Ms. Sanchez leads a clinically driven supply chain at Virtua Health, building an experienced team with clinical and logistical expertise. She regularly visits perioperative and other clinical areas to observe firsthand how Virtua’s supply chain can improve value and efficiency while reducing the time clinicians spend on supply-related matters. Ms. Sanchez has launched a comprehensive multiyear strategic plan that is transforming the supply chain, including enhancing her team’s structure and expertise, updating the centralized distribution center, expanding the products and locations the supply chain supports, modernizing equipment, and implementing a warehouse inventory management system and a new enterprise resource planning system now in its second year of use. That technology has supported the automation of the contracting and procurement process and a transition from paper-based to system-driven workflows, along with a migration of the supplier data exchange platform to cloud-based functionality that will enable automated ordering confirmation, price verification and contract management. Ms. Sanchez has transformed the organization’s view of supply chain from a transactional function to a strategic one, quickly establishing herself as a valued leader at the senior executive level after joining Virtua. She was named “Woman of the Year” by Professional Women in Healthcare in 2013 and 2014.
