Joseph Felix
Burlington,United States
Summary
Accomplished Procurement & Supply Chain professional with 4 years of experience. Generated over $1M in cost savings through building, negotiating and managing vendor relationships. Directed all purchasing operations and transactions totaling over $10M spend per year. Focused on continuous process improvement by analyzing business needs, operations, and resources to develop effective standard operating procedures.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Purchasing Analyst
Gravity Diagnostics
Covington, KY
05.2022 - Current
- Generated over $1.2M in cost savings by executing and managing bidding processes through RFQ's (Request for Quote) and RFP's (Request for Proposal) for a variety of laboratory equipment and product needs with top healthcare related vendors in the U.S. Ex: Abbott Laboratories, Cardinal Health, McKesson, Thermo Fisher, etc.
- Conducted vendor research, evaluations, and onboarding process to support a variety of business needs and unique projects. Ex: cleaning services, biohazard waste services, laboratory equipment services, new product launches, IT software, and ERP software.
- Negotiated contract terms with vendors to provide the most value such as extending payment terms, pricing, rebates, early withdrawal or termination clauses, service level agreements, etc.
- Performed vendor audits to track overall compliance and performance against established SLA's (Service Level Agreements) and any relevant certifications (Ex: ISO, FDA, CAP, CLIA, etc.)
- Partnered with Accounting Department and CFO to achieve company financial goals through departmental budgets, improving requisition approval process, and reducing cost of goods sold.
- Managed and conducted purchases which totaled over 1,000 POs per year and averaged over $10M per year in spend.
- Designed an internal intelligent item number system and assigned item numbers to more than 2,000 unique products.
- Improved procurement operations by instituting SOP's for all steps related to purchase orders (creation-editing-tracking-receiving-invoicing-closure).
Purchasing Analyst & Fulfillment Lead
Gravity Diagnostics
Covington, KY
05.2021 - 05.2022
- Managed fulfillment team to meet SLA's (Service Level Agreements) requirements processing over 800 orders per month.
- Developed and implemented inventory management strategies to maintain appropriate inventory levels by utilizing sales forecasts, actual inventory usage, and other relevant data. Which in turn prevented stock outages and reduced back orders.
- Improved order tracking KPI's and inventory usage metrics by designing order tracker.
Order Management Specialist
Gravity Diagnostics
Covington, KY
05.2020 - 05.2021
- Managed the approvals and coordinated fulfillment of supply requisitions from clients via 3rd party fulfillment company or in house for over 1,200 clients.
- Maintained over 95% fulfillment accuracy and turn around time by implementing SOP for fulfillment (order pick-pack-quality check-ship).
- Managed 3rd party relationships for fulfillment and logistics. Ex: UPS, FedEx, TQL, Path-Tec/BioTouch.
Education
High School Diploma -
Saint Henry District High School
Erlanger, KY05-2018
Some College (No Degree) - Business Administration And Management
Thomas More University
Crestview Hills, KYSkills
- Vendor Relationship Development & Negotiation Management
- Procurement & Supply Chain Operations Development
- Cost Analysis & Reduction Strategies
- Demand Forecasting & Strategic Sourcing
- Budget Planning
- Transportation & Logistics Management
- Warehouse Management
- Software Applications: Excel, Powerpoint, Word, PowerBI, Smartsheet, Procurify, Oracle, Ramp
Certification
Cardinal Health Sponsored - Resiliency in Supply Chain Planning: A Suppliers View
Accomplishments
Gravity Diagnostics: Living Our Values - commentary "Committed to providing exceptional service, learn new operations, and pitch in wherever needed. Continually exhibits commercially valued talents and skills to establish a variety of best practices."
Affiliations
Non-Profit Organization: Adopt A Class - Partner with economically challenged schools and mentor individual classrooms ranging from K-8 students to provide exposure to a variety of job careers through in class activities, field trips, and business facility tours.
Timeline
Purchasing Analyst
Gravity Diagnostics
05.2022 - Current
Purchasing Analyst & Fulfillment Lead
Gravity Diagnostics
05.2021 - 05.2022
Order Management Specialist
Gravity Diagnostics
05.2020 - 05.2021
High School Diploma -
Saint Henry District High School
Some College (No Degree) - Business Administration And Management
Thomas More University
Cardinal Health Sponsored - Resiliency in Supply Chain Planning: A Suppliers View
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