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● Built and maintained collaborative relationships with Ascension clinical leaders● Created and implemented new product request Smartsheet intake process and standardized review requirements across 13 Ascension markets● Led End-User Engagement Process Advisory Group to implement process improvements across The Resource Group’s contracting decision making groups● Developed initial and ongoing training program for contracting team to successfully facilitate discussion during contracting decision making group meetings● Collaborated with The Resource Group Supply Resilience and Ascension service line leaders to proactively respond to national critical item backorders that impact patient care

Greater St. Louis Area

• Managed national conversions and discontinuations across 139+ acute care hospitals for more than 20 categories totaling $400M in spend and achieving $25M in savings• Project managed the national sterile processing standard operating procedures in collaboration with Sterile Processing Department, Infection Prevention, Risk, Clinical Professional Development, and Operating Room leaders• Collaborated with the MyLearning team and Sterile Processing Associate Experience Manager to support the addition of six additional competencies to the sterile processing competency program in FY23 and to document the process to develop competencies in MyLearning• Collaborated with Infection Prevention, Pharmacy, and Clinical Professional Development nationally on the ENFit initiative to create national education resources for the benefit of the field Implementation Community• Identified the need for updated onboarding procedures in a virtual environment and initiated the project to create and deploy virtual onboarding processes for new national Implementation associates• Collaborated with contracting and implementation leaders to create and disseminate vendor communication guidelines for the Implementation Community to protect contract strategy confidentiality

Greater St. Louis Area

• Served as the primary relationship manager between Ascension Living and The Resource Group resulting in increased customer satisfaction, understanding of, and compliance with The Resource Group’s processes and strategies by the Ascension Living leadership team• Managed projects and analytics to support Ascension Living’s executive team as they implemented initiatives across 50+ senior living communities to increase standardization and improve the resident experience achieving $700K in savings in FY19• Audited $20M in savings identified and implemented by Deployment during Presence Health’s integration with Ascension and presented variance findings to Presence Health Executive Leadership

Greater St. Louis Area

• Managed an initiative to reduce orderable SKUs from Ascension Living’s distributor by 37% and achieved 18% cost savings • Provided analytical support for Purchased Services for all initiatives, including the Rehab Services contract for Ascension Living that resulted in over $1M in savings • Developed automation using VBA for the Purchased Services and Ambulatory dashboards to improve the efficiency of the reporting process and usability of reports

Greater St. Louis Area

• Partnered with Implementation to identify and implement product and service conversions resulting in $1.7M in savings • Developed process and tracking mechanism to manage pricing updates in the local item management system to ensure congruency between GPO pricing and local ERP system• Developed process for tracking inventory burndowns for items involved in product conversions to shorten conversion timeline, minimize rework, and improve communication among stakeholders• Created monthly report that categorized all hospital purchases in order to identify off-contract spend, increasing visibility of potential conversion opportunities, allowing the team to prioritize projects, and driving contract compliance from 40% with previous GPO to over 70% • Led team of peer analysts in a project to create new assessment materials to be used in the vetting process for analyst job candidates • Developed a new hospital capital review process including automation of workflow and metric tracking • Responsible for the development of executive briefing materials to track The Resource Group's performance and the creation of all other materials used for the monthly presentation of financial results to hospital senior leadership during St. Anthony’s operational review meetings and The Resource Group accountability calls

Greater St. Louis Area

• Project managed Scan-Based Trading/Store Level Replenishment pilot which involved 12 stores and an average of $250,000 in weekly sales • Managed perishable inventory, coordinated RFI/RFQ submissions for bids, and managed new product development for Prairie Farms Dairy’s Walmart private label warehouse business – 20% of the entire Walmart account and over $100M in annual sales • Developed a system for inventory planning utilizing Microsoft Excel • Analyzed data and conducted demand planning to ensure truckload quantities, minimize delivery cost and maximize margin • Conducted data analytics related to direct store delivery business with Walmart; including collecting raw and unfiltered data from plants, converting data, and interpreting results to provide meaningful insights about product selection at each store location

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Supply Chain Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Music Performance, Voice, 3.92

Activities and Societies: Schola Cantorum, Resident Student Association, Concert Choir, 10 PM Student Mass Planning Committee, Edgecliff.