipment by UPMSC;

6) Maintaining records related to indents/ requirements, purchase orders, supply and consumption of drugs, consumables and medical equipment and support in preparation of annual forecasting and budgeting process;

7) Reconciliation of indents vs budgetary allocations and budget variance analysis for procurement of drugs, consumables and medical equipment;

8) Procurement of medical equipment or other materials based on purchase requests received from others department/ organization of Government of Uttar Pradesh.

For more information about the organization, please visit www.upmsc.in

3. Job description/ responsibilities :

Reporting to the General Manager Equipment Procurement, the Manager- Equipment Procurement shall be responsible for managing the rate contracts and procurement of medical equipment in Uttar Pradesh.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

1) Overseeing implementation of a proper Bidding and Contracting process for identifying the best and most suitable suppliers based on their quality parameters, historical performance, capacity assessment and manufacturing footprint;

2) Preparing RFP document to address the generated requirement for equipment in the state of Uttar Pradesh;

3) Preparing relevant techno-specifications for the procurement of equipment and ensuring their compliance during technical demonstrations by the vendors;

4) Selecting vendors for supply of equipment based on the complete 3-stage tendering process- Prequalification, Technical and Commercial Bidding; Coordinating with relevant committees and authorities to ensure timely completion of the process;

5) Ensuring all the steps listed down for the equipment procurement are followed and all timelines are strictly adhered to;

6) Undertaking price negotiations with suppliers to finalize a competitive price for the equipment procured;

7) Continuously evaluating performance of all the equipment suppliers to UPMSC and ensuring fulfillment of pre-defined quality norms.;

8) Overseeing adherence to all the defined norms in rate contracts by all the enrolled suppliers under UPMSC.

4. Qualification, skills and experience :

Qualification :

Essential : Applicants must have an MBA degree from a recognized university/ institution.

Desirable : Applicants with a degree in Bio Medical engineering shall be preferred.

Experience :

Essential

Applicants must have minimum five years of experience of which three years should be in procurement.

Skills and Attitude:

1) In-depth knowledge of medical equipment procurement;

2) Good Understanding of contracts related to drugs and medical supplies;

3) Ability to develop and institutionalize procurement processes and control;

4) People Management skills.

5. Age: Maximum age limit 45 years

6. VACANCY DETAILS: 1 Vacancy (UR)

7. CONTRACT TYPE AND PERIOD:

The position is on offer on a contractual basis, initially for a period of three years, extendable thereafter, based on performance and subject to further approval by the UPMSC.

8. COMPENSATION OFFERED : Maximum Honoraria for the position is approx. Rs. 80,000 per month.

9. LOCATION : Lucknow

CONTACT INFORMATION :

Senior Consultant
Strategic Alliance Management Services P Ltd.
1/1B, Choudhary Hetram House, Bharat Nagar
New Friends Colony, New Delhi 110 025
011- 2684 2162; 4165 3612

12. LAST DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:

Eligible candidates interested in this position are requested to apply online by or before 11:59:00 PM on April 16, 2018.

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