Data Management
Resume:
Walter Augustynski
Niles, I l linois
************@*********.***
Summary:
• Extensive experience in the pharmaceutical field, most recently as an Purchasing Agent in
Outsourcing Management Department, responsible for all vendor purchasing and payment
requests
• Also, as an Investigator Grants Administrator, in Outsourcing Department reimbursing clinincal
s tudy sites for study participation
• Previously, as purchasing analyst rectified payment reconciliation, contract pricing and inventory
d iscrepancies
• Ut ilized financial software systems in t racking grant status from inception to completion.
• Leadership skills demonstrated in collaborating with clinical site operations staff regarding
budgeting issues
• Maintained customer satisfaction by reconciliation of payments in a t imely manner while providing
management with strategic cost control data
Education:
North Park University- MBA
Northeastern I ll inois University- BS Marketing
Skills:
M icrosoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, In ternet and SAP Software. Pricing and inventory databases:
CTS, M MS, and First Horizon Bank Price PC Systems. Innovatix, McKesson SMO systems. Horizons Med
M anager. SRM, ImageNow, Seibel eclinical, Medidata Rave, EPC, Pixis
Takeda Deerfield, I L 1/2011-6/2012
P urchasing Agent
• Maintained supplier registration and record management to ensure accuracy of vendor master
data
• Validated and converted purchase requisitions and P2P’s, allowing entry to SRM
• Assured quality and completeness of purchase orders and P2P’s per company policy and SOP’s
• Reviewed domestic and global purchasing requests to ensure completeness & accuracy
• Worked with internal customers to process e-procurement requisitions in a t imely manner
• Verified level of signature authority on agreements for purchase requisitions
• Verified accuracy of information in ImageNow Financial system, obtained from invoices. Contacted
appropriate department when corrections were necessary
• Transferred specific information from ImageNow Financial system, to SRM, so invoices can be
p rocessed further to ensure payment
• Commit ted company funds through the release of individual purchase orders. At t imes exceeding 2
m illion dollars each
• Collaberated with clinical study managers when purchase orders were short of funds
• Inst ructed them to contact vendor to increase value of purchase orders
• Notified financial systems group to update SRM when approvers for purchase orders had changed
• Contacted financial systems goup to reindex invoices that were incorrectly indexed, enabling them
to be released for payment
• Volunteered as a Emergency Response Team Member to guide and assist personnel during various
emergency situations at Takeda
Takeda Deerfield, I L 1/2008-1/2011
Investigator Grants Administrator
• Verified accuracy of subject visits and procedures completed by physicians for study participation
• Collaborated with clinical t r ial managers and clinical research associates to verify validity of
subject participation
• Calculated subject payments in electronic payment system to increase accuracy of reimbursement
• Communicated with clinical study sites electronically, the reimbursement amount per subject and
total per site
• Verified accuracy of site invoicing of clinical study related i tems to approve or reject invoice for
reimbursement
• Worked with clinical study site personnel and physicians to rectify reimbursement issues for
subject participation and study issues
Option Care, Buffalo Grove, I L 10/2006-
10/2007
Data Coordinator
• Managed data integration across multiple systems to consolidate data in unified format for
manufacture specifications
• Communicated on a regular basis with internal and external customers including the
manufacturer to resolve data submission issues
• Collected, organized and audited data as required to ensure that i t is tailored to meet the needs of
t he manufacturer
• Involved with implementation of an e-audit solutions and electronic invoicing system, to verfify
p ricing reconciliation
• Participated with ini tial stages of centralized processing systems to control inventory efficiently
and reduce costs
Caremark/CVS Rx Northbrook, I L 10/1997-
5/2006
• Resolved pricing discrepancies on invoices in a 24 hour tu rnaround t ime, reducing excess payments
of products
• Coordinated with contract departments to verify and maintain contract prices which minimized
company’s expenditures
• Inst ructed pharmacies to verify receipts and preserve adjusted inventory levels that enhanced
supply chain efficiency which promoted cost savings to the company
• Created, maintained and distributed weekly Excel spreadsheet of inventory issues to pharmacies
and senior management, increasing awareness of problem areas
• Directed pharmacies for completion of correct paperwork to expedite collection process of discounts
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