Lloyd's Pharmacy Purchase Manager Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the Purchase Manager position at Lloyd's Pharmacy, a leading community pharmacy in the UK. It details the job responsibilities, which include sourcing equipment and goods, managing vendors, forecasting demand, and maintaining stock levels. The report also outlines the required qualifications and experience, emphasizing a pharmacy background and skills in management, marketing, or purchasing. The salary is competitive, with a graduate-level entry package of £31,000 and potential for increments based on performance. The company offers a wide range of employee benefits, including training, paid holidays, vouchers, travel and medical allowances, tax benefits, free food, rent or flat assistance, staff discounts, health insurance, paid holiday trips, incentives, bonuses, and commissions. The report highlights Lloyd's Pharmacy's commitment to customer service and its extensive network of pharmacies across the UK.

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Job Position – Local Purchase manager
Company name – Lloyd's Pharmacy
Location – Sapphire Court in Walsgrave Triangle business park England
Standard Hours – 40 Hours Per week
Pharmacy Background
Lloyd's pharmacy is a leading community pharmacy, which deals in health care services
all across the UK. It has 1500 pharmacies across the UK, major in community and health centres
locations. It employed around 17000 staff and dispense over 150 million prescriptions item
every year as it provides wide variety of products and services. The main aim of this firm is to
cater all the needs and the expectations of all its customer as customer service is the heart of
everything business does for their buyers. The main aim of this enterprise is to provide therm
with exceptional service in health care. The accessibility to all the stores located within the heart
of communities where these local pharmacies are right on the doorstep to cater all their needs.
Their special services includes stores availability as per the dangerous nature of the diseases,
home delivery, night pharmacies which is open late nights to provide emergency services.
The current recruitment of this Pharmacy is for purchasing manager to handle the
complex roles and responsibilities and effectively manage PI commercials which helps in
ensuring budgeted margin and service levels to be achieved within a reasonable time. The
effective management of suppliers and product mix are in alignment with the business buying
strategy and sourcing policy. This enterprise launched a range of innovative and affordable
products aimed at improving health such as blood pressure monitors and allergy relievers.
Job Description
 It is responsible for sourcing equipment, goods and services and managing vendors.
The successful candidate will be able to perform strategic procurement activities across
different categories of expenses, search for better deals in the business and find more
profitable suppliers.
 Monthly target to buy medicines around 200,000 pound
 Forecasting levels of demands for products and services

 Keeping constant check on stock levels in an organisation by using different tools such as
re-order level, ABC costing and different costing techniques.
 Conducting research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of value,
delivery schedules and quality.
 It is essential to liaise between suppliers, manufacturers, internal departments and
customers.
 Building and maintaining good relationships with new and existing suppliers.
 Negotiating and agreeing contracts, monitoring the quality of service provided
 Processing payments and invoices
 Keeping contract files and using them for future references
 Forecasting market price trends and assessing their impacts on future activities.
Salary
The salaries are depended on capabilities of the candidate as the salary is divided into different
categories are:
 Graduate level entry salaries is package of 31K
 Increment in salary for those who perform well
Qualifications and experience
The applicant should have graduation degree in pharmacy stream such as B.pharma or B.Sc /
masters also. The area of work is open to all graduates and the following degree subjects may
improve your chances are:
 Management
 Marketing
 Operations management
 Purchasing and logistics
 Purchasing and supply
 Retail management
Skills required
 Good communication skills
 Analytical skills

 Quick market adaptiveness
 Excellent standard of numeracy
 Negotiating and networking
 Commercial awareness
 Tact and diplomacy
Services offered by the company
 Good salary
 Training sessions
 Paid holidays
 Vouchers
 Travel allowances
 Medical allowances
 Tax benefit
 Free food
 Rent or flat
 Staff discount
 Health insurance
 Paid Holiday trip once in a year
 Incentives and bonus
 Commission from clients and the company