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DIVISION CHIEF AND DEPUTY PROGRAM MANAGER
Executive Profile

Leadership or senior executive opportunities in supply chain, program management, and contracting drawing on extensive experience in health care administration, logistics, medical acquisitions planning, and IT. Work in a culturally diverse, team-based environment where continuous improvement, dedication, creativity, and commitment to quality are encouraged. Hands-on, results driven and accomplished executive with 20+ years' experience in supply chain management, health care logistics, health administration, and Information Technology. Managed over $1.5B in assets at 12 strategic locations, worldwide; maximized equipping strategies that enabled annual execution of over $500M in program requirements; and my depot maintenance organization achieved ISO 9001 certification. Experienced with contracting and medical acquisitions raw and finished commodities including bulk candy, office supplies, and aluminum castings. Customers have included industry leaders such as Wal-Mart, Target, Menards, John Deere, Toro, GE Medical. Particular strengths in total cost analysis, domestic and international supply chain purchasing, internal procedure analysis, strong MRP and ERP procedural knowledge, MRP requisition/PO process implementation, conflict resolution, design and implementation of supplier agreements.

Skill Highlights
  • Project management
  • Leadership/communication skills
  • Human resources
  • Budgeting expertise
  • Customer-oriented
  • Global logistics
  • Budget management
  • Inventory tracking
  • Vendor management
  • Decisive
  • Results-oriented
Professional Experience
Division Chief and Deputy Program Manager 01/2012 to Current Defense Health Agency, Falls Church
  • During this time when there's an urgent need to make major defense programs more affordable, Jeff's insights and experience will complement A.T.
  • Kearney's broader commercial expertise across all industries," said Bob Willen, Partner and Leader of the A&D practice.
  • Jeff is a hands-on manager with a strong strategic vision, bringing decades of critical military leadership in precisely the areas about which our clients are most concerned," Willen added.
  • Sorenson comes to A.T.
  • Kearney following a 37-year military career, with more than 20 years in senior executive positions in Army financial and program management, including his final assignment as Chief Information Officer for the Department of the Army.
  • He has led diverse organizations ranging in size from 300 to 17,000 personnel, managed the development of complex technologies and delivered on time and within cost systems and products that performed to specification.
  • Jeff's skills include program management, information technology management, financial management, strategic planning, technology innovation and strategic communications.
  • He is based in the Washington, D.C., office.
  • I look forward to the opportunity to help accelerate the growth of A.T.
  • Kearney's Public Sector, Aerospace and Defense Practice," said Sorenson.
  • The nation faces an increasingly difficult budget environment.
  • The federal government and the private sector must together focus on improving the value equation for the military, now and into the future.
  • Leveraging commercial best business practices in everything from manufacturing to cyber will help private sector and military institutions meet today's challenges and be better prepared for whatever the future brings.".
Commander Assistant Program Manager 01/2010 to 01/2012 Medical, Medical Research and Materiel Command Fort Detrick, MD
  • Purchased domestic and foreign metal casting commodities for ISO 9001 contract manufacturer.
  • Responsible for purchases exceeding $18 million in 2009.
  • Executed corporate and strategic plans to meet commodity price reductions, product purchasing, supplier consolidation, supplier and part certification, physical inventory elimination and maintenance, on-time delivery performance and inventory turns.
  • Introduced customized MRP Crystal Report for purchasing management designed to isolate item purchase pricing discrepancies.
  • Report resulted in $57K annual savings from single supplier/SKU during first three months of employment.
  • Introduced EOQ spreadsheet to management staff.
  • Adopted as a departmental guide and used by four other department buyers.
  • Led troubleshooting effort to resolve receiving and accounts payable issues, working with supplier and internal receiving and finance departments.
Assistant Chief of Staff 01/2007 to 01/2010 Southeast Regional Medical Command Fort Gordon, GA
  • Managed all supply chain activities including production and capacity planning, purchasing, and inventory.
  • Supervised warehouse and shipping activities.
  • Implemented strategic sourcing and regional incentive agreement across 26 treatments facilities in the Southeast of the United States, deliverinig$25M in cost avoidance and improving compliance of standardized product lines with our health system.
  • Made rapid acquisitions to open a Refractive Eye Surgery Clinic ahead of schedule and under budget, and also completed TBI equipment purchases to stand up the first ever TBI center of excellence, while working with multiple vendors supporting a multi-million dollar program.
Director of Logistics 01/2005 to 01/2007 Eisenhower Army Medical Center Fort Gordon, GA
  • Developed perpetual inventory system of raw materials to provide accurate daily/monthly inventory levels and unit sales data.
  • Developed and implemented MRP system for controlling inventories of finished product, which maximized production and minimize outages.
  • Purchased all packaging materials ranging from corrugated boxes, label stock, pallets, and several types of polly bags.
Education
MA: Management 1995 Webster University

Management
BS: Business Management 1985 Hampton University

Business Management
Defense Acquisition University, DAWIA Level III Certification in Program Management and Contracting; Level I Certification in Acquisition Logistics
Certifications
Holds Defense Acquisition Level III Certification in Contracting and Program Management; and Level I Certified in Acquisition Logistics for equipment lifecycle management. Have completed DAU courses for Level II Certification in IT.
Skills
accounts payable, acquisitions, Army, budget, C, capacity planning, commodities, conversion, Crystal Report, clients, delivery, finance, financial, financial management, focus, funds, government, information technology, innovation, inventory management, inventory, ISO 9001, leadership, Logistics, materials, office, MRP, packaging, personnel, pricing, Program Management, program management, purchasing, receiving, sales, shipping, specification, spreadsheet, strategic, strategic plans, strategic planning, Supply Chain, troubleshooting, vision
Additional Information
  • Active TS-SCI security clearance.
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Defense Health Agency, Falls Church
  • Medical, Medical Research and Materiel Command
  • Southeast Regional Medical Command
  • Eisenhower Army Medical Center

School Attended

  • Webster University
  • Hampton University

Job Titles Held:

  • Division Chief and Deputy Program Manager
  • Commander Assistant Program Manager
  • Assistant Chief of Staff
  • Director of Logistics

Degrees

  • MA : Management 1995
    BS : Business Management 1985
    Defense Acquisition University, DAWIA Level III Certification in Program Management and Contracting; Level I Certification in Acquisition Logistics

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