Aakash Gajjar

Providing support to healthcare with various procurement needs: 1. Supply Chain Solutions 2. ERP Implementation ( Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, GHX and various healthcare US UK based software) 3. Contracting Solutions with significant cost savings and quality of service

• Control the Purchasing Department budgets - Circa £14m spend. • Actively engaging in the cost reduction programs and targets set by the business. • Developing key relationships with suppliers. • Develop and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures. • Overseeing the placing of purchase orders with suppliers, ensuring costs are maintained along with delivery times. • Maintain records of goods ordered and received and ensuring that any errors are corrected. • Managing the overall purchasing team’s day to day activities. • Reporting monthly the KPI’s for the department, with action plans to address any adverse trends. • Supporting the NPI process and ensuring new products meet the NPI demands, including sourcing, supplier selection and QCD. • Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy. • Reviewing the stock levels to ensure the business meets its production plans whilst maintaining minimal levels of stock. • Reporting monthly the KPI’s for the department, with action plans to address any adverse trends. • Ensuring all invoice queries are investigated and resolved. • Compliance with all processes and procedures in place within the Purchasing Department. • Working on projects including but limited to ERP/APS. • Actively engage in the S&OP process and be one of the key contributors to the meeting. • Plan workflow and schedules for production departments

• Lead and manage facility procurement activities • Developed and managed projects to completion • Manage the profit and loss of the facility Procurement operations • Execute the infrastructure project plan for the facility. This includes the implementation of the standardization programs for all procurement functions, Transformation, Sourcing, SMART cleanup, master file standardization, online requisitioning, and EDI • Negotiated pricing and business terms of conditions, for the purchase of products and services from UK, EU suppliers. • Facilitate the implementation of market based purchasing projects for HCA healthcare working with HTE • Execute the implementation and operational plan for all of the point of use systems • Coordinate, manage, and evaluate facility Supply Chain personnel • Raise and resolve facility based supply chain issues and improvement opportunities • Coordinate and drive efforts to enable supply improvement initiatives (SII) to succeed within the facility • Facilitate the standardization of products and optimize supply utilization through effective collaboration with Physicians and clinicians • Manage the facility implementation plan, identify and mitigate risks (leverage lessons learned, utilize proactive communication techniques), and monitor resource allocations to ensure successful execution of plan • Execute the Strategic Performance Measurement plan for the facility and report these results to the HTE in an accurate and timely manner • Seek new perspectives and challenge what is possible. Pose the right questions and share best practices to allow partners to develop long term strategies. • Practice and adhere to the Code of Conduct philosophy and Mission and Value Statement • Supervise the implementation and operation of the service contracts for the maintenance of medical/surgical equipment to ensure that contractual terms and conditions are achieved.

• To efficiently manage the Hospital Supply, ensuring optimum stock levels are held, commensurate with the activity levels and occupancy of the hospital. • Perform a systems administration function to create and maintain user access profiles to the Powergate system used by the Inventory Management, Finance and Operational teams within BCH to create and progress requisitions for goods and services. • Ensure that inventory management activity in the Hospital is within the UK Procurement policy and in line with existing supplier contracts • Liaise with the appropriate Teams & Commercial teams for all purchasing Contract requirements that cannot be sourced from existing supplier contracts • Implement leaner processes which minimise manual tasks and deliver integration with other systems, e.g. Compucare,Dream • Achieve a demonstrably high level of internal customer satisfaction • Support and assist the inventory/logistics administrators where operational needs dictate and ensure that the Inventory Management team is always able to deliver services during working hours. • Report KPI’s on a regular basis to ensure delivery of services is within set KPI’s. • Provide prompt and timely advice and guidance to the operational teams within the hospital about preferred suppliers, suitable products/services, appropriate buying channels etc to meet any short term or urgent need to acquire equipment or services. Wherever possible this advice should conform to agreed policies and procedures. • Supervise the operation of Clinical and Domestic Waste Contracts to ensure that supplier performance is in line with contractual terms and conditions. • Maintain records of medical equipment hire and charges to patients, where appropriate, for the hire. • Maintain appropriate staffing levels for department. • Ensure that all of the team members are motivated to achieve optimum performance in line with departmental and Hospital objectives.

