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Ron Cherry

Executive Supply Chain & Logistics Leader specializing in federal healthcare operations

Edward Hines Jr. VA HospitalUniversity of Central FloridaHines, IL44 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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Operations and supply chain leader who has launched new service lines and driven large-scale process modernization—most notably spearheading a shift from fax/phone ordering to EDI to boost throughput and reduce staffing needs. Has executive committee leadership experience as a Chief Supply Chain Officer and has also project-managed clinical service expansions in outpatient healthcare settings using Microsoft Project (which they’ve taught as an adjunct professor).

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Key Strengths

  • Built a technical services offering from scratch (hired technicians, launched marketing, partnered with sales)
  • Owned revenue and P&L for a new service line
  • Led transition from fax/phone ordering to EDI, reducing staff needs and increasing order throughput
  • Data/industry-metrics-driven identification of operational inefficiencies
  • Uses pilots before full-scale process implementation to de-risk change
  • Effective change leadership with resistant stakeholders (sales) using presentations and ongoing metric reporting
  • Project-managed clinical service expansion using Microsoft Project
  • Executive-level governance and decision support as Chief Supply Chain Officer via multidisciplinary committees

Reference Highlights

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  • Improved organization in central supply
  • Reduced backorders and operational chaos
  • Made operations run more smoothly
  • Proactive in contacting vendors to secure needed products during COVID
  • Helpful in guiding others on how to work with the VA and who to contact
  • Long-tenured experience (logistics officer; economics professor background)

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Experience

Assistant Chief/Chief Supply Chain OfficerEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital · Jan 2016 – Present
Assistant Chief, Logistics Service / Supply Systems AnalystEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital · Jan 2013 – Jan 2016
Administrative Officer, Logistics ServiceEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital · Jan 2009 – Jan 2013
Director of Services / Program ManagerOfficeMax, Inc. · Jan 2004 – Jan 2008
Administrative Services ManagerOfficeMax, Inc. · Jan 2000 – Jan 2004
Business Development OfficerM&I Corporation · Jan 1996 – Jan 1999
Account Manager / ExecutiveRyder Transportation Services · Jan 1993 – Jan 1996
Logistics Officer / Supply OfficerU.S. Air Force · Jan 1982 – Jan 1992

Education

University of Central Floridamaster (1992)
North Carolina State Universitybachelor (1981)

Languages

English

Certifications

Total Quality Management Process Manager

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Ron CherryExecutive Supply Chain & Logistics Leader specializing in federal healthcare operations