Memorial Healthcare System names supply chain operations leader

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Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System has named Christine Kicker administrative director of supply chain operations, moving her into a new health system leadership role after more than eight years at Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida.

Ms. Kicker shared the move in an Oct. 23 LinkedIn post. She most recently served as corporate director of demand management at Baptist Health South Florida from October 2020 to September 2026. In that role, she oversaw $176 million in medical-surgical supply spending and $26 million in medical-surgical and surgical inventory supporting 12 hospitals, 20 urgent care and off-campus emergency department sites and 200 physician practices across four counties.

Her work at Baptist also included building its demand management team, developing an AI-driven forecasting model for 3,000 SKUs, managing backorders and substitutions and leading compliance efforts involving product defects and recalls.

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