Denise Odenkirk

Denise Odenkirk, vice president of Supplier Sales at GHX, works with manufacturers, distributors and hospitals to improve their business processes by leveraging GHX solutions.

With over 30 years of experience in commercial, operations, and IT roles, Odenkirk has a proven track record of success, leading challenging company-wide transformational projects and inspiring teams to think innovatively to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

Overview

• 2021 Women in Supply Chain Award from Supply and Demand Chain Executive (Sep 2021)

Professional experience

Odenkirk has 30+ years of experience in healthcare from a manufacturing, distribution and third-party logistics perspective.

Her career began in IT leadership roles at Warner-Lambert, Aventis and expanded to include Operations while at Bracco Diagnostics, Owens & Minor and Symmetry Surgical.

With a passion for improving healthcare supply chain business processes, she is committed to helping companies improve their overall healthcare supply chain efficiency.

Areas of expertise

Medical device, pharmaceuticals, medtech, med surg, mergers, acquisitions, procurement, supply chain management, project management, contract management, change management, information technology management, transportation management, demand planning, operations, distribution, customer service in healthcare, UDI, GDSN, invoice, einvoice, payment, accounts receivable, program management, order to cash, contract negotiations, sales funnel development, complex system implementations, master data management, quality systems, strategic planning and execution and organizational redesign

Publications

• The Power of Supply Chain Management in Successful M&A - Medical Product Outsourcing (Sep 2022)
• 5 Best Supply Chain Practices for Medical Device Manufacturers, Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry (Oct 2021)
• Supply Chain: Improved Data and Closer Supplier/Provider Collaboration, Medical Products Outsourcing (Sep 2021)
• COVID-19: Accelerator of a Modern, Data-Driven Supplier Strategy, Medical Products Outsourcing (Feb 2021)
• How Covid 19 Has Changed the Healthcare Supply Chain, Industry Week (Jan 2021)
• Rushing Supplies to the COVID-19 Forefront, Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry (Apr 2020)
• 2021: Healthcare Redoubles Its Focus on Data, Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry (Jan 2020)
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