Deanna Herrin Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Alpharetta, Us

Senior leader responsible for Strategic Sourcing, Procurement Operations, Real Estate and Facilities Management.• Transformed operations and created a centralized procurement model to optimize company expense for products, purchased services and contingent labor. Revitalized the department with a new organizational structure, revised roles, governance, business process and implementation of a procure-to-pay technology platform to drive transparency and sustainable results.• Generated significant cash savings through centralized procurement of IT hardware, corporate applications, professional services, staff augmentation, travel and facilities-related categories. Execute RFP events, conduct contract negotiations and vendor management. Oversee the Procure-to-Pay program including purchasing, catalog management, policy compliance, contingent worker sourcing, on-boarding and invoicing.• Delivered $59 million in cash flow improvements by closing facilities and negotiating early-exit deals with landlords for multiple locations. Responsible for long-range planning, space management, lease / landlord management and coordination of real estate transactions that support the organization's vision and corporate strategy. • Continue to lead a muti-year spend optimization program. Over the last six years, addressed $206M in spend resulting in $74M or 36% in financial benefit to the company.

New York, Ny, Us

Served as a Council Member and subject matter expert on group purchasing organization contracting, processes, best practices and industry dynamics for the Gerson Lehrman Group. GLG clients include Fortune 500 companies, leading professional services firms, financial institutions and medical supply manufacturers.

Alpharetta, Ga, Us

Directed end-to-end operations of the GPO from sales support to facilitation of client decisions and communication of value. Contract portfolio consisted of 2,500 supplier agreements representing $59 Billion in client spend with coverage for 2,200 acute care and 123,000 non-acute providers.• Led teams in planning, strategy execution, financial management, contract negotiations, portfolio management and communications. Centralized business functions for efficiency, developed performance standards and collaborated across organizational boundaries to create feedback channels that resulted increased employee and internal customer satisfaction.• General manager of the Custom Contracting Services business that supported 40+ healthcare system clients. Achieved double-digit savings while securing optimal pricing and contract terms for clients such as Kaiser Permanente, Tenet Healthcare, UC Health Cincinnati, SCL Health, CHRISTUS Health and others.

Dallas, Us

• Designed and executed supply chain strategies for strategic sourcing. Joined the company as a start-up organization and key contributor to its significant growth over ten years. At time of acquisition, the company employed 950 professionals and sold for more than $850 million dollars.• Implemented cost reduction strategies for multiple product and service categories. Developed trust and confidence from physicians, clinicians and supply chain executives through consistent performance on quality of information, business leadership, demonstrated customer service and follow-through.• Developed supplier relationships, coordinated RFP events, conducted financial impact analyses, negotiated pricing and contractual terms for medical, surgical and laboratory supplies, physician preference items, capital equipment and complex purchased services. • Performed an operational assessment of the business products and services sourcing function for the company's largest client. Identified root causes of dissatisfaction, created and led the turnaround plan, remediated performance and restored confidence within 120 days of appointment by the Chief Operating Officer. Results played a pivotal role in the client’s decision to renew their multi-billion dollar contract for another 5 years.• Launched regional contracting functions that provided contract coverage for $350 Million in purchased services and high clinical preference categories. Developed influential C-suite relationships and implemented client governance bodies to set strategy and make regional contracting decisions.

Dallas, Us

Created the Custom Contracting Services business unit to satisfy unique client needs for categories not covered in the national GPO portfolio. Developed professional staff to conduct strategic sourcing events for medical, surgical, physician-preference items, laboratory, pharmacy, non-medical products and complex purchased services. • Innovated new contract templates to right-size resource effort to the revenue return for services. Developed variable compensation models for strategic vs. tactical contracting activity and deployed different processes to achieve the desired outcome.

Dallas, Us

• Recruited into the company at start-up to develop organizational structure, establish strategic direction and contract negotiations process for national group purchasing of surgical devices, supplies, capital equipment and purchased services.• Hired and managed nursing, operating room, cath lab / radiology, laboratory, pharmacy and materials management professionals establishing a rapid implementation team to integrate new clients. Led team in designing and executing contract implementation strategies, data analysis and cultivating relationships with clinical stakeholders. • Managed the Clinical Resources team that facilitated client input into the contract portfolio and assisted with new customer contract implementations. Provided oversight of discipline-specific Advisory Committees and the Executive Steering Committee composed of clinicians and customer stakeholders to ensure strategies, products, services and contract portfolio collectively provided clients with industry leading value.• Developed teams to conduct strategic sourcing events, execute competitive bids and negotiate deal points for commodities, capital equipment and complex services culminating in comprehensive purchasing agreements for clients. Significantly expanded contract coverage and generated material savings for clients. • Collaborated with physicians, service line leaders and supply chain executives developing trust and confidence through consistent performance, business leadership and excellent customer service.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Health Services Managment

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Psychology