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Procurement and Supply-Chain Professional with over 20 years’ experience in Operations and Procurement Management. Transitions easily from strategic planning to tactical execution. Wide range of experience in various areas of operations including procurement, production operations, distribution, contract negotiation, logistics, materials management, and accounting (A/R & A/P). High level viewpoint of business need reinforces knowledge when designing and executing efficient operating strategy to meet business goals and demands.
Karst
Resources LLC.
September 2017 – Present
President
Procurement,
Contracts, and Supply-Chain Consultation to turn purchasing organizations from
overhead cost into a
strategic sourcing profit center. Providing solutions for capital purchases and long-term development focused department evaluation meant to increase efficiency in supply side operations.
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Express Scripts Inc.
June 2014 – September 2017
Procurement Manager & Operations Supervision
Primary Responsibilities
• Supervised
all functional areas of purchasing team - purchasing all product for national
distribution network handling specialty pharmaceuticals and supplies.
• Work
closely with Finance, A/R, A/P, Sales, and IT Departments to ensure proper
reporting and compliance needs are consistently met.
• Review,
redline, and approve all supplier contract documents to ensure that they meet
the standards to fulfill all procurement and inventory management requirements.
• Accountable
for ordering and maintaining supply of inventory valued in excess of $4 Billion
annually.
• Key
contact for contract and pricing negotiations.
• Understanding
of market environment, reacting to Intel received from Pharma and/or Sales in
order to better our position in the marketplace with both suppliers and
customers.
• Implemented
progress reporting program for both Sr. Leadership visibility and
implementation of measures to maintain continued success daily using Six Sigma
Principles.
• Set
department goals and managed ongoing performance using KPI’s to exceed
corporate expectation in relation to safety, quality, delivery, productivity,
cost, inventory,
and morale.
• Directed
monthly Physical Inventory counts and reconciliation process ensuring the security,
viability, and accountability of products and supplies
• Operational
Project lead for implementation of Oracle WMS system for Specialty Division of
the business. Ensuring smooth transition and proper training for affected
personnel.
Key Accomplishments
• Developed
strategic procurement plan and forecasting model to maximize gross margin and
maintain supplier relationships. These forecasting improvements increased
fill-rate resulting in additional sales of over $46MM in less than one year.
• $7.5MM+
in direct cost avoidance by identifying and solving for gap in integration
process by organizing a team to correct issues and lead prevention from future
occurrence.
• Improved
prompt-pay capture rate from 90% to 99.9% by streamlining interdepartmental
process and implementing additional vendor scoring methods to decrease
disputes
on supplier billing.
• Developed
department training and compliance program to ensure proper training and
compliance from all direct/indirect reports resulting in measurable compliance
increase of 82%
• Overhaul
of strategy to maximize supplier payment of fees and discounts resulting in
$890k+ per year in additional revenue.
• Altered
contract review process, resulting in added ability to negotiate favorable
outcomes both annually and as supplier metric scores dictated.
• Oversaw
and implemented actions to achieve 83.6% Reduction in excess Inventory
• Anticipated
demand of products for various Clean-Rooms during period of extreme market
shortage – allowing pilot program to stay on track with no issues due to
supply
– preventing a direct loss of over $6.6MM
• Independently
Identified Drug Mapping Issues on Multiple NDC’s that would have resulted in
incorrect dispenses and headed effort to prevent missed commitments and
incorrect dispenses.
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W. D. Laramore Mfg., Inc.
May 1999 – December 2013
Office / Purchasing Manager
Primary Responsibilities
• Operational
Control areas of W. D. Laramore Mfg., Inc., including, Production, Logistics,
Procurement, HR, IT, Payroll, Accounting (A/R, A/P) and GAAP requirements
• Liaison
between high priority customers and departments, communicating customer need
and establishing deliverables
• Organized
troubleshooting of technical and scheduling issues through duration of projects
• Interacted
with other departments to ensure timeliness of project deliverables,
communicating progress to customer
• Implemented
spreadsheet creation and maintenance system to provide data relevant to
situational concerns
• Managed
Department; managing contract negotiations, creating quotes, proposals, price
plans, and purchase orders
• Monitored
job performance, progress, and cost for all pending contracts
• Oversaw
all purchasing department activity with multiple direct reports
• Coded
billing and authorized all payments to vendors
• Managed
all domestic and international freight requirements from LTL, Truckload,
Private Transport, Emergency shipments, Ocean and Air Freight, and Parcel
Delivery
Services balancing customer delivery requirements with company freight
cost targets
Key Accomplishments
• Organized
and maintained schedules and calendars to accommodate business need within all
units
• Implemented
outgoing shipment quality assurance checks, reducing quality and quantity
errors by 25%
• Negotiated
terms and pricing structure with common freight vendors, increasing discounts
from an average of 22% to an average of 76%
• Negotiated
pricing agreements, terms, and delivery schedules of all incoming parts and
supplies while decreasing costs and improving on-time deliveries by 30%
• Established
and Maintained supplier relationships by incorporating new vendors, reducing
costs, and streamlining vendors to provide added value.
• Negotiated
discounts through blanket orders, stocking agreements, part substitution, and
increased vendor understanding of final product
• Instituted
service follow-up surveys to assure all customer needs have been met
• Collaborated
with customers to develop individualized equipment setup plan
• Developed
in-depth knowledge of Accounting and Operations software including but not
limited to Oracle, SAP, Quickbooks for Manufacturing, MiSys Manufacturing, LMS/WMS
Solutions, Microsoft Office Suite
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Education
Florida State University : Tallahassee, Florida
Master of Business Administration, Expected Completion Fall
2022
University of Florida: Gainesville, Florida
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, December
2020
Seminole
State College of Florida: Sanford, Florida
Associate of Arts in Business Administration, May 2019