Cherie Reich
Virden,IL
Summary
- Executed comprehensive supply chain analysis and delivered purchasing support to enhance operational efficiency.
- Oversaw requisition approval and invoice reconciliation processes across 16 hospitals.
- Oversaw procurement operations for nine hospitals, emphasizing service and biomedical departments.
- Facilitated collaboration with finance personnel to analyze and resolve invoice discrepancies.
- Demonstrated expertise in customer service by collaborating with manufacturers, hospitals, and internal and external stakeholders.
- Leveraged purchasing and supply chain expertise to optimize operational efficiency in manufacturing processes.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Chain Analyst
HSHS Hospital Sisters Health System
Springfield, IL
03.2020 - Current
- Maintain item master and vendor data file for all hospitals across the system.
- Approve purchase requisitions for all hospital departments.
- Process vendor pricing updates in a timely manner.
- Reconcile accounting discrepancies for invoices.
- Resolve procurement issues forwarded through Customer Service to Analyst team.
Supply Chain Buyer
HSHS Hospital Sisters Health System
Springfield, IL
05.2016 - 02.2020
- Create purchase orders to procure product for hospitals, meeting time-sensitive deadlines.
- Work with Finance Team to resolve invoice discrepancies in OnBase and Service Now.
- Work to resolve past due orders, receiving discrepancies and facilitate product returns to suppliers.
- Monitor and resolve Purchase Order Acknowledgments utilizing GHX and collaborating with suppliers.
- Work with Contracting and Analyst team on item updates and contract pricing.
- Provide a high level of Customer Service to hospital personnel to maintain optimum patient care.
Analyst
Hose Manufacturing Company
Marion, IL
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Create and analyze MRP reports.
- Generate domestic and overseas weekly orders, tracking open orders.
- Review and approve supplier order acknowledgments.
- Expedite and delay product to control inventory levels.
- Adjust forecasts according to current demand and trends.
- Produce, review and analyze various purchasing reports.
- Conduct vendor pricing reviews, obtain and review quotes, pursue cost savings.
- Maintain vendor and pricing data so that it is clean and up to date.
Purchasing Support
H. D. Smith
Springfield, IL
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Expedited for over 500 vendors on a weekly basis for 7 different plants which averaged around $2.5 million in weekly sales.
- Maintained the forecast and planning parameters for 68,000 plant/item combinations.
- Responsible for maintaining CII purchase order documentation for the entire CII drug category.
- Arrange expedited shipments to prevent unscheduled manufacturing downtime.
- Resolved inventory and purchase order discrepancies including missed deliveries, short shipments and price variations between company warehouse and vendors in a timely manner.
- Supported generic, brand and over the counter supply chain planners on a daily basis.
- Pharmaceutical Wholesaler
Pharmacy Technician
Walgreen Pharmacy
Springfield, IL
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Communicated with patients to gather information on background, medical history and prescription history.
- Reviewed and filled prescriptions, provided customers with information and counseling regarding prescriptions and over the counter medications.
- Ensured optimum customer service to generate repeat and referral business.
- Monitored and maintained pharmacy and over the counter inventory through the cycle count program.
- Managed balancing the cash register to ensure accuracy of the end of day reports.
Pharmacy Technician
Memorial Hospital
Springfield, IL
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Responsible for the filling and distribution of prescriptions for a 500 bed hospital.
- Operated and maintained a Swiss log Pill Picker and Box Picker system robot which dispensed 300,000 doses of medication each month for patients.
- Performed IV preparations, dispensed antibiotic and controlled substances, and compounded daily medications for all in house patients.
- Responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the controlled substance inventory contained in the CII vault on a daily basis via the cycle count program.
Education
Pharmacy
Midwest Tech Institute
01.2010
Skills
- Data analysis
- Supply chain optimization
- Supply chain planning
- Highly skilled in software
Timeline
Supply Chain Analyst
HSHS Hospital Sisters Health System
03.2020 - Current
Supply Chain Buyer
HSHS Hospital Sisters Health System
05.2016 - 02.2020
Analyst
Hose Manufacturing Company
01.2015 - 01.2016
Purchasing Support
H. D. Smith
01.2013 - 01.2015
Pharmacy Technician
Walgreen Pharmacy
01.2012 - 01.2013
Pharmacy Technician
Memorial Hospital
01.2011 - 01.2012
Pharmacy
Midwest Tech Institute