Ignacio O. Pendas
Summary
Strategic executive with proven leadership in supply chain operations, strategic sourcing, and administration. Demonstrated success in change management across hospitals, physician practices, durable medical equipment, and managed care organizations. Skilled in enhancing processes and technologies to drive revenue growth, market share expansion, and profitability.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Director
Impact Advisors
04.2022 - 05.2026
- Led numerous Workday healthcare implementation projects as the Engagement/ Project Manager. Responsibilities consisted of kicking off the different phases of the project, managing timelines, project deliverables and budgets to meet client engagement and satisfaction.
- Served as Supply Chain Functional Lead for deployments in Procurement, Inventory, Supplier Accounts, and Strategic Sourcing; gathered customer requirements for design sessions, tenant configuration, testing, and production go-live while transforming legacy data for Workday upload and collaborating with eCommerce vendors and third-party organizations for supply chain integrations.
- Acted as Subject Matter Expert (SME) during post-production on Application Management Services engagements in Supply Chain.
- Provided end-user training for Supply Chain processes.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to evaluate current operations and implement recommendations for future state designs in Procure-To-Pay and Receiving and Distribution across single and multi-hospital systems.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to evaluate operations and recommend future state designs. Implemented improvements in Procure-To-Pay and Receiving and Distribution processes across single and multi-hospital systems.
- Facilitated conversion of Bulk warehousing operations to Just-In-Time model.
Principal Consultant
Avaap
10.2019 - 04.2022
- Led Supply Chain functional deployments in procurement, inventory, and supplier accounts. Collected customer requirements for design sessions, tenant configuration, testing, and production go-live.
- Assessed and prepared for Workday implementation through participation in Phase 0 and Phase X projects.
- Collaborated with eCommerce vendors GHX and Vizient, and third-party organizations to streamline supply chain integrations.
Corporate Director of Supply Chain
Promise Healthcare and Success Healthcare
05.2016 - 03.2019
- Corporate leadership and overall direction of the supply chain for a nationally Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) of 20 Long Term Acute Care Hospitals (LTACH), with approximately $900 million in spend.
- Achieved over $2 million in savings through the item conversion and negotiation of GPO and local contracts.
- Provided leadership to the outside GPO consulting team to recognize and implement an additional $2 million in savings for several purchased services categories.
- Led design and implementation of corporate-wide ERP system for accounts payable, fixed assets, general ledger, learn management system and supply chain, enhancing operational efficiency.
Regional Client Manager
MedAssets
01.2011 - 03.2016
- Overall client management and same-store growth responsibilities for 67 acute care hospitals in Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico with a portfolio of over $75 million in administrative fees.
- Achieved double-digit revenue growth for all accounts in 5 consecutive years.
- Collaborated with internal consulting team to realize $50 million in savings within 18 months for FL-based health system.
- Executed commodity savings initiatives, generating over $7 million annually for GA-based IDN.
- Enhanced contract compliance and penetration by 80 percent for Puerto Rican purchasing alliance.
- Analyzed client data to identify supply chain savings and performance improvements.
- Developed and maintained relationships with clients to understand their needs and provide solutions.
- Assisted clients in implementing new products and services.
Director of Network Operations
Coventry Health Care
10.2009 - 10.2010
- Managed specialty provider and capitated networks for 300,000 members, ensuring network accessibility and quality care.
- Created and converted individual provider contracts to capitated network contracts to achieve a savings of more than $350,000.
- Negotiated provider contracts, increasing member and physician satisfaction by 25 percent.
- Oversaw network operational budget, ensuring compliance with budgeted plan.
Associate Administrator
Jackson Health System, JMH
01.2007 - 10.2009
- Oversaw the daily administration, operations, and finances at Holtz Women's & Children's Hospital, a 640-bed facility.
- Designed, developed and led the expansion of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, resulting in a 50 percent increase in admissions.
- Developed and implemented the Jackson Air Ambulance Transport program, yielding a 35 percent increase in admissions.
- Prepared and managed the yearly capital and operational budgets and monthly variance reports.
- Assisted in developing operational policies, contributing to increased departmental efficiency.
- Implemented workflow improvements to optimize daily operations within the facility.
- Facilitated interdepartmental communication, streamlining patient care processes to enhance overall patient experience.
- Contributed to the development of operational procedures to maintain consistent quality standards across departments.
Education
MBA - Health Administration
University of Miami
Miami, FLBachelor of Arts - Industrial Psychology
Loyola University, New Orleans
New Orleans, LASkills
- Healthcare Consulting
- Supply Chain Transformation
- Strategic Sourcing
- Category Management
- Contract Negotiations
- Value Analysis
- Procure-To-Pay
- Demand Forecasting
- Bidding process
- ERP Implementation
- Engagement / Project Management
- Account Management
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Certification
- Workday Engagement Manager / Project Manager
- Workday Expenses
- Workday Financials
- Workday Inventory Management
- Workday Procure-To-Pay
- Workday Record To Report
- Workday Strategic Sourcing
Timeline
Associate Director
Impact Advisors
04.2022 - 05.2026
Principal Consultant
Avaap
10.2019 - 04.2022
Corporate Director of Supply Chain
Promise Healthcare and Success Healthcare
05.2016 - 03.2019
Regional Client Manager
MedAssets
01.2011 - 03.2016
Director of Network Operations
Coventry Health Care
10.2009 - 10.2010
Associate Administrator
Jackson Health System, JMH
01.2007 - 10.2009
MBA - Health Administration
University of Miami
Bachelor of Arts - Industrial Psychology
Loyola University, New Orleans