Renee Sones
Summary
Accomplished Senior Supply Chain Officer at South-West Regional Health Authority, adept in supplier relationship management and supply chain optimization. Spearheaded integration projects, enhancing efficiency, and forged strong supplier partnerships, significantly boosting operational outcomes. Expert in strategic sourcing and team leadership, consistently exceeding financial and customer satisfaction targets.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Supply Chain Officer
South-West Regional Health Authority
San Fernando
09.2022 - Current
- Lead cross-functional teams to integrate suppliers with management technology tools and upgrades, leading to increase in global supply chain efficiency.
- Monitored supplier quality to identify potential issues.
- Supervised 10 staff members tasked with handling materials management, planning, purchasing, and customer service duties.
- Oversaw demand planning, purchasing, and logistics.
- Built supplier relationships to mitigate risk and establish effective purchasing arrangements with indirect and logistics customers.
- Integrated financial and operation plans with strategic objectives to deliver improved operational and financial results to boost customer satisfaction, profitability, and working capital.
- Tracked and monitored purchase orders, deliveries and invoicing to verify accuracy and compliance.
- Developed and enforced policies and procedures in compliance with local and federal regulations.
- Monitored and tracked supplier performance to enforce adherence to quality standards and established timelines.
- Improved, standardized and documented planning and scheduling processes.
- Formulated demand planning and generated supply chain management metrics.
- Implemented inventory-management strategies to maximize availability and decrease waste.
- Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
- Coordinated supply orders to meet consumer demand and minimize costs of storing and transporting goods.
Manager, Procurement and Contracts
South-West Regional Health Authority
San Fernando, Trinidad And Tobago
04.2023 - 04.2024
- Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
- Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
- Communicated clearly with employees, suppliers and stakeholders to keep everyone on same page and working toward established business goals.
- Monitored and analyzed business performance to identify areas of improvement and make necessary adjustments.
- Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.
- Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
- Trained personnel in equipment maintenance and enforced participation in exercises focused on developing key skills.
Supply Chain Officer
South-West Regional Health Authority
San Fernando, Trinidad And Tobago
09.2019 - 08.2022
- Lead cross-functional teams to integrate suppliers with management technology tools and upgrades, leading to increase in global supply chain efficiency.
- Monitored supplier quality to identify potential issues.
- Supervised 5 staff members tasked with handling materials management, planning, purchasing, and customer service duties.
- Established inventory targets, stock level, and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
- Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
- Oversaw demand planning, purchasing, and logistics.
- Streamlined inventory management processes to reduce supply chain costs and improve efficiency.
- Managed availability of supplies from vendors by ensuring core items were on hand to keep inventory values low and consistently moving.
Education
MBA - International Trade, Logistics And Procurement
Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business
Mount HopeLevel 6 - Chartered Institute of Procurement And Supply
SBCS Global Learning Institute
San FernandoLevel 6 - Business Information Systems - Association of Business Executives
SBCS Global Institute
Skills
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Microsoft Dynamics GP experience
- Logistics Management
- Warehouse Operations
- Supply and demand requirements
- Relationship Building
- Strategic Sourcing
- Purchasing oversight
- Logistics Planning
Timeline
Manager, Procurement and Contracts
South-West Regional Health Authority
04.2023 - 04.2024
Senior Supply Chain Officer
South-West Regional Health Authority
09.2022 - Current
Supply Chain Officer
South-West Regional Health Authority
09.2019 - 08.2022
MBA - International Trade, Logistics And Procurement
Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business
Level 6 - Chartered Institute of Procurement And Supply
SBCS Global Learning Institute
Level 6 - Business Information Systems - Association of Business Executives
SBCS Global Institute