Strategic Sourcing & Value-Based Initiatives (2SVBI) - Supply Chain

The Procurement teams drive clinician-led, evidence-based sourcing strategies to support patient care.

The team is led by Chief Procurement Officer Scott Wilkerson, who leads the UC Health supply chain and capital equipment portfolio teams.

Capability Areas:

Patient Care Sourcing

  • develop and facilitate systemwide sourcing strategies, focusing on patient care and distribution categories, to drive value and outstanding patient outcomes

Patient Care Sourcing Manager: Mandy Huyler 

Supply Portfolio

  • enable UC clinicians to treat more patients by managing the total cost of purchase goods and services within cardiology and lab categories
Healthcare Strategy Sourcing Manager: Heidi Oh 

Procurement Strategic Programs

  • lead the systemwide strategy on sourcing, supplier diversity, environmental sustainability and supplier management

Director of Procurement Strategic Programs: Robert Gotto 

Value Analytics

  • lead supply chain analytics to aggregate data across internal and external sources
  • manage data from benchmarking services
  • illuminate opportunities
  • report on performance

Manager of Data Science and Informatics: Rene Castellanos 

Contract Management for UC Health

  • support the Supply Chain Operations team, ensuring effective compliancy and optimization of contracts within the Supply Chain

Director of Contract Management for UC Health: Judy Kogut-O’Connell