Kennon Thomas
Material Manager of Equipment and Building Services at Community Surgery Centers- Claim this Profile
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Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma
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Experience
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Community Surgery Centers
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Material Manager of Equipment and Building Services
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Aug 2019 - Present
Capital planning and purchasing Construction project management Process improvement of equipment and building utilization Capital planning and purchasing Construction project management Process improvement of equipment and building utilization
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Eskenazi Health
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Planner
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May 2019 - Aug 2019
Design and implement materials requirement program in S.A.P. enterprise resource system. Process improvement for supply chain management for perpetual inventory system. Data analysis of current inventory categories to help drive fiscal decisions. Design and implement materials requirement program in S.A.P. enterprise resource system. Process improvement for supply chain management for perpetual inventory system. Data analysis of current inventory categories to help drive fiscal decisions.
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Norton Healthcare
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Director, Materiel Management at Norton Hospital, Norton Pavilion, Norton Children's Hospital
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Dec 2016 - Oct 2018
Responsible for the operational management and administrative direction of leadership to meet organizational and budgetary goals. Accountable to 26 FTE with successfully improved employee engagement. Managed $1.2 million inventory budget of medical supplies across four healthcare facilities. Responsible for supply distribution to 77 inventory locations. Led the design and implementation of supply distribution to a newly constructed medical office building.Collaboratively worked with vendors to meet the needs of structured purchasing agreements. Show less
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Director, Clinical Effectiveness System Materiel Management
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Jul 2015 - Dec 2016
DMAIC data-driven improvement process training. Successfully led multiple system level process improvement projects improving supply distribution of medical supplies to inventory locations. Collaboratively led a system team through the redesign of the inventory management system for the organization. Responsible for the financial and utilization analysis of supplies within the organization with report out of data to executive leadership team.
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Community Health Network
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Network Director, Purchasing
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Aug 2010 - Apr 2015
Strategically restructured the Purchasing department to include new roles that served the internal clients to meet supply purchasing needs. Accountable to establishing and maintaing relationships with vendors to meet contract pricing of purchase agreements. Responsible for the oversight of $40 million in annual organizational expenditures. Managed financial policy following IRS guidelines. Financial internal consultant to newly acquired healthcare facilities. Achieved Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma through GE. Key team member in the development of virtual software shopping cart for physician practices to ensure financial capture of supplies. Show less
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Material Manager
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Jul 2007 - Aug 2010
Accountable to the daily supply distribution of medical supplies to 26 inventory sites within a large healthcare facility. Managed the daily operations of the Materiel Management department with 16 FTE. Responsible to organizational budgetary goals. Designed and implemented a color-coded inventory control system withing nursing units to increase efficiencies and control cost.
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Purchasing Contract Coordinator
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Jun 2006 - Jul 2007
Developed relationships and worked collaboratively with vendors to meet the purchasing needs of three disciplines within a healthcare organization. Managed and negotiated multi-million dollar purchasing contracts. Responsible for the completion of purchase orders for supplies and equipment. Coordinated the delivery of purchased supplies and equipment to appropriate locations.
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Team Lead, Support Services
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May 2002 - Jun 2006
Leader and key member of the design team in a multi-million dollar surgical suite expansion project. Designed and implemented an integrated state of the art digital operating room system. Collaborated with vendors on contracts and purchasing agreements for new equipment. Led the integration of a state of the art surgical robot into newly designed surgical suites.
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Supply Chain Coordinator
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Nov 1999 - May 2002
Established relationships with vendors to meet the purchasing needs of an outpatient surgery center. Responsible for the negotiations of purchasing contracts. Designed and implemented an inventory control system with $60,000 reduction in excess supply costs. Integrated inventory control system into finance software to control supply costs.
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Education
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2009 - 2011
Indiana Institute of Technology
Master's Degree, Management Science -
2007 - 2009
Indiana Institute of Technology
Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration and Management, General -
2005 - 2007
Indiana Institute of Technology
Associate's Degree, Business Administration and Management, General
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