John Boston Email & Phone Number

United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Provided solution-based consulting to healthcare organizations across the nation on behalf of Oracle America. Responded to mid to large scale healthcare system RFP’s/RFQ’s consisting of complexed practices both technical and manual. Illuminated Oracle applications through product demonstrations and client consulting. Articulated Oracle Procurement Cloud applications potential to deliver agile workflows, a secured cloud platform, robust real-time reporting and ease of use customer experience through a suite of succinct native applications.

United States

Provided overall leadership of Purchasing, Item Content Management, Vendor Management and GHX Procurement Suite Administration for the largest pediatrics hospital in the US. Directed all purchasing/spend continuum's including day-to-day procurement operations, contract compliance, sourcing, distributor resilience/management and purchasing performance KPI’s. Responsible for the Item Content Team directing functionalities such as item content routine maintenance, activation/inactivation of items, GL cost accounting assignment, and inventory/point of use (POU) system item administration. Oversaw vendor management and credentialing directing matters such as vendor on-boarding/dismissal, vendor performance, vendor credentialing and vendor master administration. Accountable for staff coaching, empowerment, disciplinary action, hiring/departing and team development. Accountable for freight management and GL accounting reconciliation. Responsible for developing/sustaining cohesive initiatives supporting warehouse, value analysis and hospital operations. Directed multiple large-scale projects, system programs and meetings supporting overall end-to-end supply chain needs.Key Accomplishments:• Reduced invoice discrepancies by 67% year one and 91% overall | Automated item master item add process.• Successfully lead/established purchasing, warehouse and value analysis COVID Taskforce. • Developed new purchasing KPIs/SLA’s improving overall performance and enhancing end-user experience.Notable Achievements:• Oracle Cloud Implementation & Deployment–Procurement Lead 2021• Nordic Charge Capture Revenue Cycle – Project Lead 2021• Prodigo Procurement Suite ERP Implementation – System Owner 2021• Medline Distribution Conversion – Project Owner 2020• Green Security Vendor Management & Credentialing Implementation – Project Lead 2020• KPMG Consultants Procure To Pay Industry Benchmark – Surpassed 3 years consecutively

United States

Provided overall leadership of Purchasing/Logistics operations; optimize/systemize technical and manual processes. Provided contract administration and maximized GPO cost-savings initiatives. Developed procurement policies/procedures; mature short and long-term objectives parallel to OakBend’s mission. Worked on benchmarking and systematizing purchasing endeavors aggressively. Prepared/maintained budgets; provided end-user consulting and staff development.

Houston, Texas Area

• Assisted with mass cost model analysis for various job family reviews assisting senior leadership.• Support Corporate Recruitment regarding job offers and strategies to increase employee retention.• Led all compensation survey participation endeavors working with various survey vendors providing massive excel reports and analysis.• Supported all endeavors cultivating incentive plans, and bonus administration for 19,000 employees.• Generated analysis reflecting new compensation market data from various survey vendors.• Supported ERP transition (Peoplesoft) by assisting with design, testing, go-live, and maintenance initiatives pertaining to compensation modules.• Administrator for the Compensation SharePoint Site and Intranet content manager.• Performed comprehensive annual market analysis projects at year-end to support pay decisions during merit, promotion, and adjustment cycle for all employees.• Conducted annual Focal Point Review for Business Staff, Clinical Staff, Management, and Senior Leadership Staff.• Assisted Compensation Consultants with bonus programs for 19,000 employees.• Administered and managed company compliance and system in-services for 19,000 employees.• Assisted Recruitment with compensation recommendations for employment offers to prospective candidates.• Equipped reports and perform broad analysis of compensation data for HR leadership, while supporting leadership on findings and recommendations for key concerns.• Generated analysis based on research to aide with department reorgs and budgeting regarding human capital.

Houston, Texas Area

• Responsible for processing requisitions, quotes, contract administration, sourcing and logistics of medical supplies.• Responsible for Houston Methodist (medical center) OR procurement transactions regarding purchasing and inventory management. Managing backorders using queries exported into excel.• Assisted in design and best business practice during ERP implementation for Supply Chain and Accounts Payable.• Invoice resolution and invoice discrepancy prevention for Corporate Purchasing department. • Participated in various vendor webinars, and meetings to keep our Supply Chain system proactive in regard to procurement. • Attended department meetings providing operation analysis regarding client performance.• Managed backorders, and sourcing for substitutions from approved vendors.• Reducing freight cost by identifying A-list items and having main distributor stock them locally. • Providing high level support to Contracts Administration team regarding contract pricing endeavor impacting Supply Chain system-wide.• Assist data management team with item master maintenance and data integrity.

Houston, Texas Area

• Assisted in designing Methodist Sugar Land inventory from the ground up (2009) resulting in 50% client growth.• Responsible for the logistics operation consisting of shipping & receiving, distribution, cycle counts and reverse logistics. Managing min/max levels to reflect demand.• Reduced the inventory total cost by 37% resulting in 200k of savings. Reduced emergency preparedness procedure from 7 hours to 30 min. Held a 96% fill rate for an entire year (2010).• Assisted in designing Methodist West Houston inventory from ground up (2010).• Provide inventory turn analysis monthly.• Provided department consulting regarding supply cost, and supply operations for budgeting purposes.• Responsible for purchasing and procurement process for stock and non-stock orders.• Won Supply Chain of the quarter October 2009 within one year of service.• Assisted with PAR design and PAR optimization KPIs.• Processed requisition and quotes for Houston Methodist Sugar Land.• Invoice resolution and managed backorders to meet timely delivery of supply.• Expedite orders to meet client demand.

Greenway Plaza- Houston, Tx

Supported the Sports Medicine operations as Memorial Hermann and TIRR merged. The Greenway Plaza location served as the main and central location for outpatient Physical Therapy. Assumed a lead role for the PBS front desk registration team at the Greenway Plaza location and was considered key personnel in design of best business practice for the Patient Access staff.• Scheduling patients for Physical Therapy (PT) and provide schedule forecasting for approved PT program.• Validate insurance, available benefits, and approved prescriptions for PT.• Register patients in the system and maintain patient information in Medi-Tech.• Resolve slow pay or unpaid accounts.• Process co-pays and enter service charges into Medi-Tech• Pre-screen new patients and prepare new patient charts for initial evaluation.• Remain current with Medicare guidelines and changes.

Houston, Texas Area

Logistics Rep responsible for Alvin, TX, Angleton, TX, Clearlake, TX, and Houston, TX area.• Provided direct supervision to a team of 4 sales associates regarding development, coaching, task delegation, and performance review.• Obtain and maintain Physicians, and Primary Care Clinics.• Responsible for procurement demands for Physicians and Primary Care Clinics.• Responsible for route design and route updates for area of service.• Responsible for logistics of lab specimen for area of service.• Modifying route assignment to accommodate STAT clients.• Responsible for contributing to growth of area of service.

Bachelors, Business Management

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