• Head of the department for Materials • Monitor compliance on all hospital and group policies • EBME database champion to maintain the record and contracts of equipment • Carry our audits for various purpose to comply with the policies • Maintain Supplies Financial KPI’s – including stock/supplies use, Monthly stock standardisation report and also maintain month end deadlines for keying charging. • Be part of hospital on call duty manager • Drive compliance with BMI Standardisation items. • Achieved department cost reductions of £60k or 6.9% of purchases In the first month • Ensure that an effective and efficient delivery service within the hospital is provided. • Working with Various projects in hospital with Responsibility for costing, estimating and planning projects • Successfully achieved and as being part of tier 1 cancer hospital successfully achieved the refurbishment of our oncology project • Also Lead @ work project for BMI and Comms project

• Maintain a computerised and manual stock replenishment system. • Organise and record regular cycle counting of stock and JIT requirements. • Support the bi yearly stock takes in Theatre, Bulk stores and the hospital as a whole. • Manage Dart Workflow and process the invoices as per SOPs. • Ensure robust par levels are set for stock items. Work closely with the clinical leads to set them and review regularly and optimise stock holding throughout the department. • Work with Materials to optimise the number of lines that are able to sit within bulk stores and can make use of the automated economic stock ordering process. • Patient charging including CCSD codes itemised patient billing, specimen charging and capture of prosthesis use and charging, to include completion of the prosthesis log/NJR. • Implementation of new designs within the Business Operating Model. • Responsible for product selection process, gathering item information and samples, and coordinating with the new item pipeline manager. Conduct daily inventory analysis to solve inventory issues quickly such as locating product and processing inventory for pending sales. • Adhere to corporate policies, protocols and procedure set for department with respect to purchasing and customers service. • Provide efficient and high quality stock management service to all customers. Liaise with other department, In order to have continuous and interrupted material flow, maintaining inventory. • Assist Material Manager with all special initiatives and projects. • Help the Director of Operation in various projects. • Provide appropriate training to my staff on PeopleSoft. Training also includes pharmacy technicians on purchasing, inventory and workflow part of PeopleSoft.

• Researching and analyzing supplier performances, including performance data and researching finically to make plans and give possible result to procurement team. • Implementation of new designs within the Business Operating Model. • Making presentations and recommendations as to which funds should be Included in portfolios. • Responsible for product selection process, gathering item information and samples, and coordinating with the new item pipeline manager. Conduct daily inventory analysis to solve inventory issues quickly such as locating product and processing inventory for pending sales. • Created seasonal financial plans to guarantee optimal inventory investment, increase merchandise flow, and reduce markdowns ultimately maximize profitability. • Adhere to corporate policies, protocols and procedure set for department with respect to purchasing and customers service. • Also to provide efficient and high quality stock management service to all customers. Liaise with other department, In order to have continuous and interrupted material flow, maintaining inventory. • Receive, inspect, verify and accept or reject invoices made for supplies to the hospital by using the Software Dart. • Assist Material Manager with all special initiatives and projects. • Also helping our Director of Operation in various projects.

• Process orders receipts and check accurately as per the P2P policies. • Calculate price breakdowns, discounts, and freight charges prior to generating and processing purchase orders; following up with credits and resolution of invoicing discrepancies. • Coordinate with suppliers for any queries regarding price change, invoices, faulty or damaged equipment’s. • Manage all invoice and make records on to the database used by BMI Software – MEDAX • Buying of all required medical equipment’s and prepare invoices of all consumable and non-consumables goods. • Utilize strong leadership skills and communication expertise to maximize sales and Profitability. • Negotiate costs, vendor margin support, and wholesale pricing resulting in increased sales of over previous year and improved gross margin rate. • Maintain confidentiality of information in accordance with hospital policy and applicable statutes and regulations.

• Serving the customers on shop floor. • Deal with customers inquiries and placing orders. • Take payments and preparing receipts. • Cash up at end of the day. • Answer phone calls and liaise with different suppliers. • Monitor the stock levels of all the items and making sure sufficient supplies are always available.

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