Self-directed and driven business operations professional with comprehensive accomplishments leading operations, contract negotiations, sales presentations, and cross-functional teams to achieve goals. An innovative thinker with strong health care, human resources, higher education, and career services acumen. Demonstrated success in developing and executing plans in complex, regulated organizations. Recognized for implementing appropriate project management through analysis of the details to understand the competition, emerging trends, and stakeholder relationships. Highly organized, creative problem-solver who excels at guiding teams through challenging projects. Expertise includes account and contract management, budgets, products, team development, and executive support.Accomplishments:• Negotiated multi-year contracts with academic institutions and conference centers for programming. • Reduced costs by leveraging bulk purchasing power and effective contract negotiations.• Improved operating margin by securing contracts with 70+ schools of higher education.• Assisted 15 directors in the development of local marketing strategies for medical, dental, and nursing products.• Managed eight full-time employees, 30 part-time staff members, payroll, and P&L for a $2M test preparation center. Expertise:Medical Office, Healthcare Management, Patient Care Management, Healthcare, Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), Event Planning, Business Analysis, Marketing Strategy, Recruiting, Hiring, U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Human Resources (HR), HIPAA, Business Planning, Forecasting, Contract Management, Project Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Event Management, Vendor Management, Inventory Management, Business Strategy, Contract Negotiation, Relationship Management, Customer Service, Team Management, Training
Listed skills include Leadership, Public Speaking, Contract Management, Budget Analysis, and 45 others.