Assistant Manager-Procurement

Company Overview:

Our vision is to make healthcare affordable and accessible to all. We are a technology-driven, telehealth platform that aims to reduce healthcare expenses multifold and improve healthcare outcomes by standardising medicine purchases in India. Truemeds is able to recommend best value medicines from top 30 pharma brands in India to customers with precise scientific matching and outcomes history leading up to 70%+ savings for customers!

Job description:

We are looking for an Assistant Manager to join our Central Procurement team to handle direct sourcing with companies and vendors. The procurement team aims to provide value by ensuring timely availability of medical and OTC products at the best possible rates within the defined timelines. The role will involve relationship management and direct liaising with our supplier companies to help place orders, following up for timely and accurate invoicing, ensuring proper supply of products to our warehouses and assisting in returns. 

Roles and responsibilities:

• Build effective working relationships with companies, suppliers and vendors to ensure smooth functioning of procurement processes
• Multitask and effectively work with multiple stakeholders simultaneously
• Be a single point of contact for a group of companies/vendors for all procurement activities
• Conduct all procurement related activities - order placing, invoicing, ensuring timely delivery, returns
• Problem solving with vendors to ensure strict adherence of aligned terms and timelines
• Timely tracking and providing status updates for all activities related to procurement

Qualifications and requirements:

• 2+ years of experience in medical/pharmaceutical procurement is a must
• Understanding of pharmaceutical procurement processes, terminologies, pricing and policies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in dealing with vendors and suppliers
• Advanced MS excel skills
• Comfortable working with numbers and figures
• Process oriented and organised individual required

Working Days: 6 days Working

Location: Truemeds HQ

Company Website: https://www.truemeds.in

About Truemeds:

Our vision is to make healthcare affordable and accessible to all. We are a technology-driven, telehealth platform that aims to reduce healthcare expenses multi-fold and improve healthcare outcomes by democratising medicine purchases in India. Truemeds is able to recommend best value medicines from top 30 pharma brands in India to customers with precise scientific matching and outcomes history leading up to 70%+ savings for customers!

No one should have to choose between their health and their healthcare costs. With this vision - we aim to make healthcare affordable and accessible to all. We are a technology driven, tele-health platform that aims to reduce healthcare expenses and improve healthcare outcomes by democratising medicine purchase in India. We aim to become the go-to e-pharmacy for the “Smart consumer” to go for best value medicines.

Founded by Ex-Abbott executives, Akshat Nayyar and Dr. Kunal Wani, Truemeds has witnessed phenomenal growth in the last 2 years on the back of strong product-market fit and massive organic demand. We have grown at a phenomenal pace with customer love – 140X growth delivered in the last 3 years. Headquartered in Mumbai, we are building a kick-ass team which is passionate to build innovative solutions and willing to go the extra mile to ensure the customer has the best experience. Truemeds has raised ~USD 50M till date from marquee long term investors, Westbridge Capital, InfoEdge Ventures, Asha Impact and IAN Fund. The company plans to utilise the funds to expand in the domestic market and grow exponentially in the days to come.