Seth Bourassa
Strategic Sourcing Manager @ Cardinal Health
About
Results-driven Pharmaceutical Sourcing Manager & IT-Business Leader with over sixteen (16) years of professional experience, currently leading Strategic Sourcing at Cardinal Health (since June 2023), with prior roles advancing through Business Intelligence and Analytics since 2008. Oversight of a $500M+ pharmaceutical product portfolio, applying strategic sourcing to optimize cost, quality, and supplier performance. Deep expertise in vendor-facing EDI systems and data integrations, serving as Subject Matter Expert to streamline procurement workflows and ensure high-stakes accuracy. Advanced analytics and BI leadership: Former Manager of Business Intelligence and Senior Consultant in Business Metrics/Analytics, deploying data-driven strategies to boost metrics, mitigate risk, and maximize profitability LEAN & AGILE practitioner and Yellow Belt, leveraging continuous improvement methodologies to enhance process efficiency in regulated environments. Effective translator of technical to non-technical, communicating complex IT concepts (hardware/software/EDI) to all stakeholder levels, internal and external. Risk and compliance management, proactively reducing internal and external penalties through data insights and supplier governance. Specialized experience in pharmaceutical sourcing, including branded pharmaceuticals and biosimilars, aligning procurement with regulatory compliance and cost-containment goals
United States
Columbus
Hospital & Health Care
SharePoint, Process Improvement, Software Documentation, Troubleshooting, Visio, Call Center, Microsoft Office, Access, Help Desk Support, Customer Service, Active Directory, Lotus Notes, XP, IBM iSeries, VPN, Call Centers, Training, System Administration, Technical Support, Windows
Experience

Strategic Sourcing Manager
• Manage a $500 million annual portfolio of pharmaceutical products, ensuring cost-effective procurement strategies align with business goals and market dynamics. • Develop and execute sourcing strategies that optimize supplier performance, mitigate risk, and secure high-quality, compliant products. • Drive the sourcing and commercialization of biosimilars, identifying strategic suppliers and partnerships to expand access and reduce overall therapy costs. • Lead contract negotiations and supplier relationship management, driving favorable terms, service-level agreements, and long-term value creation. • Collaborate cross-functionally with regulatory, quality, finance, and supply chain teams to ensure alignment across operations and adherence to compliance standards. • Develop standards and procedures relating to Biosimilar Procurement strategies, customer-centric adoption and education across the enterprise. • Lead and develop further solutions to evaluate and determine best practices for Biosimilar and Brand pharmaceutical launch and commercialization activities.

Manager, Business Intelligence, Account Management Analytics
• Provide descriptive analytics to multiple internal and external stakeholders. • Provide predictive analytics to multiple internal and external stakeholders. • Manage a team of six on-shore, and one off-shore, analytics professionals to ensure business and customer compliance, business continuity processes, and all activities related to our Pharmaceutical customer segment. • Provide data governance guidance and apply knowledge of database infrastructure design to map and create data models within reporting environments utilized by internal and external stakeholders. • Lead multiple internal teams in technology transformation activities using analytics tools, Tableau, Alteryx, GCP/BigQuery, and SAP/Legacy Business Objects, to ensure best in class reporting for our customers and internal stakeholders as landscape is updated.

Senior Consultant Business Metrics/Analytics, EDI Specialist
• Lead and coordinate internal projects that directly impact data from a quality perspective as well as an external perspective. Led projects such as: IQVIA/SHA Tracking improvements for data submissions, Data Blinding and Blocking Audits, Same Day Invoicing data integration, and Multiple Data Source Reconciliation reporting and notifications. • Participate in capacity as SME and offer key knowledge during system integrations and technology go-lives—specifically centered around SAP, ECC HANA, MANHATTAN and the roles they play in business data and external contractual risk. • Coordinate between Business needs, EDI Platform and Implementation team resources, and strategic deployment of multiple IT teams for source and ERP systems. • Lead meetings with Manufacturers to discuss data capabilities and needs, providing insight into what Channel Analytics reporting is applicable for their needs. • Attend all relevant conferences to ensure that the Cardinal brand is being represented as a top-level resource concerning metrics and analytics related to business needs. • Perform analysis of active production data for both Inventory (within Cardinal Network) and Sales (sales to end customers) for all Pharmaceutical manufacturers. • Work to develop analytic tools and market insights tools to assist Manufacturers with gaining market share. Work with big data and channel insights analytics in a meaningful capacity utilizing Hadoop, ETL, Alteryx, Access, SQL and Business Objects. • Troubleshoot and coordinate rapid response from required teams in order to correct system-wide and singular data issues that askew risk of penalties associated with data fees in excess of $185mn per quarter.

