Purchase Manager

Job Title: Purchase Manager

Company: Kingston Educational Institute

Location: Barasat, Kolkata, West Bengal

Job Type: Full-time | Work from office

Shift: Day shift, Monday to Saturday

About Us

Kingston Educational Institute runs colleges, a polytechnic, a school and Kingston General Hospital (110 beds) on its campus in Barasat. We are hiring a Purchase Manager to handle buying for all our institutions and the hospital.

Your Daily Work

• Buy everything our colleges, school and hospital need:

– Hospital: medical consumables, pharmacy items, surgical items and equipment

– Colleges: lab equipment, furniture, IT hardware and stationery

– Campus: maintenance, electrical, housekeeping and civil work materials

• Collect at least 3 quotations, prepare comparison sheets and get approval before buying

• Raise purchase orders and follow up for on-time delivery

• Find new vendors, check their quality and negotiate better rates

• Set up yearly rate contracts for regular items

• Work with store staff to check goods received against the purchase order

• Track stock levels and reorder before items run out, especially hospital and pharmacy items

• Send vendor bills to Accounts with the purchase order and delivery documents for payment

• Keep vendor records and the purchase register up to date

• Prepare monthly purchase reports showing spend, savings and pending orders

• Help with AMCs (annual maintenance contracts) for equipment and services

Who Can Apply

• Education: Graduate in any field (MBA in Supply Chain / Materials Management is a plus)

• Experience: 5–10 years in purchase or procurement, with at least 2 years managing purchases independently

• Hospital or healthcare purchase experience strongly preferred

• Good negotiation skills and knowledge of the local vendor market in Kolkata

• Comfortable with MS Excel; Tally or ERP purchase module knowledge is a plus

• Basic knowledge of GST on purchase bills

• Bengali, Hindi and good English required

• Candidates living near Barasat, Madhyamgram or the North 24 Parganas area preferred