• Reviewed and analyzed Corporate Purchasing processes and procedures to define current workflow, create performance metrics, and map relationships among commodities and processes, and identify and assess areas of inefficiency, waste, and possible cost savings opportunity.• Responsible for the execution and implementation of traditional, sub-category sourcing strategies through working relationships with internal customers and key suppliers for sourcing categories and various projects.• Participated in cross-enterprise commodity teams for development and management of sub-category strategies while aggressively tracking and improving on contract compliance and facilitating sourcing recommendations.

• Lead business development through creation of new Purchased Services department for a regional multi-health system group purchasing organization while maintaining all service agreements for each department within the organization’s warehouse and distribution center.• Develop new business and expand the incumbent lines of revenue for organization’s warehouse and distribution center’s services.• Monitor, review, and coordinate all relevant activity related to project schedules, pricing negotiations, and technical performance KPIs for a broad range of vendors, industries through company programs, contracts, and initiatives.• Ensure strict adherence to project plans, schedules, and outcomes through incumbent resources delegation across multiple departments to developing creative solutions to program problems, obstacles, and breakdowns while ensuring on-time completion within project budget.• Conduct incumbent contract audits for non-favorable terms, conduct redline review of vendor proposals, negotiate terms, and prepare contracts with consideration of resources, financial conditions, and contractual requirements meet the organizational and project needs.• Oversee incumbent contract review and partner national GPO negotiations for local member agreements over a wide range of purchased services, capital equipment categories including facilitation of RFPs, RFIs, and other program compliance initiatives.• Work with a project-based, varying level of leadership verticals from c-level executives to local, on-site department directors to define the scope of each initiative including resource needs, cost parameters, timeline, project milestones, and outcome metrics to track success.

• End-to-end sustainable change architect, project manager, negotiator, contract drafter and implementation leader for Tenet Healthcare's National Sourcing Department which oversees 64 hospitals and 300+ ambulatory surgery and outpatient healthcare centers across the US.• Directed corporate departments, local resources, and steering committee stakeholders respective to each initiative for production of necessary information, and other valuable input for bid design before facilitation and interpretation of RFPs, RFIs, and other value-adds. • Drafted agreements from scratch using bid results, vendor needs, and Tenet contract standards for CCB negotiation, approval, and execution. • Tracked and communicated vendor invoicing, project metrics, and other KPIs following implementation to ensure there was mutual accountability and the resulting agreement performed as designed. Additionally worked with on-site leadership and affected stakeholders in the event of new or entrenched vendor relationships or process breakdown, moderating conversations until resolve.• Project areas included Laundry and Linen Service, Mobile Phone Services, Pharmacy Data Resources, Pharmaceutical Equipment and Service, Telecommunication and Building Utility Audits, Instrumentation Service and Repair, IT Broadband Circuit Agreements, Outsourced Staffing, Building Elevator Services, Team Member Education Certification, Equipment Amortization, Invoice Audits, and Organizational Accreditation.

• Oversee, conduct analysis for, and service the overall supply chain operations and materials management divisions of Adult Surgery, Endoscopy, Anesthesia and Sterile Processing.• Act as a liason between administration, clinical staff, physicians, and vendor sales representatives to ensure effective, clear communication regarding all matters concerned in materials management and supply chain. • Oversee the Medical Economics Outcome Committee's (MEOC) value analysis process by obtaining product and reimbursement data, initiating price verification and product cross-references, creating inventory data sheets, monitoring utilization, and tracking financial impacts.• Work with cross-functional department teams as a medical product resource reviewing contract compliance, monitoring inventory/par level requirements, addressing product substitution requirements, and overseeing new product introductions.• Work with primary and national Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) teams to identify contracting opportunities and non-conformance issues.• Obtain preliminary information required to organize and facilitate Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Information (RFI), and contracting processes.