Consultant Business Metrics/Analytics, EDI Specialist
Dublin, Ohio
• Assist in development of business strategies relating to external facing initiatives. • Assist manufacturers in understanding and analysis of inventory and sales data. • Coordinate EDI Implementation activities between Business and Technical teams in order to facilitate a fast transition from contract signing to data flowing regularly. • Assist in activities related to PMOD as SME for Business EDI data. • Administrate Strategic Sourcing Sharepoint site for internal users. • Meet regularly with Manufacturers to discuss data capabilities and needs. • Attend all relevant conferences to ensure that the Cardinal brand is being represented as a top-level resource concerning metrics and analytics related to business needs. • Assist in analysis of active production data for both Inventory (within Cardinal Network) and Sales (sales to end customers) for all Pharmaceutical manufacturers. • Work to develop analytic tools and market insights tools to assist Manufacturers with gaining market share.

Senior Specialist, Branded Pharmaceutical Sourcing
• Manage billion dollar Branded Pharmaceutical Purchasing and Compliance Strategy. • Manage and design Branded Pharmaceutical Summary Database allowing multiple groups within Cardinal to have information regarding specific contract information for Branded vendors. • Manage Sharepoint site for Branded Sourcing team • Develop and produce complex reporting based on generated data from several systems within Cardinal, creating middleware required for systems to talk to one another.

Analyst, End User
• Supported customers in all facets of Cardinal.com functionality including Pharmaceutical Applications, Medical Products and Services Applications, and Mobile Solutions devices, made by Symbol, for use in Pharmacies. • Consistently exceeded benchmarks and metrics set forth to measure performance of technical analysts in a front line position. These benchmarks included: average handle time, ACW time, first call resolution, service center resolution, and commitment usage. • Provided direct assistance to Sales Representatives, Technical Contacts, third party IT analysts, and others who contacted the Helpdesk for more information concerning our products and functionality. • Constantly asked for additional training to assist with moving forward within Cardinal’s corporate structure, increasing Business Acumen and responsibility in the process. Used this additional training to provide assistance to all analysts who required additional help but did not wish to contact level two for answers. • Helped create and maintain knowledge objects within the ServiceWare knowledgebase system concerning customer facing applications and points of contact for continued troubleshooting of problems outside of Service Center.

EITSC Command Center Analyst
• Command Center involving monitoring duties for call flow and demand forecasting for call center supporting Internal and External clients. • Scheduled entire Service Center to be trained on Avaya Aux Code changes and new Attendance Policy being implemented. • Created a historical trace report via a series of data exports from Avaya, batch scripts, and excel allowing a supervisor who has placed a trace on someone to gather historical data for as long as they continue to run the scripts,instead of snippets in time with no historical significance as the ACD's limitations did now allow storage of the data long term, assisting with performance reviews and training opportunities. • Developed a report that allowed visibility into analysts who logged in late, log out early, or took extensive lunches and breaks. • Rewrote Command Center manual for appropriate administration of EITSC practices and guidelines.

Technical Support Analyst
• Supported customers in most all facets of Cardinal.com functionality including Pharmaceutical Applications, Medical Products and Services Applications, and Mobile Solutions devices, made by Symbol, for use in Pharmacies. • Consistently exceeded benchmarks and metrics set forth to measure performance of technical analysts in a front line position. These benchmarks included: average handle time, ACW time, first call resolution, service center resolution, and commitment usage. • Provided direct assistance to Sales Representatives, Technical Contacts, third party IT analysts, and others who contacted the Helpdesk for more information concerning our products and functionality. • Constantly asked for additional training to assist with moving forward within Cardinal’s corporate structure, increasing Business Acumen and responsibility in the process. Used this additional training to provide assistance to all analysts who required additional help but did not wish to contact level two for answers. • Helped create and maintain knowledge objects within the ServiceWare knowledgebase system concerning customer facing applications and points of contact for continued troubleshooting of problems outside of Service Center.

