Medicine Category Supervisor

Summary

Responsible for end-to-end vendor management for Exclusive Medicines, including regulatory coordination, vendor evaluation, commercial negotiation, and contract execution to ensure compliant and sustainable partnerships. The role also ensures accurate forecasting and long-term planning for both existing and new exclusive medicine pipelines.

Main Responsibilities

1. Category & Private Label Management

• Manage assigned Medicine Private Label category, including assortments, new products, sales, profit then develop and implement action plans to grow the category based on strategy.
• Monitor and analyze category and SKU performance (sales, margin, contribution, sell-out trends).
• Identify opportunities to optimize category performance and improve commercial results.
• Ensuring sustainable forecast & planning for Existing and New Exclusive Medicine Pipeline.
• Monitor inventory health, fill-rate, out-of-stock (OOS) and lost sales for all Private Label SKUs.

2. Supplier Management

• Conduct comprehensive vendor portfolio and capability evaluations to ensure long term partnership suitability.
• Finalize commercial terms and manage contract negotiation and execution with selected vendors.
• Work daily with suppliers in terms of stock/pricing/promotion/branding.

3. Pricing & Promotion Execution

• Execute pricing strategy in line with brand positioning, market competitiveness and management guidelines.
• Monitor price competitiveness and propose adjustments when required.

4. Cross-functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Demand Planning and Supply Chain teams on forecasting and purchase order planning to ensure inventory accuracy and minimize risks of overstock or stock-out.
• Collaborate with the Regulatory Affairs Department on initial vendor screening and regulatory assessment.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with major in Pharmacy, Business, Commercial, Economics.
• Good at English (writing, reading, speaking, listening).
• Minimum 4 years’ working experience in the same position. At least 1 year experience in team management
• Solid understanding of category management and commercial performance.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in SKU and inventory management.
• Quick learning, willing to take up challenges.
• Outstanding communication and negotiation skills.
• Able to work independently, possess a high level of responsibility and commitment.