Darlene Gray
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Sourcing and Procurement Analyst
United Healthcare Group
El Segundo, CA
01.2019 - 08.2023
- Managed internal procurement database for updates and content changes.
- Led supplier interactions to maintain consistent rapport and enforce contractual requirements.
- Responsible for supplier consolidation and leverage spend across the enterprise
- Monitored critical and sensitive supplier lists to handle vendor processing exceptions.
- Coordinated import and export operations, adhering to tight schedules and deadlines.
- Researching, analyzing and responding to all purchasing related inquiries
- Directed and coordinated activities of personnel engaged in buying, selling, and distributing materials, equipment, and supplies
- Sourced new vendors for purchasing needs.
- Obtained quotes from various suppliers to determine most cost-effective purchasing options.
- Determined recurring business needs and maintained necessary inventory levels.
- Collected operations data and created spreadsheets detailing trends.
- Created and calculated purchase orders to follow price quotes and reductions.
- Reviewed supply levels and aging inventory to forecast purchasing needs.
- Prepared and processed purchase orders for supplies, equipment and services.
- Requisition to PO management and Procure to Pay processing. Responsible on average approx. 2M of purchases per quarter
- Negotiate products, pricing and services from over 85 active vendors with direction/support from business leader includes SW/HW renewals, desktop equipment, network equipment, service equipment.
- Reviewed and approved vendor invoices.
Business Analyst, IT Operations
DaVita Medical Group
El Segundo, CA
06.2012 - 12.2018
- Analyzes operational practices, record keeping systems, form control, office layout, budgetary and staff requirements to create, revise and implement changes to systems and procedures as necessary
- Responsible for monthly Reconciliation process for IS Project spend and KLO
- Work with Project Management Office; processing ad hoc reports; includes resource utilization, YTD spend, variances, communicating project approval and funding status
- Supervised Administrative Assistants in the office environment
- Produced Monthly Capex/Opex report to meet critical deadlines for budgeting and forecasting, maintaining documentation in support of ( month end audit trail)
- Drive execution of contract terms and conditions.
- Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
- Understand and precisely explain variances between actual and budget/forecast
- Verify accuracy of P& L statement
- Collaborated with departments to secure appropriate approval for contracts invoices and workflows
- Assisted with development and implementation of a data management program for invoice approval and processing assuring sox compliance.
- Support Senior Management in preparation, consolidation and analysis of the annual budget, quarterly forecast and multiyear strategic planning.
- Collaborated with departments to secure appropriate approval for contracts invoices and workflows
Administrative Assistance
HealthCare Partners Medical Group
Torrance, California
06.2007 - 06.2012
- Provide administrative support to the Directors/Vice President of the Information Services Department in the form of organizing, prioritizing work, maintaining schedules and coordinating travel arrangements ensuring confidentiality at all times
- Assist in the creation Information Services Policy and Procedures
- Process vendor invoices for payment collection
- Generates adhoc reports Quickbase database for Finance and Operations departments
- Coordinate travel arrangements for executives
- Contract analysis review terms of contract reciprocate information to Manager
- Answer, screens and transfers telephone calls
- Develop and maintain filing systems
- Organize and distribute correspondence, reports and memos
- Coordinate preparation of reports, analyze data and identify solutions
- Maintains supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, and verifying receipt of supplies
- Responsible for publishing and content management on Microsoft Office Sharepoint
- Schedule meeting request, conference calls through Microsoft Outlook, live meeting, webex
- Perform clerical duties including data entry, scanning, filling, copying and faxing
Education
Bachelor of Science - Healthcare Administration
California State University Northridge
Northridge, CAAssociate of Science - Health Information Technology
Charles R Drew University
Los AngelesSkills
- Ability to organize and prioritize duties and tasks
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Motivated self-starter works well independently, sets priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Results driven with a proven record of accomplishment of success and reliability
- Proven ability to interact with diverse groups easily with confidence and cooperation
Additional Information
- Proficient with MS Excel pivot tables to analyze data and other Excel functions used to perform specific calculations, Quickbase Database for adhoc reporting, Microsoft outlook, CRM/ERP Software - Microsoft Dynamics, Concur, Service Now, Reqlogic, Oracle, Ariba, Mercury. Proficient with MS Powerpoint. Proficient with Outlook.
Timeline
Sourcing and Procurement Analyst
United Healthcare Group
01.2019 - 08.2023
Business Analyst, IT Operations
DaVita Medical Group
06.2012 - 12.2018
Administrative Assistance
HealthCare Partners Medical Group
06.2007 - 06.2012
Bachelor of Science - Healthcare Administration
California State University Northridge
Associate of Science - Health Information Technology
Charles R Drew University