Erika Noll
Hartselle,AL
Summary
Results-driven Acquisitions Professional with excellent problem-solving, analytical and organizational abilities. Strong focus on collaborating with employees to resolve business, customer, and vendor issues quickly. Works alone or as part of a team to manage high volumes of work in fast-paced environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Inventory Management Specialist- GS 9 (40hrs/wk)
Department Of Veterans Affairs
11.2022 - Current
- Negotiates supply requirements among multiple primary care sites and service lines in to standardize supplies in support of VISN strategic acquisition plans.
- Assist Clinic's Medical Director, collecting and graphing data for Facility and VISN operations reports.
- Analyzes cost data received from PowerBI and makes studies available to management when out-of-line situations are indicated.
- Frequently Negotiates with Departments about costs and fund usage in their particular operation, making recommendations as to their solutions.
- Studies usage of funds and prepares cost comparisons with recommendations to service line supervisor substantiating their budget requests for additional funds to management during the fiscal year.
- Utilize PVCart to maintain contract compliance for all orders placed to avoid order discrepancies.
- Developes and analyzes reports, making recommendations to management regarding support of Huntsville facility.
- Reduced stock discrepancies by closely monitoring inventory movement and promptly addressing any discrepancies
- Implemented new process to communicate expected time of arrival for products, allowing for timely intervention to avoid disrupting patient care.
- Coordinates with leadership, clinical service customers, SCM staff to develop and execute acquisition strategies to maximize efficiency and minimize waste.
- Analyzed inventory to identify excess, slow-moving and obsolete inventory and oversaw disposition, including identify other stations to utilize 53 line items of excess.
- Recorded information, shortages, and discrepancies to keep records current and accurate.
- Properly inactivated 64 secondaries falsely reflecting on hand balance of $414,000+ on national reports.
- Corrected 3,000+ group category and mandatory source felids across 4 primaries to assist Inventory Manager in auto-generation ordering.
- Resolved 314 false conversion factors across 2 primaries and 21,700 false conversion factors across 74 secondaries.
Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist- GS 11
Department Of Veterans Affairs
02.2022 - 11.2022
- Supervised 8 Inventory Management Specialists over 14 primaries, 2 Supervisory Supply Technicians managing 17+ Supply Technicians & 5+ contractors; supplying 11 facilities across North Alabama during a 40% vacancy rating.
- Developed procedures, policies, and supporting artifacts to ensure procurement activities are consistent with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), VA Acquisitions Regulations (VAAR) and other federal procurement laws and regulations, including collaborating/implementing 7 SOPs.
- Monitors quality assurance surveillance plans to ensure that contracted services meet expectations and needs of facility monthly with COR of MSPV contract.
- Provided training to station Inventory Management Specialists on procurement policies and new processes and procedures related to procurement.
- Implemented staff training on report utilization; created lesson plans, instructed class, and worked with groups to ensure that all staff members understood material.
- Developed materials to educate staff on proper inventory management techniques.
- Identified and resolved safety and equipment issues to provide and safe productive work environment.
- Prepared and acted as liaison during Joint Commission and QCR (Quality, Cost, Reliability) inspections.
- Identified and resolved 20,000 line items of incorrect data for National reports and QCR inspection.
- Collaborated/developed/implemented large scale move of bulk area due to structural integrity issues.
- Implemented inventory system in bulk storage area to increase inventory accuracy and decrease waste; increasing inventory accuracy by more than 20%, identifying items to redistribute in order to decrease waste, and properly utilize limited storage space.
Inventory Management Specialist- GS 7-9 (40hr/wk)
Department Of Veteran Affairs
08.2019 - 02.2022
- Reconfigured 7 satellite locations to maximize space, limit waste, and meet agency standards.
- Converted satellite stations from Manual Inventory System that primarily utilized drop shipments to Periodic Inventory system through use of barcodes for 1,141 item files, developed delivery and maintenance Schedule.
- Surmounted COVID-19 obstacles by collaborating with 6 departments in main hospital to ensure satellite stations received essential supplies that were not allocated to those facilities due to manufacture back orders and proactively adjusting strategies to meet needs of all facilities.
- Utilities Just In Time Delivery for Prime Vendor account, averaging $208,000 yearly and maintaining on hand value of $8000 to reduce carrying cost.
- Run Monthly ABC reports to ensure proper monitor high turn over rate and higher value, maintain Long Supply of less than 20%.
