Supply Chain Home Care

William Woods

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Procurement Executive

Effective strategic thinker with experience overseeing large, multidisciplinary teams to meet critical goals across quality, spend management, supplier performance, and other areas. Seasoned global supply chain executive with proven track record of material cost savings through effective negotiations, supplier rationalization, and cross-functional integration.

Areas of Expertise

Commodity & Supplier Management

Supplier Rationalization/Consolidation

Multimillion-dollar Spend Optimization

Cross-Functional Team Leadership

Benchmarking & KPI Management

Strategy Development & Execution

Six Sigma

Global Supplier Sourcing & Negotiations

Risk Identification & Management

Change Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ComForCare Home Care – Ypsilanti, MI

Founder, Owner/Operator, 4/2020 to present

Oversee all aspects of startup and operational phases, including compliance, strategy, sales, marketing and operations. ComForCare is a home care service for senior citizens that aims to keep aging adults happy and healthy in their homes.

Key Accomplishments:

Booked $600,000 in sales during first full calendar year of operation, winning recognition and award from corporate headquarters for having outperformed all 38 other offices that also launched in 2020.

Office is recognized by State of Michigan as a teaching site for CNAs, through partnership with Davenport College.

Business with over 40 employees, and partnerships with leading area hospice and assisted living organizations

PerkinElmer – Shelton, CT

Head of Commodity Management & Supplier Management, 4/2017 to 9/2019

Oversee commodity and supplier management operations for global company providing diagnostic, life science, food, environmental, and industrial instrumentation. Set vision and strategy to define near-term practical and long-term aspirational procurement goals, secure buy-in from board, and led team to minimize risks and maximize cost effectiveness.

Key Accomplishments:

Built commodity management team accountable for optimizing $400M in annual spend, achieving savings of $20M.

Conceptualized and gained buy-in to create New Product Introduction sourcing team, including writing team charter, defining organizational structure, and standard working mode with R&D teams.

Drove supplier and parts consolidation plan for select materials, influencing management decision to reorganize R&D into Centers of Excellence for non-critical design processes.

Siemens Healthineers – Tarrytown, NY

Head of Commodity Management & Cost Value Engineering, 11/2015 to 4/2017

Advanced through increasingly responsible roles in multiple business areas of Siemens, a €83B conglomerate. Formed and led regional pooling organization with fiscal oversight of €600M+.

Key Accomplishments:

Obtained vital should cost data for Ultrasound Division CFO by reverse engineering key competitor product.

Met €28M material savings goal and boosted competency in using strategic levers such as low-cost country sourcing, supply base optimization, cross-functional strategic supplier engagement, and outsourced tactical negotiations.

Provided key leadership to Siemens Graduate Program and Procurement Leadership Development Program to accelerate and support People Excellence Initiative within procurement function.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics – Tarrytown, NY

Head of Commodity Management, 2/2015 to 11/2015

Accountable for €500M in annual spend encompassing materials for fluidics systems, chemicals, biologicals, plastics, metals, and high-level assemblies.

Key Accomplishments:

Steered close-the-gap initiatives focused on targeted negotiations, payment terms improvements, and supplier innovation day, enabling organization to successfully meet materials savings target of €22M.

Created advanced contract management process with contract archive and contract parameter database, driving overall contract coverage from ~50% to 75%.

Directed function-wide assessment of basic procurement skills, identified major competency gaps, and implemented tailored training sessions and personal development plans to correct issues.

Orchestrated Supplier Management Module of Siemens Healthcare CPO’s flagship initiative, “Agenda 2020.”

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics – Tarrytown, NY

Head of Methods, Processes, and Strategy (Strategic Procurement), 1/2013 to 2/2015

Led development of supplier certification, supply base optimization, and supply risk assessment & mitigation models adopted as standard for Siemens Healthcare.

Key Accomplishments:

Instrumental member of leadership team that exceeded record-setting annual material savings goal of $21M as part of CEO’s agenda, including performing all tracking, auditing, and reporting to CEO.

Received category award in 2015 Procurement Leaders Award Program for risk assessment/mitigation model.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics – Tarrytown, NY

Senior Director of Special Projects, 7/2011 to 1/2013

Managed all communication on behalf of CEO with internal colleagues and external stakeholders, including Capital Market Day presentations. Functioned as Chief of Staff for all direct reports.

Key Accomplishments:

Played a critical role in advancing CEO’s top priority of improving profitability over a five-year period as leader of Competitiveness Program involving personnel adjustments, efficiency improvements, and material savings.

Served as primary liaison between CEO and staff, ensuring effective communication and steering weekly meetings.

Siemens Management Consulting – New York, NY

Senior Consultant, 6/2007 to 7/2011

Advised C-suite executives across multiple locations and business units, providing thought leadership and execution of key, profit enhancing projects. Siemens Management Consulting is an internal management consultancy.

Key Accomplishments:

Led and collaborated on numerous global projects, including: Smart Grid US Business Development; Tell the Siemens Story; Emerging Markets Set Up; Middle East Hub Strategy Roadmap; Sales Push; Portfolio Realignment; Canada COM Carve Out; Cluster NorthWest Europe Set Up; Industry Set Up US; Key Policy Compliance; Dade Behring Integration; Manufacturing Site Strategy.

Prior experience as Process Improvement Coordinator (Six Sigma Black Belt) with Flint Ink Corp. (July 1999 – June 2007)

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, Concentrations in Corporate Strategy & General Management

University of Michigan, Ross School of Business – Ann Arbor, MI (September 2002 – May 2007, 770 GMAT)

Master of Science in Paper Science and Engineering (September 1996 – April 1999)

Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics & Physics (September 1991 – April 1996)

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

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