Health Care/Hospital Industry Professional
ID Numbers: 77723, 27488, 45281, 1973
❶ Professional with 20 plus years experience in non-profit and government healthcare services. Recognized for technical and management experience in clinical laboratory and support arenas. Expertise in purchasing, contracting, and logistics management with an emphasis on supporting change management to streamline and facilitate processes. Committed to work excellence with a reputation for outstanding staff development and quality service. Strong analytical and financial credentials with an emphasis on spend analysis and management. Known for interpersonal skill and team building. History of building collaborative relationships. Demonstrated success in problem solving.Computer skills include: Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, Project, Lotus Notes, Lawson, SAP, MediTech, and Neoforma.
Key Accomplishments:
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★ Implemented cost reduction program by shifting product sourcing from vendors to manufacturer direct (reduced purchasing cost $120,000 in 3-months and will yield about $500,000 per year).
★ Established and implemented standard of routinely negotiating capital equipment and life cycle costs to or below MD Buyline lowest rate; will yield about $500,000 in 2009.
★ Established weekly cost reduction work project utilizing West Bay analyst and Novation Representative to find non-contract or incorrect tier purchases (returned $100,000 in 4-months with an estimated annual yield of about $250,000).
★ Developed strong rapport with Director of Cath Lab and Cardiologists at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center which facilitated high compliance agreements that will reduce Cath Lab cost $250,000 per year.
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★ Strong leadership skills and demonstrated ability managing staff to successfully develop and achieve strategic business goals and objectives.
★ Solid professional procurement training and experience developed within a cross-functional business team environment.
★ Experience managing the procurement of a diverse mix of commodities, packaging, supplies, MRO parts, capital equipment, contract manufacturing, energy and services for leading companies.
★ Extensive experience employing strategic sourcing process and SRM programs and negotiating supply agreements yielding significant savings and business process efficiencies.
Accomplishments:
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★ Led sourcing process for bulk and dry van transportation services and for corrugated trays resulting in an annual savings of $1.5 million.
★ Reduced packaging, MRO supplies and process material cost by $6.2 million annually by consolidating business through competitive bidding and from cost savings initiatives.
★ Negotiated supply agreements for cups, canned tuna, and sugar delivering lower net cost and generating annual income of $2.8 million from supplier volume allowances and growth incentives.
★ Developed national produce program generating annual income improvement of $4 million by leveraging total supply chain from packer to distributor.
❸ Strategic Sourcing/Supply Chain Professional with over 25 years of experience in Procurement including over 10 years of experience with health care service providers and with software companies. The software company's product was developed and designed for the health care industry.
Accomplishments:
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★ Capabilities include negotiating agreements for a regulated industry and managing and controlling projects within the Procurement Department for Kaiser and UCSF. Her organizational skills included managing the installation of software systems, resolving contract conflict issues with shareholders, and negotiating supplier partnership agreements with Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies.
★ Negotiated a variety of contracts, including medical, capital, professional services, and construction materials. Department achieved annualized savings in excess of $212 million over a 4 year period. Negotiated and awarded a contract for printing services ($150 million) and Security Services ($200 million).
❹ Supply Management executive with comprehensive experience and proven track record of success building world-class supply systems and organizations, managing commodity risk and delivering significant cost reductions.
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★ Strong leadership skills and demonstrated ability managing staff to successfully develop and achieve strategic business goals and objectives.
★ Solid professional procurement training and experience developed within a cross-functional business team environment.
★ Experience managing the procurement of a diverse mix of commodities, packaging, supplies, MRO parts, capital equipment, contract manufacturing, energy and services for leading companies.
★ Extensive experience employing strategic sourcing process and SRM programs and negotiating supply agreements yielding significant savings and business process efficiencies.
Accomplishments:
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★ Managed procurement of raw materials, packaging, MRO, capital equipment, energy, supplies and services worth $210 million annually for 5 U.S. manufacturing operations.
★ Managed procurement of food products and disposables in the categories of bakery, cups, dairy, eggs, flour, fruit, potatoes, sugar, tomatoes, tuna, vegetables and produce worth $455 million annually for 4 business divisions and 5000 operating units providing food and facilities management services for corporate offices, healthcare, higher education and schools K-12.
★ This Southern California candidate has almost 20 years of experience and expertise in Healthcare Materials Management with medium and large sized organizations.
❺ The candidate holds a:
★ Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) in Management
★ Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA)
★ Purchasing Management Certification
★ Bachelor of Business Administration Degree (BBA) in Marketing (Summa Cum Laude).
They possess managerial expertise in hospital purchasing, supply-chain, and clinical operations with a considerate approach to building productive Nursing/Physician interpersonal relations, while rendering an expert understanding of ERP information systems and data management activities and possesses a track record of reducing costs while improving operational performance, my win-win philosophy is drawn from my display of high personal integrity and professional image, positive and proactive innovation for increased organizational productivity, and the innate ability to operate effectively under pressure while continuously striving to provide the highest quality of patient-care services to enhance the organizations long-term image and community trust. They are a hands-on leader, my expert-level experience and qualifications derive from a successful track record in managing hospital contract administration, item-contracts, product and equipment market-analysis, procurement and capital acquisitions, warehouse inventory control, central sterile/distribution operations, transportation services, mail-room operations, accounting, operational budgets, cost containment efforts.