Hospital Supply Chain Expert Consultant

• Supply Chain Operations and Strategic Planning
• Process Improvement and Organizational Restructuring
• Data Analysis Profit Enhancement
• System Implementations and Cost Reduction
• Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
• Financials Inventory Management
• Multi-Site Operations Oversight and Product Analysis
• Health Care System Administration C-Level Communications
• Strategic Partnerships
• Vendor Management and Contract Negotiations
• Customer Service Engagement
• Collaboration and Team Building
• Leadership and Talent Development
• Mentorship and Board Membership

Relevant Accomplishments

• Advocate Aurora Enterprises (AAE), Chicago, IL 2021 – 2022 System Vice President – Personal Wellness and Adjacent Revenue
• Served on leadership council for this division which was focused on extending Advocate Aurora’s relationship into consumer wellness and generating new accretive revenues and margins through acquisitions.
• Co-developed AAE’s Prospectus which defined how the organization would advance the mission of helping people live well through strategically investing in high performance consumer health and wellness companies.
•  Served on the board of directors for $25M portfolio company growing at 40% per year.
• Conducted exploratory meetings and performed diligence on over 150 companies with revenues between $15M and $100M in the mind, fitness, and nutrition consumer market segments.
• Aligned investment and supply chain leaders across 15 health systems and one corporation on the evaluation process and rationale which resulted in successful co-investment in a domestic medical supply manufacturer.
• Advocate Aurora Health, Downers Grove, IL | Milwaukee, WI 2014 – 2021 Senior Vice President – Supply Chain
• Directed 550-member supply chain operation for a $13B integrated system with 27 hospitals and 77K employees, spanning sourcing, purchasing, operations, distribution, data, and analytics. Developed and maintained five-year aligned supply chain strategy, implementation plan, and operations playbooks. Deployed strategic sourcing model to embed team members as partners within medical service lines.
• Advanced leaders to national and statewide committees to enhance company insights and expand skills. Seven leaders served on committees at GPO, business collaborative, diversity councils, and tech advisory boards.
• Managed COVID operations to achieve zero procedure delays or cancelations and no instances of medical staff conducting operations without necessary supplies or equipment. Special supply chain COVID operations continued through February 2022 and resulted in almost no waste or disposal of supplies.
• Completed supply chain integrations in nine months of merger including staff, GPO, distributors, contracting, central warehousing, food, print, data team, consolidated performance tracking and standardized operations.
• Delivered $50M in realized supply and operational synergies within 18 months of merger close.
• Achieved supply expense ratios placing as the most efficient performer in four independent studies.
•  Implemented procure-to-pay controls, providing exceptional audit, compliance, and process controls.
• Created innovative analytics solution which aligned costs and quality data into aggregated real-time reporting platform with drillable access across all sites, service lines, procedures, and physicians
• Launched deployment team to redesign and implement P2P workflows and standardize operations across all sites and procedure areas; enabled data capture for analytics with 98% “clean on first pass” information.
•  Recognized on the Gartner “Top 25 Healthcare Supply Chain” listing in 2018 and 2019.
• Achieved customer satisfaction rating of 4.20 (87% top box) and staff satisfaction of 4.21 (top quartile).
• Headed supply diversity initiatives resulting in certified MWBE spend of 5% in 2019 and 6% in 2020.
• Ascension Health, Milwaukee, WI | Indianapolis, IN 2011 – 2014 Chief Resource Officer
• Oversaw Supply Chain operations in Wisconsin and Indiana for the third-largest health system in the U.S., delivering top tier performance metrics and achieving successful implementation of national strategies and initiatives.
• Led Indiana and Wisconsin through supply chain restructurings including staff reductions, ERP replacements, policy changes, and vendor conversions. First division to complete transitions on time and under budget.
•  Served on Indiana Senior Leadership Council which achieved all transformation commitments in 12 months.
• During tenure, the WI and IN regions delivered the top supply performance metrics within the company.
• Fergus Enterprises, Milwaukee, WI 2004 – 2011 Sole Proprietor
• Established and grew Supply Chain management and project consultancy business focused on managing and delivering complex process improvement projects.
• Facilitated development of business plans and processes that achieved over $50M in annual benefits.
•  Served as Interim AVP Supply Chain for large health system: stabled operations; reduced expenses; hired role.
• Directed project to combine data from ERP, surgical, and billing systems; enabled DRG level reviews with drilldowns to procedure and physician-specific expense variables.
• Negotiated contracts and vendor changes securing $15M in recurring reductions and $5M in one-time savings
• Owens & Minor, Vice President Supply Chain Performance Centaur Forge, Owner | President
• The Revere Group, Principal
• Ernst & Young, Senior Consultant

Roles

• Advocate Aurora Enterprises (AAE), Chicago, IL 2021 – 2022
  System Vice President – Personal Wellness and Adjacent Revenue
• Advocate Aurora Health, Downers Grove, IL | Milwaukee, WI 2014 – 2021
  Senior Vice President – Supply Chain
• Ascension Health, Milwaukee, WI | Indianapolis, IN 2011 – 2014
  Chief Resource Officer
• Fergus Enterprises, Milwaukee, WI 2004 – 2011
  Sole Proprietor

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