Pharma Distribution Executive
Also known as: Pharma Wholesale Executive · Drug Store Inventory Executive
Manages stock, orders and storage of medicines at a pharma wholesaler, distributor or C&F agent.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
A pharma distribution executive keeps medicines moving from manufacturers to pharmacies and hospitals. Pharma wholesalers, distributors, carrying-and-forwarding (C&F) agents and e-pharmacy warehouses hire them. Work includes processing orders, tracking batches and expiry dates, keeping storage conditions right and maintaining the records a drug licence requires.
- Process orders from pharmacies and hospitals
- Manage stock, batches and expiry
- Maintain storage and licence records
- Coordinate dispatch and returns
How you get in
Freshers usually join a local wholesaler, distributor or pharmacy warehouse as an inventory or billing executive. Registration as a pharmacist allows them to act as the licence's competent person.
Salary in India
Salary data isn’t added for this role yet. When it is, every figure points to its source.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Inventory and expiry management
- Billing and order software
- Storage conditions (including cold chain)
- Drug licence record-keeping
- Coordination with suppliers and retailers
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
D.Pharm graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among D.Pharm graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Common next roles: warehouse in-charge, branch manager, or starting an own distributorship.
- Experience here is useful background for opening a pharmacy or wholesale business.
- Inspections by drug control authorities make accurate records essential.
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