Purchasing Manager Senior Buyer

Stuart Williams

*** ********** **** 925-***-**** Cell

Salisbury, NC 28147 *********@********.***

Strategic Procurement Professional

Results driven professional with significant experience in all aspects of the strategic procurement process. Proven leader and team player with exceptional negotiation, supplier management, and value analysis skills. Track record of delivering solid contributions to the bottom line via cost reductions, efficiency and productivity improvements, and innovative problem solving. Committed to building strong relationships with management, internal clients, and suppliers.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE :

Cross-Cultural Communications ■ Long-Range Planning ■ Operating Infrastructure ■ Policy Development

Project Management ■ Reengineering ■ Forecasting/Standard Setting ■ Team Building/Leadership

Public Speaking/Presentations ■ Negotiation ■ Competitive Bidding ■ Contract Administration

Cost Reduction/Avoidance ■ Inventory Planning/Control ■ Multi-Site Operations ■ RFP/RFQ

Supplier Quality/Performance ■ Market Analysis ■ Supplier Alliances ■ MRP Implementation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Forbo Siegling LLC September 2023 to June 2024

Purchasing Manager: Huntersville, NC.

Manage staff of 2 buyers. Created Approved Supplier List, Supplier Quality Agt., negotiated North American contracts, oversaw 9,700 SKU’s negotiated raw material agreements, collaborated with German colleagues for consistency. rolled out requisition process in SAP. Negotiated major contracts for HR service, Negotiated cancellation clauses for several contracts, Negotiated construction agt for major machine upgrade. Trained key stakeholders in SAP requisition module. Trained buyers in processes. Created hot list for critical items and held daily meetings to update. Negotiated discounts for key raw materials and indirect items. Implemented UCC training for all procurement staff. Interviewed candidates for supply chain roles. negotiated consolidated agt for uniforms.

Prinston Laboratories August 2022 to August 2023

Senior Manager of Materials: Charlotte, NC.

Act as single point of contact for all materials issues from planning to purchasing to shipping. Implement SAP ERP module, sole responsibility for SAP Master Data including Item Master, BOM, Master Recipe and Production Batch Records. Interface with accounting for invoice approvals or issues. Act as contract SME for negotiations and dispute resolution. Train purchasing and planning staff. Work closely with warehouse, shipping and receiving staff to make sure product is received into stock, sent to the lab for qualification and entered into the system for use. Report to the Sr. Director of Operations and make sure suppliers are aware of forecast and provide an uninterrupted supply stream. Fully responsible for creating second sources for critical items.

Fresenius Medical August 2019 to April 2022 Senior Buyer MRO/ Printing: Concord, CA.

Act as individual contributor for all MRO/ hardware and printing buys for medical device manufacturer. Write NDA’s, MSA’s, negotiate terms, strategize supply chain for hardware and printing, act as purchasing liaison with other departments, work with engineering to resolve issues. Resolve invoice issues with accounting, work with planning on forecasts for pull in or push out models. Be on site support for new low dollar value purchasing software project.

Contractor to Sutter Healthcare November 2016 to July 2019

Vizient, Inc. 384 34th street, Oakland, Ca.

Contracts Manager, Sourcing Executive:

Negotiate and write all material agreements for the Sutter Health Bay operating unit. Negotiate and write service agreements, special agreements as required for all Sutter Bay hospitals and ambulatory care centers.

Contracts vary in complexity from simple consignment agreements to Elevator service agreements, Shuttle bus staffing/service agreements, etc.

Consolidate reporting for all agreements and provide visibility to upper management about existence of agreements and expirations, conflicts etc. Act as first point of contact for local agreements and intermediary between legal and clinical staff to negotiate contracts.

Facilitate 2 new staff members on boarding and training.

Sutter Healthcare September 2014 to November 2016

Purchasing Supervisor East Bay: 384 34th street, Oakland, Ca.

Supervise staff of 9 buyers and content specialists for 5 hospitals and 12 ambulatory care centers in the East Bay. Write policies, hire/ terminate, coach, train and motivate staff. Implement new purchasing and requisitioning processes across the region. Implement new inventory processes to reduce stocking levels and maintain patient satisfaction. Implement LEAN philosophy, train staff to use daily huddles, dashboards and metrics to improve processes. Implemented update to ERP system, implemented approval program for requisitions, set up database to track contracts compliance for JCAHCO audit.

Negotiate all local contracts, interface with departments to develop needs statements, write RFQ’s, evaluate bids and implement new contracts. Work with legal and strategic sourcing for content and terms.

Aerotek Professional Services November 2012 to August 2013

Contracted to Georgia Pacific Gypsum LLC Antioch, CA

Manager, Purchasing and Stores:

Manage all aspects of site purchasing, issue all purchase orders for raw materials, MRO and service contracts, write MSA’s, CDA’s and work with corporate legal for final execution of contracts in Atlanta.

Manage site database of all 13,000 spare parts, negotiate locally for parts and services. Manage 1 stores associate.

Eichleay Engineers Inc. of California September 2011 to July 2012

Sr. Buyer: Concord, CA

Manage capital equipment purchases for a rare earths mine startup. Negotiated contracts for major ore processing equipment, large kilns and waste processing equipment for rare earths metals. Worked with engineering partners to ensure on time deliveries and revision changes were implemented. Negotiated with suppliers for costs, deliveries, terms of contracts and worked with corporate legal department to negotiate agreements. Worked with internal and external engineering partners to ensure availability of materials for construction.

Acted as purchasing SME for pharmaceutical projects around the Bay Area, supplemented knowledge from the engineering department to facilitate successful completion of pharmaceutical industry remodels.

CDI Corporation November 2005 to September 2011

contracted to Bayer Healthcare (Biological Products Division) Berkeley, CA

Purchasing Specialist:

Manage plant wide maintenance, repair, operations purchases, construction services purchases, capital equipment and general services. Worked with numerous business partners such as manufacturing, production, maintenance, legal and security departments to ensure timely submission and processing of purchase requisitions and purchase orders. Handled all tactical purchasing for indirect material procurement. Established contracts and negotiated pricing with new and established vendors to obtain most advantageous pricing agreements for the company. Strategic projects included: Process Pipes and Tubing, Hand Tools, Construction agreements.

Negotiated contract proposal with security systems vendor and identified potential cost savings resulting in an approximate savings of $20,000

Implemented site wide conversion to SAP MRP System for spare parts with 13,000 discrete items, resulting in supplier consolidation and efficiency improvements

Negotiated increased discounts with established supplier for process piping resulting in an annual savings of approximately $40,000

EDUCATION

BA, Management, St. Mary’s College.

832 PC (P.O.S.T. Level 3), Mt. Diablo Adult Education

COMPUTER SKILLS

Lotus 123 • MS Word • Word Perfect • SAP • Lotus Notes • Excel • American Software •dBase

MS Windows • TURNS • Commerce Center

Associations

National Association of Purchasing Management

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