Technical Support Analyst
• LAN Administration duties for Novell and Active Directory: creation of IDs in both ONE and ATLAS trees, creation of NAEAST Active Directory IDs using DRA and Novell ConsoleONE • Application deployments via Novell and Group Additions in Active Directory for SMSNomad Deployment. • VPN Connectivity troubleshooting, RSA SecurID Token Administration roles: pin reset, enable, disable, set lost status. • Full administrative privileges and requirements. Remote Desktop Support (GTI-NA) requires extremely varied skill-sets and extremely varied knowledge of software and workings of corporate infrastructure. • Helped develop and maintain knowledge-base articles within Peregrine Service Center for use by all levels of agents. Creation of knowledge-base articles was vital to continued development and grooming of Level one agents at remote call center. • Worked in Peregrine Service Center, Avaya CMS, CentreVU and continued work with NICE Screen Agent.

Technical Support Analyst
• Troubleshot issues related to hardware, software, and other internet related issues in WINDOWS 98/ME/2000/XP. • Troubleshot issues for corporate internal and external helpdesk customers involving Wireless, Wired communication, VPN connectivity, and home router/internet connectivity. • Used ULTRAVNC,MICROSOFT TERMINAL SERVICES, and CARBON COPY to assist remotely. • Tracked, documented, and managed trouble tickets using MAGIC ticket tracking software. • Worked as a Tier Two Store Automation helpdesk support agent. • Supervised Sunday shift using Avaya CMS Software to ensure service level remained at 85% or higher.

Service Associate
New Uses General Store
• Worked with a small team of associates and assistant managers to continue excellence in the workplace, and maintain confidentiality of customers as well as entry of items into the POS system. • Helped store to break daily sales goals, weekly sales goals, and monthly sales goals on a regular basis. • Consistent use and support of POS system and terminals. Troubleshooting UPS backup battery issues, touch screen input issues, and proprietary POS software. • Helped with closing duties as well as opening duties, including counting down of cash drawers at the end of the evening, and loading cash drawers in the mornings. • Transferred merchandise into the store, handle money, and customer related issues on a daily basis. • Performed basic support of local CISCO router. • Interacted with WINDOWS based software applications to perform routine store duties.

Technical Support Analyst
Cox Cable
• Provide technical support over the phone for Cox cable internet customers. • Troubleshot issues related to hardware, software, and other internet related issues in WINDOWS 98/ME/2000/XP. • Troubleshot issues related to connectivity including WINSOCK, TCP/IP, and LAN. This was mostly connectivity issues with home networking systems, routers, etc. • Performed assistance with IP addressing and DHCP. Walked customers through disabling a static IP address, and getting Microsoft Windows to release it’s private IP address so they could obtain a working IP from Cox Cable. • Provided support for issues related to modems and other networking equipment, and VOIP solutions. • Provided support for customers who used Microsoft OFFICE and Microsoft OUTLOOK. • Used PCANYWHERE and DAMEWARE for remote assistance. • Tracked, documented, and managed trouble tickets using REMEDY ticket tracking software. • Performed general support for VOIP, SECURITY, and WIRELESS issues. Also supported Product Lab proprietary customer software, which included popup blocker, anti-virus, anti-spyware, and anti-phishing modules, all branded by Cox High Speed Internet.

Fraud Support Analyst
• Worked in the prevention of fraudulent activities through the gap.com, oldnavy.com and bananarepublic.com websites. • Answered incoming calls from customers concerning fraudulent activities and/or held orders placed through the three company websites. • Made outbound calls to banks, credit card companies, and customers in order to resolve held order situations in a timely fashion. • Communicated with internal customers and managed personal schedule using MS OUTLOOK EXPRESS.

Technical Support Analyst
BCK Communications
• Performed general technical support for hardware and software in a WINDOWS 95/98/2000/XP environment for all external customers. • Wrote and designed the Advanced Service Training manual for the technical service department as part of an assigned project management task. • Rewrote the Administration Guide for the network administration department, working side by side with the Lead Administration manager. • Dealt with the core offices as well as contracted personnel on a daily basis resolving order conflicts and installer issues. This included troubleshooting issues that pertained to signal degradation, incorrect installations of hardware, receivers and TiVo units. • Used BCK Communications proprietary trouble ticket software to track work orders, contractor installations, and customer complaints.
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