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Irving, Texas, Us

Knoxville, Tn, Us

Responsible for development and implementation of purchasing and contracting strategies for the health system, as well as direct management of the Capital Services, Corporate Purchasing, and Corporate Contracts departments.• Directly responsible for management and negotiation of >1400 local contracts and 1000 GPO contracts representing ~$700m in annual spend in supplies, purchased services, contract labor, etc.• Managed strategy and oversight of GPO contracting, purchasing, and vendor relationships within Vizient/Captis GPO membership.• Direct oversight of Corporate Purchasing, Corporate Contracts, and Capital Services departments. Direct reports consisted of three (3) Managers and thirteen (13) Purchasing Agents & Contracts Analysts.• Achieved top quartile ranking amongst 200+ CAPTIS Aggregate Purchasing Network members, resulting in >$25 million in savings over first 3 years of membership.

Knoxville, Tn, Us

Responsible for contracts negotiation, vendor relations, and material sourcing and product standardization for Pharmacy and Support Services (Radiology, Lab, Cath Lab, etc.) for system of nine (9) Acute Hospitals and six (6) Outpatient Infusion Centers. • Negotiated Food Services contracts valued at over $25 million and Chemistry Immunoassay agreements valued at over $37 million with 15-25% realized savings achieved in both agreements ($2.7 million/year).• Negotiated Lab Rapid Antigen Testing contract pricing valued at $4.2 million and Mayo Reference Lab Services contract valued at $11.4 million with 10-15% realized savings achieved in both agreements ($844k/year).• Lead the initiative to build new, and uplift existing, CH Sterile Solutions surgical pack manufacturing operation and integrate into partnership with newly constructed O&M Distribution Center to move toward a centralized distribution model.• Lead the system wide conversion of our Pharmacy Distribution provider for our pharmacy inventory of more than $140 million in drug purchases annually. • Lead operational planning and execution of mass vaccination programs for COVID as the Vaccine Coordinator for the system, as well as PPE and Lab resource acquisition, logistics, and distribution during the pandemic.

Knoxville, Tn, Us

Responsible for day-to-day business operations, operating finances, and process improvements of quality and throughput performance of the Operating Room. Conducted financial and business related studies focused on operating expenses, staffing volumes, surgical volume trends, Profit & Loss Analysis, and charge capture. • Lead successful LEAN initiatives and process improvement efforts to enhance flow and throughput of Surgical Services. • Directly involved in planning and development of 9 bed Operating Room, 72 patient bed hospital expansion as well as implementation, education, and development of Cerner eCare EMR system. • Directly responsible for oversight of surgery scheduling department and scheduling process improvements. Direct reports consisted of six (6) Surgery Schedulers and one (1) Clinical Quality/Data Gatekeeper.

Knoxville, Tn, Us

Responsible for position control, data preparation and analytics, and materials management for four medical/surgical units at Parkwest Hospital. Lead the Surgical Block Utilization Process Improvement effort in conjunction with the Surgical Executive Committee (SEC) to improve physician utilization of assigned block time and improve surgical throughput and operational functionality of the Surgical Department. Implemented and provided education to all shift leaders and leadership staff focused on improvement of operational productivity house wide. Contributing member of the MDRO (Hand Hygiene, MRSA, and C-diff) Process Improvement Team, Falls Prevention Process Improvement Team, and VTE Prevention Process Improvement Team.

Knoxville, Tn, Us

Observed and shadowed hospital executives, department heads, and managers across Covenant Health System, primarily with the Parkwest Medical Center Administrative Team, under the supervision of Vice President Em Cobble, and Imaging Department Manager Ashley Paulson. Responsible for identifying and addressing the current Rewards & Recognition program withinParkwest, requiring extensive research of the topic, learning and observation of the Parkwest business structure and current culture, and innovative and novel implementation, unique to Parkwest. Final results and outcomes are to be determined.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor’S Degree, Biochemistry And Cellular & Molecular Biology