Perioperative Supply Chain Logistics TeamAccountable for ensuring accurate deployment of supplies required to perform perioperative procedures in the acute care environment.• Supply forecasting and channel management for perioperative supply chain.• Data analysis followed by action planning and execution to drive supply chain improvement and savings.• Guide program and new procedure implementations across multiple facilities while identifying and coordinating resources and teams required for success.• Manage program sustainability; lead steering team meetings, quarterly business reviews, and problem resolution.• Interact with Clinicians, Surgeons, Business Managers, Directors and Vice Presidents.• Train, mentor and manage Team members.• Program growth – Helped achieve 4.5 million in collective sales from one hospital system over a three-year period after successful implementation of our perioperative delivery program.• Increased supply chain efficiency by using Lean and Six Sigma principles to reduce overall spend by over 1 million dollars per year

Perioperative Supply Chain Logistics TeamCoordinated specialty program for large operating room.• Inventory management, balancing inventory reduction, cost savings and the dynamic needs of the surgical environment.• Suture and Endo-mechanical inventory management.• Conducted site visits to support external growth based on program results.• Align performance with organizational goals and objectives while balancing clinical needs and business targets.• Provided data analysis and recommendations to improve supply chain performance.• Served as a focal point for customer problem resolution, exceeding service expectations.

Worked a variety of positions within Owens & Minor between 1991 and 2007 which included Customer Service, Warehouse Operations, Inventory Control, Warehouse Trainer, Logistical and Transportation Management and Sales Support.

7th ID Light Infantry UnitResponsible for assisting leadership in ensuring that all soldiers in the team were properly equipped, trained, and prepared for all combat situations. Served overseas in Egypt with Multinational Force and Observers and in Panama during Operation Just Cause.