Eric Sturm Email & Phone Number

Durham, North Carolina, US

Memphis, TN, US

Manage, Create, & Set the medical and minor equipment capital/operational budget list for major and minor integrated construction projects and routine capital expenditures.Maintaining capital purchases, unbudgeted requests, and manage capital projects.

Seattle, WA, US

• Vendor contract compliance and project management.
• Audited vendor performance to SOW bringing vendors into process improvement plans.
• Identified vendor activity causing budget overruns, worked with national commodity team to rework SOW and investigate vendors AP compliance affecting multiple facilities and regions.
• Annual spend management and analysis of over 65 million dollars annually.
• Protected my area of operations from critical shortages in holidays by initiating commodity vision and action with critical vendor to forecast proper risks for the holiday season, work with vendor to onboard.
• Leadership role in Covid response, safety compliance and stakeholder reporting.

Boston, MA, US

• Tasked with the creation of a world class vendor management program in this home healthcare financial firm, which assured regulatory compliance, cost efficiencies and standardization.
• Created the vendor performance monitoring program in summary: policy, tools, rubrics, and surveys.
• Lead the first vendor standardization program seeking cost savings and efficiencies.
• Vendor development and compliance for minority disadvantaged diversity requirements.
• Developed the subcontractor insurance policy with the corporate governing council and compliance program for same.
• Identified risk to ten million dollar contract bid with undocumented veterans owned business, worked with vendor to correct government compliance that prevented the bid being disqualified.

Florida, US

Significant leadership in professionalizing the department with focus on due diligence and compliance as well as cost savings.  Strategically administer procurement activity for all products/services. Project management from purchase through, planning and training.  Key member of the procure to pay software selection and implementation committee..

Atlanta, GA, US

Utilizing purchasing and supply chain expertise in multiple environments via contracted assignments to provide process improvement, training, and cost reductions. Purchasing Manager. Managed supply chain compliance to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations.  Lead investigations identifying internal and external fraud.  Training of staff as well as.

Clearwater, Florida, US

Significant leadership in both cost reduction and avoidance, as well as process improvement in a manufacturing environment. Recognized for contributions in areas of hazardous materials reduction, recycling initiatives, and cost reductions. Led a team of four direct reports.  Lead cross functional project to install document control process across multiple.

Developed and nurtured strong relationships with client base while executing strategies and initiatives that achieved value-building goals. Authored and published four books while a freelance contributor for the St. Pete Times, TBT and Tampa Bay Business Journal.  Negotiated drafts, reviews and vendor agreements as well as service contracts and general.

Tampa, Florida, US

Progressive record of achievements with increasing responsibility leading the strategic and operational growth of the department. Responsible for the buying, sourcing and negotiation of all maintenance repairs and operations (MRO) needs of supply of sea-going research vessels, company headquarters as well as the firm’s museum exhibit.  Performed direct.