With more than 38 years of experience, Mr. Taylor leads the supply chain team at RWJBarnabas Health, the largest, most comprehensive academic healthcare system in New Jersey with 12 acute care facilities, a behavioral health hospital, a children’s specialty hospital and more than 400 medical group locations. His team of more than 400 oversees strategic sourcing and contracting, clinical value analysis, procure-to-pay, final-mile logistics, and master file management and analytics. Mr. Taylor takes a highly strategic, data-driven approach to procurement to enhance quality and patient outcomes in the most fiscally responsible way possible, and he recently added responsibility for IT contracting to his team’s portfolio, partnering with IT business owners to maximize value and rigor in the contracting process. As RWJBarnabas transitions to value-based care amid ongoing global supply chain disruption, Mr. Taylor and his team take a proactive approach to mitigating risk, integrating strategies to optimize scarce resources, alleviate shortages and expand capacity quickly. His team was recognized by the Health Industry Resilience Collaborative for “Distinguished Recognition for a Provider Partnership.”
