Franklin Scott Email & Phone Number

Owings Mills, Md, Us

New Orleans, La, Us

• Actively promote strong safety behaviors and ensure the team always puts safety first.• Pre-award contract development and post-award contract administration; create and lead the RFx bid process; develop negotiation strategies, optimal pricing.• Perform detailed market and financial analyses to determine potential business risk associated with a supplier or contract; coordinate with Credit Risk.• Work with Legal, Tax, and Risk Management to ensure any deviations from standard contract language are within Entergy’s Legal and Risk tolerance levels.• Deliver and document savings to Entergy through competitive bidding, direct negotiations, cost avoidance, etc.• Establish/maintain relationships with suppliers/partners, based on the ethical business practices as set forth in the Standards of Conduct and Integrity and Entergy's SC Polices. • Identify and evaluate new and current sources of supply, including diverse suppliers, to ensure the most competitive and advantageous offering to Entergy is achieved.• Perform storm role duties as assigned through the Storm Assignment Management System (SAMS) and/or the nuclear Emergency Response Organization (ERO).

New Orleans, Louisiana, Us

• Manage supply and equipment distribution throughout a 750-bed facility and the surrounding region.• Analyze data and methods to predict and improve delivery of supplies to internal customers.• Develop sourcing strategies to ensure alternative supplies are procured during supply chain disruptions.• Improve inventory accuracy by using analytics and data mining, leading to a 35% year over year improvement.• Develop and execute projects to enhance supply chain operations.• Establish and maintain relationships with vendors.• Assess vendor performance and enforce compliance with quality standards.• Measure supply chain performance and report to management.• Observe and evaluate staff to ensure processes and job functions are being performed according to departmental guidelines.• Running spend analysis reports and sorting them with Pivot Tables. • VLOOKUP to conduct comparative analysis on data on multiple spread sheets.• Tracking the progression of PDSA and RCI projects using Excel.

Sacramento, California, Us

• Create, examine, and monitor contractual agreements for supplies, equipment, and purchased services.• Responsible for accurate and timely management of GPO and local contracts and price files in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and contract management system(s) and databases.• Ensure that contracts do not expire without action and effective communication to content management, sourcing operations, and contract managers.• Monitor price exceptions, investigate root causes, and works with internal and external stakeholders to resolve.• Monitor internal contract performance, including GPO tier optimization, and contribute input to supplier performance management strategies.• Provide input to value analysis activities by conducting price comparisons and reviewing contract implications for new product requests.

Sacramento, California, Us

• Responsible for planning and procuring supplies, services and capital/minor equipment and projects required to support CPMC Surgery Departments.• Provided expertise and assistance for all clinical and non-clinical equipment and supplies. • Negotiated with vendors, and continuously look for the most cost effective, clinically acceptable products.• Initiated and participate in the implementation of cost savings programs.• Ensured product standardization on all commonly used items.• Worked closely with Affiliate Site Leaders, Department Managers and Directors to ensure procurement goals and objectives are met. • Assisted with implementation of system, regional and local contracts, providing feedback to Supervisors, Department Managers, and Directors of service and product availability. • Acted as liaison to Strategic Sourcing and participate on Value Management teams and Clinical Process groups.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Purchased inventory material for surgical, lab non-clinical, and patient care groups for 12 hospitals.• Checked purchase requisitions for proper authorization and completeness prior to acquisition and requested suppliers and equipment.• Initiated and maintained purchase orders, utilizing Lawson Materials Management software system.• Identified available sources of supply, including alternate products, in the event of back orders.• Contacted departments via approved process in the event of critical product back orders.• Identified suitable purchasing arrangements for products, including contracts, blanket orders, standing orders and vendor stocking arrangements.• Managed Blanket and Standing orders to ensure adherence and appropriate renewal action.• Expedited and followed-up on orders placed on a regular scheduled basis.• Managed vendor returns and credits.