Surya Keesara

Experience

1. Senior Supply Chain Analyst

   Banner Health

   May 2025 — Present · Tucson, AZ, US

   Facilitate cross-functional teams and lead projects with regional or company-wide scope to implement system or policy changes, determine policies, and manage process improvement and redesign. Provide oversight, direction, or leadership to team members as needed.Compile, maintain, and distribute system financial and statistical reports. Develop system supply scorecards to promote best-practice contracting, utilization, and standardization. Track and report irregularities to leadership. Analyze customer needs and support research of new or upgraded systems and applications to meet those needs, including online applications and complex reports.Maintain data integrity in databases tracking high-dollar supply purchases, ensuring accuracy and extractability for analysis. Partner with IT or external vendors to maintain optimal departmental application operations, including implementation, maintenance, testing, and functional design leadership.Serve as liaison and expert resource on special departmental projects by gathering data and providing statistical reports in clear, creative formats. Effectively interact with management, physicians, and vendors to achieve mutual goals. Responsibilities may include education, negotiation, and troubleshooting for system or business policy issues.Act as an information resource for Supply Chain Directors and staff. Support end-users of Business Intelligence by assisting with training in data collection and analysis. Create presentations and reports for management involving complex data analysis from multiple sources.Work independently under general supervision using specialized knowledge to perform analyses. Serve as the central data analysis hub supporting multimillion-dollar procurement for all company facilities. Interact with Materials Management users, vendors, GPO staff, departmental personnel, and external support to accomplish tasks effectively.