Dorian Thomas
Buyer
Kingwood,TX
Summary
Results-driven Materials Management leader with a strong background in healthcare supply chain operations across hospital, surgical services, and perioperative settings. Thoroughly trained in purchasing, ordering, receiving, distribution, inventory control, and daily materials workflows, with a proven record of supervising staff, training teams, and supporting department leadership in fast-paced environments. Known for improving inventory accuracy, strengthening supply readiness, reducing waste, and managing multiple priorities with flexibility and accountability.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Buyer
Townsen Memorial Hospital
Humble, TX
11.2025 - Current
- Responsible for procuring supplies, equipment, and services to support hospital operations while ensuring purchases are timely, cost-effective, and compliant with hospital policies, budget guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
- Partners closely with clinical and non-clinical departments to meet patient care and operational needs, serves as a key liaison with vendors and internal stakeholders on back orders, substitutions, and emergency orders, and coordinates with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice issues while maintaining organized records for capital purchases, service agreements, and equipment trials.
- Also collaborates with department leaders to forecast supply needs, maintain inventory levels, and support cost reduction, product standardization, and other value-focused supply chain initiatives.
Materials Manager
Townsen Memorial Hospital
Humble, TX
03.2020 - 11.2025
- Managed more than $6 million in annual supply spend in support of surgical services and acute care operations.
- Improved OR case-supply readiness from 78% to 98%, helping increase on-time starts, while reducing requisition-to-purchase-order cycle time through workflow redesign.
- Lowered stockouts through PAR optimization and usage-based forecasting, reduced SKU volume and carrying costs through standardization, and led corrective actions that improved inventory accuracy and reduced waste while overseeing daily materials workflows across multiple operational priorities.
Manager, Materials Management
Doctors United Surgery Center
Pasadena, TX
01.2018 - 03.2020
- Directed all purchasing and inventory activities for a surgery center performing more than 4,000 annual cases.
- Increased contract compliance to 95%, helping reduce supply spend, improved inventory accuracy to 98% to cut expirations and waste, and ensured on-time capital equipment readiness for renovation and expansion activity.
- Supported dependable service across core materials functions including purchasing, stock control, and supply operations.
Lead Perioperative Materials Coordinator
Owens & Minor
Houston, TX
08.2016 - 01.2018
- Managed $3.9 million in consigned and non-consigned OR inventory with 99% accuracy in a fast-paced perioperative environment.
- Redesigned the stockroom layout to reduce restocking labor and travel time, strengthened inventory organization, lowered surgical supply waste through better rotation and utilization tracking, and partnered with clinicians to optimize product usage and reduce unnecessary consumption.
Perioperative Materials Coordinator
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
10.2015 - 08.2016
- Supported supply chain operations for 36 operating rooms while maintaining 95–100% case-cart accuracy.
- Improved responsiveness for critical supply needs by streamlining communication processes, reducing turnaround times, and strengthening distribution and operational support in a high-volume clinical environment.
Technician II
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
12.2011 - 10.2015
- Managed par replenishment and case-cart production for inventory exceeding $100,000 while supporting efficient daily clinical operations.
- Forecasted supply needs to reduce waste and improve workflow efficiency, trained more than 20 new employees to accelerate onboarding and standardize department practices, and built a strong foundation in inventory control, receiving support, supply distribution, and team training.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Strayer University
12.2025
Skills
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- Lawson
- Meditech
- Envi
- PAR Vision
- PAR Excellence
- Q-Sight
- HPG Smart
- M-System
- E-Procurement
- Purchasing and procurement
- Receiving and distribution
- Warehouse and central supply inventory control
- Vendor relations
- Contract compliance
- Inventory optimization
- Cost control
- Value analysis
- Process improvement
- Root cause analysis
- Leadership
- Team development
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB)
- Procurement, Sourcing & Purchasing Certification
- Certificate in Supply Chain Management
Timeline
Lead Buyer
Townsen Memorial Hospital
11.2025 - Current
Materials Manager
Townsen Memorial Hospital
03.2020 - 11.2025
Manager, Materials Management
Doctors United Surgery Center
01.2018 - 03.2020
Lead Perioperative Materials Coordinator
Owens & Minor
08.2016 - 01.2018
Perioperative Materials Coordinator
Houston Methodist Hospital
10.2015 - 08.2016
Technician II
Houston Methodist Hospital
12.2011 - 10.2015
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Strayer University