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Supply Chain & Pharmaceutical Operations

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Work Setting: Central Warehouse & Corporate Office
Experience Level: Fresh Graduate / Analytical Mind
Compensation Guide: BDT 35,000 - 55,000 (Entry) • BDT 75,000 - 145,000 (Mid/Senior)
Demand Outlook: High / Stable Growth

Orchestrate active pharmaceutical ingredient procurement, cold-chain logistics, GDP compliance, and production material planning.

Detailed Role Overview

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain encompasses material requirements planning (MRP), international sourcing of DMF-grade APIs and excipients, temperature-monitored cold chain distribution (GDP), and warehouse inventory optimization under humidity-controlled GMP standards.

A Typical Day on the Job

“Tracking sea/air freight shipments of active raw materials from FDA-approved sources, monitoring cold-room temperature charts, coordinating inventory with production.”

Core Skills & Technical Competencies

✓ Good Distribution Practice (GDP)
✓ Material Requirement Planning (MRP)
✓ API Global Procurement
✓ Cold Chain Logistics (2-8°C)
✓ Inventory Management & ERP (SAP/Oracle)

Possible Entry Points & Designations

Supply Chain Trainee Fresh Grad / Trainee
Procurement Officer - Active Ingredients Fresh Grad / Trainee
Logistics & Warehouse Executive Fresh Grad / Trainee

Recommended Preparation Strategy

→ Understand lead time calculations, reorder levels, and cold-chain temperature data loggers
→ Study international Incoterms and commercial letters of credit
→ Learn ERP fundamentals

Academic Requirements

  • ✓ B.Pharm with supply chain / business aptitude

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