Experience

The MetroHealth System (Cleveland, OH)

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Sourcing & Purchasing

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Cleveland Clinic

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Category Manager

  • Jun 2019 - Jan 2022

• Senior Analyst

  • Jul 2016 - Jan 2022

  Responsible for product and service analysis in conjunction with the strategic sourcing or material management processes. Supported management with contract management and compliance. Areas of Specialization included Heart & Vascular, Imaging, & Digestive Disease (Gastrointestinal).-Managed and performed data analysis for assigned spend categories and/or business processes.-Managed strategic sourcing; considered cost effectiveness, quality, risk and utilization compliance.-Managed contracts and/or projects through the entire life-cycle.-Partnered with work groups to identify savings opportunities and process improvement.-Performed data analysis, prepared required communications and reports. Initiated requests for quotations and reviews incoming bids for best price, availability of stock, price protection, consignment and other alternatives. Built and Maintained vendor relationships to ensure best benefit during cost savings processes

• Analyst II

  • Apr 2014 - Jan 2022

  Responsible for product and service analysis in conjunction with the strategic sourcing or material management processes. Supported management with contract management and compliance. Areas of Specialization included Anesthesia, Radiation Oncology, Heart & Vascular, Imaging, Digestive Disease (Gastrointestinal), and Pain Management.-Managed and performed data analysis for assigned spend categories and/or business processes.-Collaborated with strategic sourcing; considered cost effectiveness, quality, risk and utilization compliance.-Managed contracts and/or projects through the entire life-cycle.-Partnered with work groups to identify savings opportunities and process improvement.-Performed data analysis, prepared required communications and reports. Initiated requests for quotations and reviews incoming bids for best price, availability of stock, price protection, consignment and other alternatives.-Meet with vendors to evaluate new products or services available. Exceeded 2015 fiscal year individual cost savings goal; negotiated savings of $1.2 million Built and maintained vendor relationships to ensure best benefit during cost savings processes

• Analyst I

  • Jun 2009 - Apr 2014

  -Prepared purchase orders and requests for quotes for service agreements.-Monitored attainment towards procurement goals.-Developed department training material and excel solutions for tracking and renewing expiring purchase orders.-Identified and categorized service agreements throughout the organization to convert non-contracted spend to contracted spend, $259M successfully converted since March, 2011.-Supply and service purchasing for Capital, Clinical Engineering, Information Technology, and Telecommunications ~$110M spend per year, resulting 7 internal honor and appreciation awards.-Collected and Analyzed cost information on products and services to prepare bids and comparisons to group purchasing contracts totaling 338K to date, resulting in 19K in savings.-Created and maintained the development of new contracted products and replacement items within the organization to promote standardization and centralization for 9 Main facilities and 85 Family Health Centers, successfully created, and maintained 121 contracted items.