Job Description

Greetings from Aster Family! About ASTER: Aster DM Healthcare is one of the Largest and Fastest growing conglomerates in MENA region. We cover full spectrum of healthcare services. An expansive portfolio includes hospitals and clinics, pharmacies, diagnostic centers, educational institutions, healthcare management and healthcare support systems. We started this Journey 36 years back in Dubai and since then we have added more clinics, Pharmacies and Hospitals. Now we are a family of 33k employees spread across 7 countries. For more details- www.asterdmhealthcare.com Role: Indirect Category Procurement Location: Gurgaon [Work from Office 5 Days] Role Objective: • Sourcing Manager is responsible for supporting the business needs of Aster DM healthcare by ensuring timely procurement of Indirect spend category including Marketing, IT, Facility and HR requirements. • He/She needs to define category performance objectives aligned with SCM objectives and ensure that all policy guidelines and organizational processes related to procurement are followed properly. • He/She will oversee Procurement activities for the Indirect category. • He/ She will be responsible for demand forecasting and developing an annual Procurement plan, aligned with the business requirements. • He/She will develop category strategy and execution plan by analyzing industry trends, understanding demand patterns and vendor landscape, etc. • He/She will define sourcing and negotiation strategies as a basis category strategy for all the sourcing projects by adopting best practices. • He/ She needs to focus on standardization of product specifications, to drive catalog creation through rate cards. • He/She is responsible for optimizing technical specifications of user requirements by collaborating with product/ business teams and vendors. • He/She should understand how various systems interact with each other for fulfillment of business requirements and provide inputs wherever technology enablement is required (e.g., adoption of Oracle fusion and contract management tool for sourcing) • He/She maintains a close working relationship with all business functions, SCM Operations, SCM Enablers and SCM Logistics to ensure cross-functional collaboration and efficient sourcing. • He/She needs to work with both in-house teams and suppliers to meet the required efficiency norms and service delivery SLAs. • He/ She needs to support the development of supplier relationship management strategy and formulate strategic relationships with key vendors. • He/She is accountable for compliance to the procurement guidelines and rules, both internal (Aster guidelines) and external (tax laws, legal/ regulatory laws) Skills required: 1. Bachelors Degree and MBA or Recognized Procurement certification 2. Minimum of 6 years of global Indirect procurement experience with a large multinational setup preferably IT/healthcare 3. Knowledge of recent trends and developments in facility management, marketing, technology and network fields (e.g. Cloud, IoT, etc.) 4. Experience in strategic sourcing via category management 5. Significant experience in leading teams. 6. Understanding of international, regional, and local supply markets and working practices Preferred 7. Experience of implementing change in a complex environment, working with a wide range of stakeholders 8. Experience in catalog development for standard products/ services 9. Experience in e-sourcing toolsets Oracle/SAP Thanks, Saanvi saanvi.gothoskar@asterdmhealthcare.com