Cath Lab Supply Chain

JOHN VARGAS

Phone: 925-***-**** Email: **********@***.***

SR PROCUREMENT MEDICAL SPECIALIST PROFESSIONAL

Material Management professional with fourteen years of progressive and diverse experience in procurement, inventory, supply chain, logistics. Supervised materials cost containment in the Operating Room and the Cardiac Cath Lab including the inventory control system with various databases.

Professional Experience

SR PERIOP / CATH LAB MATERIAL COST SPECIALIS

Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek & Pleasanton, CA 2002- 2011

Senior Periop authority in Walnut Creek Cath Lab facility and Pleasanton OR facility. Material Cost Specialist for

both KP facilities. Scope of these simultaneous positions was expansive and included department direction for

the following:

• Review and analyze purchase requisitions from assistant buyer and all departments from the hospital and clinics for

SOX Compliances.

• Purchase all Implants, Pacemakers, Human Grafts, Cardiac Caths, Scopes, Instruments, and Capital Equipment.

• Skilled in building and managing cohesive internal customers and supplier relationships.

• Extremely knowledgeable of inventory control and purchasing practices and procedures.

• Monitor shipments to ensure that products come in on time, and in the event of problems, trace shipments and follow-

up on undelivered product with vendors.

• Inventory reconciliation and problem solving around system and processes ( PME/ NTP & AP )

• Review, edit, and update surgery schedules daily with OR Physicians and manage ordering of equipment and tissue

Grafts.

• Ensures that all internal audits controls are followed.

• Conduct trend analysis and compliance monitoring adjust PAR levels and review inventory accuracy.

• Supervise and manage staff.

• System Administrator for SpaceTrax inventory management system.

• Responsible for vendor relation, overseeing trails and loans of equipment and supplies.

• Identifies and implements product utilization savings.

• Manage product recall, coordinating with departments to return product for credit or exchange.

• Researches obtain quotes and transact contracts for equipment and supplies.

• Strong knowledge of all medical supplies.

Key Achievements: Projects

• Cost reduction efforts include consignment program for all Cardiac Caths and stents

• Sole responsible for orchestrating a state of the art Cath Lab start-up. Duties include capital equipment, caths, stents,

and all soft goods.

• Cath Lab and Operating Room cost reductions efforts exceed over 4 million.

Respiratory/Anesthesia Supply Tech

Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek CA 1997 - 2002

• Cleaned and processes all RT equipment. Maintains oxygen equipment on the floors. Order and stock

supplies as needed. Inventory and stock all supplies and maintain par levels. Daily contact with all

Anesthesia and Therapists.

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