West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, United States
With over 9 years of experience in business strategy, operations, supply chain management, purchasing, contract negotiation, finance, and healthcare management, I am a versatile and adaptable professional who thrives in challenging and dynamic environments. I hold a Global Supply Chain Management MBA from Wayne State University and a certification in Marketing. As a Strategic Sourcing Agent at The Resource Group, Spend Management Solutions, I leverage my skills and expertise to achieve a competitive advantage in total cost, quality, technology, and supply continuity across disciplines for healthcare participants. I negotiate pricing and contract terms and conditions, perform contract management and maintenance, review and analyze sourcing data and market trends, and develop and facilitate collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. I am also passionate about supplier diversity and inclusion, and have been a semi-finalist of Ford’s 30 under 30 – Class of 2020 program, which recognizes emerging leaders who are making a positive impact in their communities.
- Managed $80M Traditional Wound Care portfolio, leveraging data-driven strategies to optimize supplier relationships and drive cost efficiencies across the supply chain. - Developed and executed requests for proposals, information, or quotes (RFx). - Spearheaded strategic sourcing initiatives, leveraging data analytics to optimize supplier relationships and drive cost efficiencies across Cardinal Health's supply chain. - Led cross-functional teams to identify and execute high-impact sourcing projects, delivering substantial cost savings and enhancing operational performance. - Forged strong partnerships with internal stakeholders and key suppliers, aligning sourcing strategies with organizational goals and market dynamics. - Developed long-term sourcing strategies that anticipated industry trends, mitigated risks, and positioned Cardinal Health for sustainable growth and competitive advantage.
• Compose formulas and recipes for natural handcrafted products that create a safe, gentle and clever high – quality skin care routine for children. • Provide excellent customer service and skin care regimens to all clients • Vastly improves skin conditions and the appearance of a client’s skin with Halo Kids Skincare products
• Consistently work to achieve a competitive advantage in total cost, quality, technology, and supply continuity across disciplines to ensure achievement of acceptable products and vendors as indicated by end-user groups. • Negotiate pricing and contract terms and conditions to minimize risk for all healthcare participants • Perform contract management and maintenance including amendments, extension of terms, and product additions and deletions • Review and analyze sourcing data, market trends, benchmarking best practices, and maintain market awareness to provide continuous improvements for sourcing strategies • Develop and facilitate collaborative working relationships with Finance, Corporate Risk, Legal, Contract Design and Implementation teams through communications and timely reporting of changes in critical business matters
• Strong track record of leading cross-functional teams to deploy and maintain innovative Product solutions that deliver measurable results at scale • Work with manufacturing suppliers to procure the parts and raw materials for two commodities to produce the products and create the inventory for vehicle programs • Analyzed suppliers and lead global contract and price negotiations with vendors for a team of five regional buyers • Optimize global supply chain performance through cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking for Heat Shield and Manual Park Engine commodities • Semi -Finalist of Ford’s 30 under 30 – Class of 2020 program
• Led the bid process for state contracts which included purchase orders with suppliers including selecting and setting up suppliers, negotiating prices, justifying price reasonableness, and obtaining supplier purchase order acceptance. • Managed relationships with suppliers for PO.RFP and RFQ execution. Manage problems and schedule changes. Update ERP. • Built category strategy plans for the statewide portfolio of law enforcement, state parks and marketing outreach contracts for the department of natural resources.