Michelle Shewchuk Email & Phone Number

Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, US

• Sourcing manager for nursing department, IV solutions, irrigation products, nutrition, respiratory therapy, dialysis, laboratory, homecare commodities, equipment and services with $60M annual spend. Source, negotiate.
• Issue Requests for Proposal (RFP), analyze responses, negotiate contract terms and conditions, and award contracts to bidders providing the highest value to the health system
• Manage contract development, execution, documentation, amendment, renewal, and termination
• Monitor contract compliance and governance
• Leverage Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) portfolio using spend analysis for tier selection to maximize savings
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives which standardize products and reduce the total delivered cost of health care products

Philadelphia, PA, US

• Contracting and procurement role managing material supply and equipment agreements for radiology, cardiology, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, anesthesia, nutrition, dental and oral care, dialysis, and home care.
• Developed sourcing/negotiation agreements for healthcare products and services
• Utilized Group Purchasing Organization, (GPO) contract portfolio to maximize cost savings
• Managed relationships with suppliers and internal customers while achieving objectives
• Assisted Value Analysis teams to ensure procurement of clinically acceptable supplies, equipment for product trials
• Consolidated number of suppliers, leveraging purchasing power to reduce product spend and administrative costs

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

• Key management role ensuring successful implementation of contracts based upon strategic sourcing decisions for marketing, advertising, media, market research and medical education supporting the cardiology, diabetes.
• Assisted category managers identifying potential supplier sources of materials and services for selection
• Led supplier negotiations and conducted responsible procurement screening for ten new suppliers
• Implemented contracts and managed ongoing supplier relationships while driving cost savings, on time delivery and quality for an annual spend of $127M
• Met customer requirements reducing contract document turnaround time from seven days to three days
• Negotiated a total of fifteen national agreements and achieved $960K in cost reductions

Chesapeake, VA, US

• Supply chain management role for the procurement of materials, services, capital equipment and construction projects for two hundred bed Healthcare System based in Chesapeake, VA
• Managed the procurement areas of strategic sourcing, inventory management, product management, contract negotiation, and value analysis team
• Created supply chain reports, requests for quotation, bid analysis and awards, supplier agreements, and executive summaries
• Managed order expedition, purchasing management system administration, supplier ratings and product compliance
• Directed personnel recruiting, hiring, development and training, employee assignments, employee reviews and payroll administration for ten direct reports
• Implemented new employee evaluations for ensuring employee achievement of individual accountabilities and objectives

Hampton Roads, VA, US

• Senior procurement role managing all capital equipment procurement projects for a ten-hospital healthcare system
• Managed material flow of capital equipment acquisitions from their identified need through procurement, delivery, receipt, and inspection
• Applied procurement policies, ensuring that applicable purchasing guidelines were followed including risk assessment completion
• Managed annual capital purchasing volume $51M saving $500K per year
• Solicited bids for new and existing construction projects, supplier contract negotiation, price/cost analysis preparation, and supplier selection based on competitive assessment and legal review
• Compiled user manuals for the Capital Equipment Purchasing Process and trained procurement team

Waltham, MA, US

• Demand Planner of inventory for twenty branches of this Fortune 500 distributor of laboratory, clinical, safety supplies and manufacturer of research chemicals
• Redistributed stock or shipped new product from 120 suppliers, preventing backorders avoiding low inventories. Completed annual supplier performance ratings.
• Annual purchasing volume of $135M
• Reported savings of $343K in 1998 through excess inventory returns, ordering lead-time reductions and reorder point decreases
• Increased supplier participation in Electronic Data Interchange purchasing system by 30%
• Key member of Inventory Reduction Project reducing excess inventory by $15M in 1999

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business And Human Resources

Bachelor Of Science, Business