• Lead strategy and execution of clinical and non-clinical sourcing initiatives for a group purchasing organization partnering with health systems, hospitals, and physicians committed to efficient, effective, and affordable care.• Manage communications, contracts, training, Request for Proposals (RFPs), vendor/supplier management, negotiations, analytics, and pricing strategy, with ~5 concurrent contracts valued upward of $40M.• Advise and partner with clinical integration teams and affinity groups to understand stakeholder needs and meet expectations.• Cultivate strategic partnerships with suppliers to negotiate cost effective contracts and maintain a strong stance in a highly competitive market.• Leverage data-driven findings to drive continuous improvement in sourcing initiatives, RFP process, pricing, and negotiations.• Mobilize, train, and mentor contract specialists to ensure high level of engagement and performance. Selected Accomplishments:• Promoted to role with increased scope and complexity based on leadership, knowledge, and performance.• Created first ever Affinity group consisting of director levels of hospital and VP of Facilities to drive continuous improvement in needs assessment, strategic sourcing/procurement, negotiations, supplier relationships, RFP process, cost savings, and reporting.• Achieved savings of $1M for Y1 and $2.8M for Y2; negotiated Non-Acute care distribution agreement to deliver savings of $1M.

• Manages an assigned portfolio of procurement contracts for the West Virginia United Health System (WVUHS). • Analyzed data to identify cost reduction and IDN aggregation opportunities within assigned commodity portfolio, coordinate bid/RFQ projects, and makes purchase awards for their assigned portfolio. • Assured that purchasing decisions met WVUHS Procurement and Legal policies and procedures. • • • Developed financial analyses to quantify the cost impact of Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) contract offerings and locally negotiated opportunities. • Performed data maintenance around pricing and other contract components within the Lawson ERP, SharePoint, and other systems utilized by Procurement.

• Prepare documentation for contractor bids and distribution.• SAP/Hard copies - Maintains bid documentation, including handling confidential matters. Ensures that all critical and sensitive information is relayed accurately and appropriately.• SAP/Hard copies - Manage approvals, signature, and distribution of contracts to include emails and US mailings.• SAP - Maintain an Excel spreadsheet of all contracts up for renewal.• Avetta - Researches and abstracts information and supporting data in preparation for contractor safety waivers and meetings to include OSHA & EMR numbers.

• Managed full-scope sourcing and procurement initiatives to drive sustainable value in healthcare outcomes, including communications, sourcing/procurement, volume/spend analysis, category management, inventory/vendor management, compliance, and reporting; with purchase power and signing authority up to $100K.• Promoted to Process Analyst following success in Buyer role; conducted weekly and quarterly analysis to strengthen internal controls and improve deficiencies.• Conducted supply chain analysis and leveraged findings to inform executive-level decision making.• Served as liaison between end users, commodity management, sales reps, and vendors to ensure streamlined operations.• Partnered with business units across the organization as well as external suppliers to develop and implement initiatives that enhanced processes/internal controls, improved 'procure to pay' process flow (cost saving), and ensured more accurate reporting.• Selected ‘Team Lead of Clinical OR Buyers’ for exceptional performance; consistently in top 2 in orders placed and top 2 in lowest number (50% decrease) of invoice match exceptions.

Oversee the relationships with third party vendors who provide outsourced services to UPMC Accounts Payable. Support the implementation of operational efficiency initiatives. Identify opportunities for improvement in processes and service. Complete analysis and propose initiatives. Manage the resolution of vendor invoice/payment issues that are escalated to UPMC Management. Manage Accounts Payable control reports and address process gaps Analyze invoice entry and invoice payment issues. Design solutions to resolve the issues and improve the overall procure to pay process flow. Oversee Accounts Payable activities in the absence of the Accounts Payable Manager. Continuous process improvements over key areas of accountability. Assist in business process improvement training as needed. Prepare and present project status reports as needed.