Purchasing Coordinator

• Jun 2022 - Present

Purchasing Coordinator

• Oct 2020 - May 2022

Purchased business essential supplies for all organ and tissue procurement facilities in the Tennessee region. • Saved four times salary through sourcing less expensive equivalent products in one year. • Streamlined internal purchase requisition procedure via creation and implementation of new policy. • Point of contact for emergency inventory replenishment for the Tennessee Tissue Recovery department. • Sourced new vendors for novel equipment and supplies. • Part of cross functional accounting team to eliminate past due supplier account backlog. • Streamlined internal WorkDay purchase order processing through templating. Show less

Pharmacy Manager

• Oct 2015 - Sep 2020

Managed inventory for four equine hospitals throughout the Southeastern United States. • Minimized loss of over 1 million dollars of inventory from 8% in 2016 to less than 3% in 2017, 2018, and 2019. • Fostered good relationships with over a dozen vendors and distributors through at least weekly contact. • Designed and implemented new training regimen for onboarding inventory control staff at satellite facilities. • Presented quarterly reports to managing partners to discuss inventory loss and mitigation techniques. • Sourced new and novel inventory items via close relationships with vendors, often under tight deadlines to maintain 30 days inventory on hand. • Created inventory forecasting analyses to place annual bulk order consisting of six months’ worth of materials to take advantage of industry-wide annual discounts. Receptionist January 2016 - December 2016 Responsible for scheduling a nine-doctor veterinary practice. First point of contact for all clients entering the hospital. • Oversaw all billing for ambulatory appointments for every doctor. • Overhauled medical information sharing practices to better ensure customer privacy standards. • Interfaced with client insurance companies as business liaison. Veterinary Assistant October 2015 – December 2015 Responsible for set up and break down of supplies and equipment for all in house appointments, advanced horse handling under extreme circumstances, and close attention to time management. Show less

Veterinary Assistant

• Nov 2014 - Apr 2015

Client communication, animal handling for veterinary care, basic laboratory work under technician oversight, and general support of a 4 doctor and 6 technician mixed animal practice focusing on companion animal medicine. • As an equine specialist, became point person for all equine appointments. Client communication, animal handling for veterinary care, basic laboratory work under technician oversight, and general support of a 4 doctor and 6 technician mixed animal practice focusing on companion animal medicine. • As an equine specialist, became point person for all equine appointments.

Foal Crew/Veterinary Technician

• Dec 2012 - May 2014

Hands on herd management of over 180 broodmares and 160 foals annually. • Devised and managed treatment schedules for all on-site emergency care. • Scheduled and implemented rotational monthly vaccinations based on foaling dates. • Translated all paper equine medical records into herd management software. • Rigors of position required persistent daily overtime from February through August annually. Hands on herd management of over 180 broodmares and 160 foals annually. • Devised and managed treatment schedules for all on-site emergency care. • Scheduled and implemented rotational monthly vaccinations based on foaling dates. • Translated all paper equine medical records into herd management software. • Rigors of position required persistent daily overtime from February through August annually.