Professional Summary

A supply chain professional with the following skills: inventory management, vendor relationships and management, supply chain resolution, cost analysis, customer service and a variety of inventory systems.

Education

Liberty University: BA Interdisciplinary Studies/Business & Psychology

Professional History:

Robert Half 07/2016-Present

Manager Purchased Services- Contract Implement and manage the purchased services spend of agreed upon contracts and identify new areas of cost savings.

LifePoint Health 01/2016-07/2016

Analyst, Supply Chain Integration Services-Contract Assess hospital supply chain systems to see how they integrate with LifePoint systems. Help with the project of implementing system into hospital.

Various Temp Positions 10/2015-12/2015

Meridian Surgical Partners 11/2012-3/2015

Director Supply Chain Management Focused on bringing bottom line savings to the company through conducting RFP’s and identifying vendors that would create cost savings to the company. Worked with Gastroenterology, Ophthalmology, and Orthopedic centers.

Responsible to conduct RFP for GPO and distribution

Implement & Train centers on MMIS system (IOS)

Support centers utilizing MMIS system

Identify areas of cost savings

Manage vendor relationships

Found $500K in savings identifying and implementing a new Group Purchasing Organization.

Identified on average 20-40% cost saving in freight streamlining a portion of our freight through one source

Identified an additional $32K in savings to move to one pharma wholesaler

Have identified over $800K in physician preference items. Evaluating ways to target areas that would be beneficial to implement

Identified $21K in savings to move to vendor brand; $2K has been implemented

Recently identified almost $24K in savings from pricing variances

Covenant Surgical Partners 11/2011-11/2012

Manager, Supply Chain Management Responsible for providing support to the Director of Supply Chain, implement and train facilities on Inventory System, and help with the identification of cost savings. Worked with Gastroenterology, Ophthalmology, and Orthopedic centers.

Assist surgery centers with their supply chain needs

Assist in streamlining supply chain initiatives to become more efficient

Compiled reports to identify budget and compliance issues

Assist in implementing inventory system to manage purchasing trends and inventory levels (IOS)

Support centers on (IOS) in their daily needs utilizing the system

Source and purchase capital equipment

Corporate purchasing responsibilities

Manage GPO (Group Purchasing Organization) Relationship

Participate in supply chain projects

Philips Healthcare 5/2011-11/2011

Project Manager Primary responsibility was to prepare pricing, agreements and coordinate with legal for service agreements.

Support sales force in coordinating documents to present Service Contracts to Hospitals

Enter selected equipment to be serviced with options in the pricing tool and prepare summary of services and pricing in attachment cover

Prepare contract document to go along with attachment cover to be presented to the Hospital

Book any deals awarded to Philips

AmSurg 11/2004-5/2011

Manager, Materials Management Main objective was to assist the Materials Management team in supporting over 150 facilities. Later promoted to manage employees in their duties to support their Centers, identify cost savings and support facilities utilization of Inventory System. Worked with Gastroenterology, Ophthalmology, and Orthopedic centers.

Compiled reports to identify budget and compliance issues

Managed vendor relationships (existing and new) to solve surgery center service issues

Completed cost analysis for surgery centers to identify over budget areas and identify areas of cost savings

Manage GPO (Group Purchasing Organization) relationship

Participated in a materials management team that identified over $1 million dollars in cost savings

Assisted in creating a GI formulary of commonly used items to streamline and create cost savings

Compiled orthopedic information for benchmarking product type and pricing for standardization and contract negotiation leverage

Assisted (23) surgery centers with their supply chain needs (GI and Ophthalmology)

Assisted (49) surgery centers with their supply chain needs as a coordinator (GI and Ophthalmology)

Supervised (4) employees to ensure the support of over (200) surgery centers through training and support

Was promoted (2) times during my tenure: coordinator to assistant to manager

Kindred Hospital 1/2004-10/2004

Materials Manager Implemented inventory system and established the Storeroom and Par Rooms for the hospital.

Replenished supplies daily and input patient charges.

Maintained Min/Max in Storeroom and appropriate par levels in nursing supply areas. Order, receive and stock all supplies and equipment.

Maintained Equipment Rental Log and report as necessary to CFO. Responsible for month end inventory reporting to CFO.

Accomplishments: Built Hospital Storeroom: (Shelving and Layout. Set Min/Max’s)

Built Nurses Par Rooms: (Layout and determined what supplies would be stocked

Established par levels in each room)

Mckesson 11/1999-1/2004

Inventory Control Lead Focused on timely processing of orders and inventory management.

Accurately prepare bills of lading, transportation requests, and movement control documents.

Analyzed reports to ensure accuracy and integrity of Inventory. Assisted in setting Min/Max levels

Performed physical inventories and cycle audits. Conduct daily cycle counts and investigate inventory discrepancies and vendor receipt errors.

Handled inventory control and product relocation to utilize space.

Experienced in high-volume picking, packing, and shipping operations.

Assisted in implementing JDE’s. This included setting up the warehouse, entering inventory items into the system and all Min/Max’s

Progressed consistently in this role: 1. Skid Wrapper 2. Order Fulfillment 3. Quality Control 4. Inventory

United States Army 6/1992-5/1997

Supply Specialist in the US Army – gained experience in logistics, management, and warehousing through assignments as a warehouse clerk, logistics specialist, and management specialist.

Honorable Discharge

Distinguished Graduate from school for career path

Systems/Programs:

IOS (Inventory Optimization System)

JD Edwards

SciQuest

IntelliOrder

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

References Provided Upon Request

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