Ceasar trinidad resume

1. Ceasar Trinidad, PMP
196 Floral Parkway, Floral Park, New York 11001|646.457.9819|ceasartrinidad@gmail.com
Qualifications Summary
Seasoned, dynamic, and versatile professional, armed with over 17 years of supply chain, information
technology and business process experience in diverse industries. Demonstrate in-depth understanding
and big-picture vision of key projects, with proven adeptness in managing all facets of project life cycle
development. Decisive and direct in managing cross-functional teams toward achievement of
organizational objectives. Effective leader and motivator expert at directing the conceptualization and
development of quality initiatives to drive business’ maximum potential. Excel at solving highly
complicated problems and at utilizing “out-of-the-box” approach in making high-stake decisions.
Areas of Expertise
 Project Management
 Strategic Sourcing
 Contract Negotiation
 Asset Management
 Supply Chain Methodologies
 Organizational Growth
 Staff Augmentation
 Staff Development
 Business Process Outsourcing
 Operational Streamlining
 Procure to Pay Life Cycle
 Process Optimization
Professional Experience
EmblemHealth ▪ New York, NY
DIRECTOR, Sourcing and Contracting Aug 2015–Present
Lead a newly created department for the sourcing and contracting function of EmblemHealth as part of a
comprehensive finance transformation. Responsible for the recruitment of sourcing professionals and
analysts, creation of contracting policies and procedures, in addition to creation of strategy around
organizational culture change designed to incorporate savings and cost avoidance goals. Team
responsibilities include oversight of competitive bid events, achieving aggressive savings targets based on
established budget projections, enhancement of procurement systems to facilitate e-sourcing events,
supplier relationship management and spend under management.
Career Highlights:
 Responsible for reducing indirect spend by 12M for FY 2016. Categories include: Software/Hardware,
Consulting engagements, Medical/Surgical/Rx/Office supply, BPO, BPaaS, and Staff Augmentation.
 Oversee a team of ten sourcing professionals and analysts responsible for all sourcing events,
supplier negotiation and departmental savings pipelines
 Establishing Group Purchasing Organization relationship to leverage national contract portfolio to
achieve greater savings opportunities
 Partnering with benchmarking organizations to provide better insight into regional vs national price
points for various products and services
 Design and implementation of new “source-to-settle” procurement, contract management, supplier
management and e-sourcing cloud-based system (Coupa)
 Alignment of procurement and sourcing strategy for AdvantageCare Physicians and EmblemHealth
business units
 Development and drafting of standard master agreements for services, goods, consulting services,
and construction services
 Achieved 14.7M in savings, 7M in cost avoidance and 3M in rebate programs for a total cost reduction
of 24.3M across the organization.
AdvantageCare Physicians ▪ New York, NY
DIRECTOR, Supply Chain Operations and Procurement Sept 2013–Aug 2015
Building a Supply Chain Management team, policies, processes, and system from the ground up for a
“start-up” multi-specialty physician practice organization, encompassing 450 physicians, 3500 internal
customers, and 450,000 patients over four geographic regions of New York. Responsible for managing a
team of nine Purchasing and ERP staff members for commodities such as medical/surgical supplies,
pharmaceuticals, office supplies, nutrition and catering, as well as capital equipment acquisition. Supply
Chain lead for the design, implementation, and optimization of Enterprise Resource Planning system,
PeopleSoft 9.2 and Oracle Business Intelligence.
Career Highlights:
 Responsible for creation of all RFP and RFI documents for supplier bid and information requests
 Serve as direct point of contact for supplier relationship management as it pertains to day-to-day
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2. Ceasar Trinidad, PMP
196 Floral Parkway, Floral Park, New York 11001|646.457.9819|ceasartrinidad@gmail.com
procurement operations and overall contract management and compliance
 Work closely with two Group Purchasing Organizations to identify areas for savings, cost avoidance,
standardization and supplier consolidation
 Organically growing automated e-procurement functionality to incorporate enhanced EDI capability to
and from strategic suppliers, while minimizing buyer intervention to allow the organization to focus
on strategic supply chain initiatives such as inventory management and e-marketplace platforms
 Lead negotiations for all contracts over major areas of spend as well identify areas of opportunity for
future savings through data gathering and spend analytics
 Created and maintain company-wide supply chain policies and procedures using supply chain best
practice within healthcare and other related fields
 Project lead to implement centralized contract repository for Supply Chain, Legal, Compliance and
Human Resources
 Supply Chain instructor for all PeopleSoft-related training covering e-procurement, approval, receipt,
and e-workflow in both formal classroom and webinar sessions
 FY14 savings achieved: Medical/Surgical: 2.1M, Rx/Vaccine: 856K, Office Supply:275k, Janitorial:
244k Telecom: 120k, Service Contracts: 220k, Total FY14 Savings: 3.8M Total Departmental Savings
15.3M
New York University Hospitals Center ▪ New York, NY
DIRECTOR, Purchasing and Supply Logistics Jun 2011–Sept 2013
Spearhead a $1.1B annual procurement spend for the hospital, School of Medicine, and Faculty Group
Practice locations. Manage a team of 28 purchasing and data integrity staff tasked to handle procurement
of goods and services as well as maintain pricing data for master file containing over 90,000 products.
Secure supplies, services, custom procurement, and capital expense for the hospital and School of
Medicine. Supervise the supply distribution for three hospitals and School of Medicine research facilities,
including faculty group practice.
