Bill Hooker (He, Him, His) Email & Phone Number

My 30 plus years career in corporate Supplier Diversity and Procurement gave me tremendous supply chain insight and built a passion to develop economic empowerment programs for all under represented and underserved communities. During that time, I created and led a supplier diversity program for a multi-national pharmaceutical company. I am passionate about supplier diversity and the interconnectedness between supplier diversity and ESG. As a private practice supplier diversity and supplier development consultant I bring a practitioners perspective in helping companies create, enhance, train and audit their supplier diversity program so that they too can be proficient in supplier diversity and become Tier 2 spend reporting compliant.We are also co-founders of Supplier Diversity in a Box, a virtual online program to help build a fully functional supplier diversity program.

Bagsværd, Dk

Created and led the Supplier Diversity program for this multi-national pharmaceutical company and managed a $200 M spend portfolio.

Gaithersburg, Maryland, Us

Gaithersburg, Maryland, Us

Created and led an international start-up Sourcing organization that successfully identified and procured critical materials and services to launch a newly (FDA) vaccine. • Led the Avian Flu materials readiness team in response to the Government’s pandemic readiness request. • Recipient of the 2003 Chairman’s Award for leading a cross-functional project team that yielded $12 million dollars in annual cost savings and reduced report turn-around time, which decreased lot release time.• Led a team of 6 cross-functional colleagues that evaluated and implemented the first Corporate Travel program. • Successfully led the implementation of SAP (version 4.3).• Chaired the GSSC (Global Strategic Sourcing Committee) that led the enterprise-wide Sourcing organizations across both continents and domestically. • Initiated and sponsored e-sourcing practices across the enterprise, and expanded the use of SAP to efficiently manage Company financial resources.

Lawrence Township, Nj, Us

Served as an internal consultant in identifying, leading and participating in internal cost savings projects using a proven and very successful sourcing methodology. • Led and participated dispersed spend projects that resulted in savings over a seven year period exceeding $1B.• Developed and implemented the BMS global strategic sourcing professional development program to enhance the skills of over 600 worldwide Strategic Sourcing personnel. MATRIX ESSENTIALS, INC.Senior Director, PurchasingLed all purchasing activities of 11 Sourcing professionals responsible for procuring all of the goods and services, including contract manufacturing activities, needed for this leading beauty care facility.• Led a project team that significantly reduced cost, rationalized supply base, and standardized raw materials for a $175M plastic component spend. Resulting savings were in excess of 15% of spend

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

Managed the procurement department in a leading division of Sherwin-Williams.

Education record

Icf Certified Executive Coach, Leadership And Executive Coaching For Organizational Performance And Self Discovery

Mba, Finance/Marketing

Ba, Biology/Chemistry