Monday, October 17, 2016
Ed Hardin has been appointed senior vice president of Supply Chain Management at Beaumont Health. Hardin will begin his career at Beaumont in late October.
In this role, Hardin oversees contracting, purchasing, value analysis, inventory management, distribution, transportation, records management, shipping and receiving, supply chain analytics and mail services.
Hardin previously served as system vice president of Supply Chain Management at CHRISTUS Health Inc., in Irving, Texas. CHRISTUS Health is a $6.2 billion multinational health care provider with locations in the United States, Mexico, Chile and Colombia.
Prior to CHRISTUS, he served as vice president of Supply Chain at Resource Optimization and Innovation for the supply chain division of Mercy Health System in St. Louis, Missouri. His career also includes positions at Alvarez & Marsal, Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young Consulting.
He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Certified Material and Resource Professional for the Association for Healthcare Resource and Material Managers. He was recently elected to the national board of AHRMM and begins his three-year term in January 2017.
Hardin contributes to the supply chain industry with papers and speaking engagements, often focusing on performance improvement, change management and innovation.
Hardin earned a bachelor’s degree from Westminster College, Missouri, and a master’s degree in health care administration from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
About Beaumont Health
Beaumont Health is Michigan’s largest health care system, based on inpatient admissions and net patient revenue. A not-for-profit organization, it was formed in 2014 by Beaumont Health System, Botsford Health Care and Oakwood Healthcare to provide patients with the benefit of greater access to extraordinary, compassionate care, no matter where they live in Southeast Michigan. Beaumont Health consists of eight hospitals with 3,381 beds, 168 outpatient sites, nearly 5,000 physicians and 35,000 employees and about 3,500 volunteers. In 2015, the organization had $4.1 billion in net revenue with 177,934 inpatient admissions, 17,151 births and 530,860 emergency visits.