Dedicated Orthopedic professional with a history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Zimmer Biomet Inc.
National Corporate Pricing Manager
07.2018 - Current
Job overview
Provide pricing analytics and strategy for National accounts and work directly with those accounts which include Vizient, ROI, Captis, Gov't, Ascension, Premier, HPG, HCA.
Supervise a group of 3 analysts and drive alignment in our processes.
Zimmer Biomet Inc.
Contract Pricing Senior Analyst for National Accounts
12.2015 - 06.2018
Job overview
Responsible for analyzing, building and implementing appropriate customer pricing and contract strategies for GPO, IDN, and individual hospital customers.
Lead pricing discussions with cross functional teams. Prepare, review and submit RFP as required to aggregation groups and Enterprise Solutions Directors.
Zimmer Inc.
Supply Chain Planning Manager, Trauma
01.2012 - 11.2015
Job overview
Managed all Warsaw Plate and Screw Production which consisted of 15,931 part numbers that resulted in building 7,000 units per day between that total mix. Had 2 Supply Chain employees that reported to me.
Zimmer Inc.
Demand Planning Manager, Hips and Extremities
01.2005 - 01.2012
Job overview
Prepared Hip and Extremities monthly and yearly forecast projections for North America.
I set up meetings monthly with each product manager and finance to drive agreement on proposed changes and review actual sold vs previous forecast and trends.
Forecast accuracy routinely hit 100% of total segment units forecasted v sold each month for US sales and the absolute variance accuracy at sku level was 87%.
Created monthly reports for GSOP meetings with General Manager of each division in both Hips and Extremities. Topics discussed were regional forecast changes, specific regional issues regarding demand v supply, supply constraints both internally and externally, projection scenarios, and any other high priority topic.
Zimmer Inc.
Senior Production Planner, Hips
01.2000 - 01.2005
Job overview
Planned and purchased orders for all Hip instrumentation and Cemented stems.
In 2002, exceeded the hip instrument backorder goal of $10K by having a yearly daily avg of $7,998. Achieved this by staying on top of vendor deliveries and improving communication and trust with each vendor.
Federal-Mogul
Production Scheduler
01.1998 - 01.2000
Job overview
Scheduled raw material deliveries to supply 13 foundry cells.
Received daily and weekly production releases from 3 Ford and 2 GM Engine plants. Analyzed this data to develop a master schedule in order to keep a continuous flow of pistons available. Planned 8 machine lines that produced pistons 24 hours per day.
LRC Products
Production Supervisor
01.1994 - 01.1998
Job overview
Managed up to 10 people in 3 different warehouses at the Warsaw location.
Education
Purdue University
B.S. from Organizational Leadership and Supervision
01.1993
University Overview
Extra-curricular: Refereed intramural basketball and was named one of top 6 referees out of one hundred. Also worked for Purdue Farms operating equipment for harvesting and planting seasons.
Skills
Price optimization
Promotional pricing
Contract pricing
Revenue management
Forecasting / Demand Planning
Supply Chain
Timeline
National Corporate Pricing Manager
Zimmer Biomet Inc.
07.2018 - Current
Contract Pricing Senior Analyst for National Accounts
Zimmer Biomet Inc.
12.2015 - 06.2018
Supply Chain Planning Manager, Trauma
Zimmer Inc.
01.2012 - 11.2015
Demand Planning Manager, Hips and Extremities
Zimmer Inc.
01.2005 - 01.2012
Senior Production Planner, Hips
Zimmer Inc.
01.2000 - 01.2005
Production Scheduler
Federal-Mogul
01.1998 - 01.2000
Production Supervisor
LRC Products
01.1994 - 01.1998
Purdue University
B.S. from Organizational Leadership and Supervision