- Audited and corrected discrepancies in inventory numbers in perpetual inventory system.
- Check prices and calculated totals for accurate invoice processing.
- Work with department supervisors to understand supply needs and bring levels within desired tolerances.
- Received, sort and process damaged goods with vendors or manufacturers.
- Record information, shortages and discrepancies to keep records current and accurate.
- Completed physical inventory counts yearly as set forth by agency standards.
- Performed biweekly evaluations and time cards for current CWTs.
Supply Technician- GS 5 (40hr/wk)
Department Of Veterans Affairs
04.2018 - 08.2019
- Coordinate new equipment deliveries, provide storage solutions until equipment can be properly set up, making sure all parties are aware of current status in process.
- Worked with Clinic Medical Officer and several department leads, created SDS binders for entire facility, setting Agency Best Practice for entire VISN.
- Track existing equipment locations, throughout year to insure equipment can be located in timely manner for yearly audits.
- Uploaded 340 items files into Primary Inventory Point and 1500+ item files in 19 Secondary Inventory Point files into Perpetual Inventory System (AbovePAR).
- Review inventory to eliminate unnecessary expenses and provide optimal stock levels.
- Oversaw every phase of supply chain, from purchase order to delivery to invoicing, targeting 100% end-user satisfaction.
- Streamlined office operations using automation, oversaw client communications, managed record tracking and data communication activities.
- Track and maintain records of all deliveries throughout Huntsville clinic.
- Achieved and maintained customer loyalty by forging long-term relationships based on prompt and courteous service.
- Provided coaching and counseling to 2-3 Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) Veterans to encourage professional growth as well as completely biweekly time cards and evaluations.
Education
Associate of Science - Dental Assisting
Wallace State Community College- Hanceville
Hanceville, AL07.2015
Skills
- Procurement
- Negotiation
- Advance Excel Certified
- Skill Development
- Technical Support
- Group And Individual Instruction
- Program Development
- Communications & Problem Resolution
- Performance Assessments
- SCCOP/SCIDIO Toolbox/MedPDB/IPPS/MSPV
Certification
- CERTIFICATE IN SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS , Penn State Executive Programs & The Center for Supply Chain Research- Awarded June 3, 2021
- INTERMEDIATE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS , VA Acquisition Academy- December 14, 2020 - December 18, 2020 [CLPs: 32:00]
- INTRODUCTION TO IFCAP AND GIP , VA Acquisition Academy- July 15, 2019 - July 19, 2019 [CLPs: 40:00]
- INTRODUCTION TO VA STRATEGIC PROGRAMS , VA Acquisition Academy- April 22, 2019 - May 1, 2019 [CLPs: 11:00]
- INTRODUCTION TO SUPPLY CHAIN FUNDAMENTALS , VA Acquisition Academy- April 22, 2019 - May 3, 2019 [CLPs: 10:00]
- INTRODUCTION TO LIFECYCLE LOGISTICS , VA Acquisition Academy- April 22, 2019 - May 16, 2019 [CLPs: 11:00]
- PRINCIPLES OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT , VA Acquisition Academy- July 10, 2018 - July 12, 2018 [CLPs: 24:00]
Awards
Yearly Performance Evaluations
- Outstanding/Excellent 2017-2022
Special Contribution Award
- 2018
- 2020
- 2022
- 2023
Five Star Award
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
References
Glenn McCrary
Clinic Operations Manager- Huntsville CBOC
(615)775-7771
Dr. Tricia Villanueva-Harris
Chief Medical Officer- Huntsville CBOC
(843)496-4106
Stacie Hamilton
Pharmacy Supervisor- Huntsville CBOC
(205)441-4102
Stacey Hubbard
Program Analysis Specialist-Huntsville CBOC
(205) 520-3436
Timeline
Inventory Management Specialist- GS 9 (40hrs/wk)
Department Of Veterans Affairs
11.2022 - Current
Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist- GS 11
Department Of Veterans Affairs
02.2022 - 11.2022
Inventory Management Specialist- GS 7-9 (40hr/wk)
Department Of Veteran Affairs
08.2019 - 02.2022
Supply Technician- GS 5 (40hr/wk)
Department Of Veterans Affairs
04.2018 - 08.2019
Associate of Science - Dental Assisting
Wallace State Community College- Hanceville
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