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GREGORY WOOD

Procurement Executive
Chicago

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Co-owner and Founder

SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
Chicago, IL
01.2004 - Current

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Overview: Experienced healthcare industry executive accustomed to working in a fast-paced environment and multitasking many projects simultaneously. Procedure-driven individual who is detail-oriented and is experienced building relationships on cross-functional teams.
• Key Skills: Broad industry experience gained by building a healthcare-focused company from the ground up, including product development, procurement, team building, quality assurance, regulatory, operations and distribution, and marketing.

Sunset Healthcare Solutions is a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of medical devices, selling to homecare companies and hospital systems, with sales in 18 countries. Sunset specializes in respiratory disposables for the sleep, oxygen, ventilation, and nebulization markets.

  • As one of two co-founders in 2004, grew the company to over 100 employees and annual revenue of over $45 million
  • 9-time recipient of INC 5000 fastest growing private companies in America since 2011
  • Responsible for establishing new departments throughout company growth cycles
  • Create company-wide procedures, develop teams, and source and identify managers for critical roles within the company
  • Review departmental presentations with other senior management to assess and approve potential future projects
  • Develop and execute strategies to improve top line revenue and bottom-line profits.

VP Project Management; New Product Development

SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
Chicago, IL
01.2017 - Current
  • Develop and engineer multiple products through their full product life cycle while controlling budget and P&L
  • Created and followed design control system which was added to the SOP documents for Sunset and currently used for all new products requiring design control documentation
  • Lead cross-functional team in the creation of new products developed for Sunset
  • Manage procurement efforts for new products through product life-cycle.
  • Serve as Business Development Officer to coordinate across departments to develop new to market medical devices
  • Identify, create, and maintain relationships with domestic and international suppliers – negotiating supplier contracts and strategizing best practices
  • Manage product development directors, as well as internal and external teams of medical device developers
  • Oversee consultants providing engineering, patent protection, and regulatory expertise
  • Effectively work with team members, supplier partners, and consultants on 3 continents using a combination of electronic communication, phone communication, video calls, and onsite visits
  • Capable of working irregular hours to maintain productivity
  • Created procedures for adding new products to Sunset’s product base, including processes for registration with the FDA and other regulatory bodies, assigning product codes and numbers, and integrating the new product into all of Sunset’s technological systems including SAP
  • Oversee product engineering designs and coordinated with molding suppliers to create related injection molds for Sunset products.

Director of Quality

SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
Chicago, IL
01.2010 - 01.2017
  • Established company-wide quality system, based on compliance with FDA regulations, specifically FDA 21 CFR 820
  • Implemented Quality System in compliance with requirements of FDA Audits
  • Responsible for international supplier site visits to audit supplier locations as the quality leader
  • Implemented UPC Bar Code system and UDI Code System across product base
  • Credentialed as a lead auditor pursuant to an ISO 13485 Lead Auditor Training Course.

Director of Procurement and Purchasing

SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
Chicago, IL
01.2004 - 08.2015
  • Created independent data analysis system for complex international ordering
  • Driver of cost reduction throughout Sunset’s supply chain
  • Managed international and domestic suppliers – working closely with suppliers to create short- term and long-term strategies accounting for supply spikes
  • Created processes for establishing new suppliers and KPI’s for existing suppliers
  • Worked closely with sales, operations, and finance to assure supply chain was meeting the needs of all departments
  • Negotiated and established international shipping processes with freight forwarders.

Director of Operations and Distribution

SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
Chicago, IL
01.2004 - 01.2013
  • Lead operations and distribution team which grew from 2 employees to 25 employees from 2004-2013
  • Created numerical identification system for company product base of over 5,000 products.
  • Established warehouse procedures including light manufacturing, assembling, packing, shipping, and receiving.
  • Identified and designed company warehouse layout.
  • Created custom private labeling program allowing our customers to brand our products with their logo and details.

Sale Representative

ADVANCED PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Chicago, IL
08.2002 - 12.2003

• Established new territory in Chicago for a Detroit-based flexible packaging distributor.
• Developed custom packaging solutions for a wide client base.
• Exceed annual goal by 50%

National Distribution Sales Representative

BOX PACKAGING
Addison, IL
01.2000 - 08.2002
  • Developed new sales territories throughout the Midwest
  • Evaluated and recommended new technologies for packaging goods to customers
  • Created and presented extensive proposals for packaging processes and solutions for customers
  • Increased annual revenue for my territories from $0.00 to $3 million in less than 3 years.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Packaging Engineering

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Timeline

VP Project Management; New Product Development

SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
01.2017 - Current

Director of Quality

SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
01.2010 - 01.2017

Co-owner and Founder

SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
01.2004 - Current

Director of Procurement and Purchasing

SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
01.2004 - 08.2015

Director of Operations and Distribution

SUNSET HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
01.2004 - 01.2013

Sale Representative

ADVANCED PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES, INC
08.2002 - 12.2003

National Distribution Sales Representative

BOX PACKAGING
01.2000 - 08.2002

Bachelor of Science - Packaging Engineering

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
GREGORY WOODProcurement Executive