Career Highlights:
 Cultivated positive relationship with primary medical/surgical supply distributor of goods and
services, generating a total of $42M in business on a yearly basis
 Played a pivotal role in guiding procurement/sourcing enhancements to ERP system (PeopleSoft)
improving spend data collection, benchmarking, and performance metrics
 Lead automation effort to enhance P2P workflow by utilizing “lights out” methodology and increase
contract compliance across the Enterprise
 Reorganized purchasing group into functional teams to streamline procurement process and expedite
fulfillment workflow
 Applied dynamic leadership in implementing a new operational structure and workflow in the areas of
supply distribution and 3rd
party logistics including cross-docking
 Re-engineered distribution processes for over Hospital 100 par locations, in close conjunction with nursing
and clinical supply chain
 Drove efforts focused on expanding green initiatives, including de-corrugation, delivery consolidation,
3PL initiatives, and disposables recycling
 Planning, forecasting, and budgeting for build out of Research Central Supply Distribution area
servicing over 80 School of medicine departments using a vendor funded model
 Served as department lead for Hospital Emergency Command Center activation during Hurricane
Sandy, facilitating procurement for storm preparation through to renovation
 Facilitated the evacuation of School of Medicine research experiments through onsite mobile
refrigeration as well as relocation to offsite storage facilities
 Served as Supply chain lead in all FEMA meetings for justification and compliance relating to the
dispersion of FEMA funds to the Medical Center
SOURCING PROJECT LEADER (DIRECTOR GRADE) Aug 2009–Jun 2011
Supervised the execution of Corporate Supply Chain Management Project implementation and
communication plans. Designed weekly presentations to CFO, CIO, CTO, and Senior VP audiences,
addressing milestone statuses, resource allocations, and future activity planning. Assessed all project
activities to recognize the need for permanent and temporary human resource re-allocations. Initiated and
executed hospitals center policies and procedures in order to integrate Hospital (HOS) and School of
Medicine (SoM) business models. Developed PeopleSoft documentation in the form of manuals, web content,
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3. Ceasar Trinidad, PMP
196 Floral Parkway, Floral Park, New York 11001|646.457.9819|ceasartrinidad@gmail.com
and notifications for ERP end-users.
Career Highlights:
 Initiated ERP financial system rollout and integration while taking into consideration current and
future state hospitals center business processes
 Built strategic alignment with senior directors of Supply Chain, Financial Systems, and Training and
Development to uphold a cohesive and highly motivated project team within a strong matrix structure
 Generated $1.46M savings in FY10 for SoM in anticipation of operational control for January 1, 2011
 Secured savings opportunities and cost avoidance through contract standardization and consolidation,
producing $2.3M in savings in FY11
 Conceptualized phased-approach savings plan for FY12 SoM operations, to achieve $4M savings goal
 Spearheaded the renegotiation of existing laboratory supply contract with primary distributor,
resulting in annual savings of $550K for FY11-FY14
Data Industries, Ltd. ▪ New York, NY /Miami, FL
ERP PROJECT MANAGER, Miami-Dade County Facilities and Utilities Mar 2007–Aug 2009
Developed and updated project plans and tracked project progress to ensure the fewest deviations from
the critical path. Compiled change control documents to ensure key changes in project scope were properly
integrated into the project plan. Led strategic planning pertaining to As-Is/To-Be processes. Interviewed all
project stakeholders to identify and evaluate mission-critical goals and outcomes. Facilitated weekly status
meetings with county executives to tackle and track project progress and deliverables. Mentored and
developed key stakeholders through classroom and one-on-one sessions.
Career Highlights:
 Constructed a fixed asset inventory database, which efficiently monitored depreciable expense
against 20,000 capital items in excess of $700M
 Created and distributed preventive maintenance module to accurately schedule interval maintenance,
boosting building management staff efficiency and maximizing ROI for county-owned equipment
 Created and maintained all project documentation such as active project plans, gap analysis, deliverables
documents, and project close-out (lessons learned) documents
 Conducted weekly and bi-monthly status update meetings with various levels of leadership
NETWORK ENGINEER, NYC Department of Education/School Construction Authority Jan 2005–Feb 2007
Led the sourcing, procurement, installation and configuration of digital video encoders, IBM servers,
Cisco switches to existing backbone equipment. Produced detailed project plans including architecture
documentation to ensure accuracy and adherence to project timelines.
Career Highlights:
 Assumed the roles of a project lead for over 100 medium to large-scale network integrations,
involving implementation of network backbone equipment as well as various platform hardware
 Served as lead engineer on multi-million dollar new school construction projects for NYC Department
of Education involving blueprint review, backbone installations, and computer hardware allocations
 Worked closely with trade unions including IBEW local 3 to complete project objectives on time and
within budget thresholds
Hofstra University ▪ Hempstead, NY
ASSISTANT HELP DESK MANAGER Jul 1999–Dec 2004
Education and Credentials
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MAJOR IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS: 2004
Hofstra University, Frank G. Zarb School of Business ▪ Hempstead, NY
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MAJOR IN BUSINESS COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS: 2002
Hofstra University, Frank G. Zarb School of Business ▪ Hempstead, NY
Certified Project Management Professional: 2009
Project Management Institute (PMI) ▪ Newtown Square, PA
Technical Proficiencies
MS Office Suite ▪ Windows OS ▪ Windows Server ▪ Active Directory/MS Exchange ▪ Coupa Cloud Solutions ▪ Novell
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4. Ceasar Trinidad, PMP
196 Floral Parkway, Floral Park, New York 11001|646.457.9819|ceasartrinidad@gmail.com
ZENWorks/GroupWise ▪ PeopleSoft v.9x ▪ Oracle Business Intelligence ▪ EPIC EMR ▪ Pathways and Materials
Management ▪ Mac OS & Server ▪ Oracle/SQL/TOAD ▪ Crystal Reports
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