Business Development cum Purchase Management Intern

Job Description for Strategic Alliance (Business Development) Intern

About Saveo:
Saveo is Amazon+ShopX for pharmacies in the B2B space. It's a managed marketplace bringing primary & secondary medicine markets together, offering faster delivery, cheaper procurement & better technology to pharmacies. It runs with an aim that no prescription shall bounce in India.

Indian pharmaceutical industry is highly fragmented with 6.5lakh retailers and 65000 distributors, unlike the US where there are just 5 major distributors covering 93% of the market share. We aim to streamline this supply chain by being a single distribution point and empower these 6.5lakh micro-entrepreneurs with technology and sustainability.

Job Description:

Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Work with our Strategic Alliances Manager to build our strong network of complementary suppliers (pharmaceutical distributors/stockists/wholesalers/traders/importers) across India (Karnataka first)

2. Locate and discover potential high margin suppliers and market arbitrage in Karnataka(Bengaluru) for initial on-boarding

3. Manage our outreach program to our suppliers via calls, emails, and virtual meetings (if required, in-person meetings)

4. Clearly explain our value proposition for suppliers in getting onboarded on Saveo platform

5. Help in setting up the supplier profiles in our backend and promoting their products

6. Ensure that suppliers follow our standard operating procedures

7. Report directly to the management team

You will get to work closely (in as much as social distancing will allow) with the Supply Side team under the direct mentorship of the management team and get exposed to a wide range of market-facing and tactical responsibilities in improving our supply outreach.

Salary: 10k-20k per month

Duration: 6 months
1st July to 31st December 2020