Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Adaptable and result driven customer focused leader with 10+ years’ experience of supply chain management in life sciences and biotech industries. Significant experience in management of products, asset, projects, capital budgets, and vendor relationships. Knowledge, skills, and abilities to lead and execute continuous improvement initiatives around process improvement and cost reduction
Managed end to end supply chain operations for prenatal genetic laboratory including phlebotomy, logistics, supplies, and contract management. Provided supply chain support to clinical trials, IVD product development, and laboratory teams centered around prenatal genetics and women’s health. Execute, deliver, and report C-Suite driven supply chain projects for the organization around compliance and cost savings - Reduced lead time of deliver to processing by 40% through lean process implementation. - Oversee processes and relationships with 600+ independent phlebotomy draw sites to ensure a successful customer experience. - Negotiate and manage contracts with four national 3PL providers and 3 medical component and device manufacturers - Designed and implemented SOPs related to customer logistics processes and international regulatory shipping guidelines
Led, designed, and executed end to end global supply chain strategies including logistics, materials, distribution, compliance, and forecasting for the forensic toxicology division. Build and manage relationships with 3rd party logistics providers, distribution, and medical device companies in highly regulated environment. - Managed $50M capital budget and organization of 15 people. - Achieved client supply chain operational savings of $10M+ by streamlining client consumable kits and offerings. - Reduced order to cash cycle time by 50% for domestic and globally produced kit consumables. - Led all supply chain efforts involving merger and acquisition of 3 national certified drug testing laboratories.
Oversee global logistics operations for 4 forensic toxicology laboratories processing 40k+ specimens per day. Responsible for $20 Million+ annual budget and organization of 5 people. Lead sales-operation logistics planning to meet customer demands. - Lead Kaizen team in reduction of transportation time resulting in cost avoidance of $5M. - Integrated logistics functions and process with ERP and MRP - Established and leveraged relationships with 18+ intracompany logistics teams - Reduced logistics expense by $4 million dollars from customer kit redesigns - Ensured proper compliance with FDA, Human Health Services, DOT, and International Air Transport Association regulations
Execute national logistics strategies for forensic toxicology specimens. Identify cost savings and optimization opportunities. Serve as logistics subject matter expert for sales and lab operations. - Collaborated with laboratory operations and customers to ensure timely delivery of critical specimens - Performed GAP analysis of laboratory operations and logistics to reduce lead time and failure rates - Design and engage logistics disaster mitigation plans - Investigate and implement new logistics technologies