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Manage and execute IT procurement contracts for a multi-million client. Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships within the system to obtain information and content from key stakeholders and suppliers to ensure successful project completion. Develop sourcing strategies that offer the best balance of cost and quality. Responsible for identifying initiatives, providing benchmark data, and competitive procurement documents (RFP/RFQ). Leads supplier negotiations, contract development/management, and the identification/realization of savings opportunities.

Established a new Procurement department. Reviewed annual spend, managed packaging materials and non-inventory items to initiate cost savings throughout the US subsidiary, resulting in over one million dollars in less than one year. Collaborated with IT to build and launch new non-inventory purchase protocols in the current ERP system. Reviewed and approved all purchasing requisitions and submitted purchase orders. Instituted new purchasing policies and processes for goods and services. Introduced new suppliers and continued close relationships with current suppliers both domestic and international. Collaborated and negotiated contracts with suppliers to ensure compliance with agreed upon terms. Reported and reviewed ongoing projects and cost savings to headquarters in Germany. Worked closely with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice exceptions. Created archiving system for all purchasing documents. Collaborated with Trade Marketing and Germany to review current retail packaging and develop new for product launches. Managed personnel in the purchasing department. Responsible for user training, approved PTO and payroll, and performance reviews.Collaborated with Procurement, Finance, and IT to implement and launch new ERP system.

Analyzed internal data within EMR to ensure clinical performance quality goals are achieved for a large medical group of over 400 physicians. Submitted structured data to commercial and Medicare insurance companies. Responsible for clinical reporting for all specialties within the organization. Collaborated with Medical Directors to discuss new and existing clinical programs to improve performance quality goals. Built and maintained clinical dashboards. Completed departmental ticket requests.

Reviewed and approved purchasing requisitions and submitted purchase orders. Processed purchase requests for new medical equipment, and new vendors. Collaborated on contracts with Group Purchasing Organizations to ensure compliance with agreed upon terms. Worked closely with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice exceptions. Created archiving system for all purchasing documents. Acted as gatekeeper for setting up all department locations and managing and creating user credentials, as well as user training. Created and maintained comprehensive user documentation for existing order-placing systems. Designed and implemented master file structure for maintaining vendor and transactional data, including high-cost purchase orders and equipment audit records. Developed requirements for and collaborated with IT on the development of a dashboard for tracking spend across multiple dimensions. Responsible for all departmental reporting. Managed quarterly inventory counts and equipment audits for high-value items and medical devices. Developed requirements for and tested forms for creating new vendors and purchase requests. On-board physicians’ offices into the group purchasing roster, reducing costs by ensuring that they purchase incentivized items through the agreement with the group purchasing organization. Analyzed spend to ensure compliance with purchasing contract and evaluate cost savings. Built and executed Excel-based queries to add value to data dumps from the Lawson and EHS systems. Collaborated with Procurement, Finance, and IT to implement and launch new ERP system. Achievements: 2014 Diamond Award for exceptional job performance, Project Management Training

Planned and executed purchase and work orders. Managed Inventory Par levels and worked closely with vendors and Rosco Customer Service to ensure that the order fulfillment process was timely and efficient. Worked closely with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice exceptions. Maintained paperless file archives. Developed and maintained strong, positive relationships with vendors to obtain competitive pricing and quotations. Responsible for the logistics documentation to ship International Sea Freight and worked with forwarding agencies to get shipments cleared through U.S. Customs in accordance with all applicable regulations.