Wallace Williams
Dixon
Summary
Passion for leading change management and continuous improvement. Highly motivated with solid experience in procurement and contract activities and the execution of vendor management strategies. I like to take a systematic and orderly approach to any and every business decision that comes my way and not to leave anything to chance.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Supply Assurance Buyer II
BioRad
Hercules, CA
08.2018 - Current
- - Develop and implement global procurement and sourcing strategies for plastic and resin, chemicals, packaging, literature commodities to result in the use of highest value suppliers while optimizing Total Cost of Ownership (TCoO)
- -Strategy includes market analysis, supply chain risk assessment, source selection, and contract negotiation.
- -Converting MRP-generated PRs to POs, actively manage workflow in SAP system and assist in forecasting. Work with appropriate parties to resolve invoice issues to minimize overdue invoices and ensure supply availability.
- -Identify and qualify potential suppliers, evaluate and communicate performance, manage and develop long-term partnerships with suppliers to enhance overall capabilities and result in more efficient product development and a more agile supply chain.
- -Work closely with external suppliers and internal cross functional teams to proactively identify opportunities for implementation of cost savings, lead time reductions, quality enhancements, and overall improved service levels.
- -Collaborate with Engineering and Quality to manage product life cycle issues to ensure minimal impact from obsolescence or change.
- -Collaborate with Supply Assurance, Demand Planning and Manufacturing teams to optimize inventory levels and material flow while minimizing stock-out risks.
- -Identify and executing process improvement projects that increase the operating efficiencies.
- - Participate in supplier audits / periodic business reviews.
- -Comply with commercial certification programs and applicable safety requirements.
Senior Buyer
Genentech
Vacaville/South San Francisco, CA
05.2002 - 10.2017
- - Managed projects including locating sources for services/products and served as primary liaison between vendor and multiple internal groups to ensure clarity of goals, safety, quality and adherence to deadlines
- -Prime lead working with Research & Development on negotiating $200K reduction on used animal cages
- -Negotiated $45K savings on an elevator maintenance bid
- - Vendor management of two key vendors for lab coats, frocks, gowns, lab supplies for Manufacturing, Facility & Quality Control/Assurance, provided assistance in inventory reconciliations, loss & ruin solutions of gowns, on-boarding of new contractors, process improvements, etc...
- - Tracking supplier performance through vendor spend analysis, safety ratings and accuracy of invoice submittals.
- - Key lead in a year long optimize site procurement project across the network to move all transactional duties to our Budapest site contingent workers while training and mentoring over them. This resulted in freeing up an additional 50% of the buyer's time to dedicate to strategic activities which lead towards an additional $500K in savings for '17 at the Vacaville Site alone
- - Contract management for on-demand, general service, vendor and confidentiality agreements of various facility, quality, technology & manufacturing transactions
- - Created quarterly metric reports to capture shopping cart activities, invoice discrepancies and after-the-fact purchase order activity
- - Official trainer for various stakeholder classes for shopping cart processing, GMP fundamentals, gowning & safety procedures, on boarding, train-the-trainer.
Buyer
Genentech
South San Francisco, CA
06.1997 - 05.2002
- -Processing and management of purchase orders for research equipment and lab supplies
- -Negotiating Vi-Cell counters and solutions for cell viability analysis resulting in a $400K savings
- -Created and standardized monthly lunch bag meetings regarding various procurement topics of interest
- -Invoice reconciliation database management Member of a local ISM community group.
Expeditor
Genentech
South San Francisco, CA
12.1992 - 06.1997
- -Assisted in processing of various purchase orders & invoice reconciliation
- -Created and maintained a Filemaker Pro database for creating RMA request for shipping items and equipment for repairs back to the vendor in a timely manner
- -Bridged gap between Procurement/Vendor Finance/Receiving by creating ongoing monthly meetings to resolve issues and for process improvements
Education
Bachelor of Arts -
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA06-1986
Skills
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Strong vendor management
- Proficient in negotiation strategies
- Materials sourcing
Affiliations
- Treasurer/Project Leader for AAIB (African Americans in Business) at Genentech - 2010-01 - 2017-10
Certification
White Belt Certification (Human Error Prevention, Lean Six Sigma, Risk Cause Analysis), Genentech Issued 2016-06
Timeline
Supply Assurance Buyer II
BioRad
08.2018 - Current
Senior Buyer
Genentech
05.2002 - 10.2017
Buyer
Genentech
06.1997 - 05.2002
Expeditor
Genentech
12.1992 - 06.1997
Bachelor of Arts -
San Jose State University