Kent Walker
- Role
- Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing at Biogen
- Location
- Montclair, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kent Walker
Expert in the design, turn-around, and execution of sustainable Strategic Sourcing and…
Experience
Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing
Sep 2016 — Present
Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing • Consistently deliver over 6+% in total savings year-on-year • Reduced clinical contracting cycle time by over 30 days with improved quality. • Led the Procurement Process Redesign in support of the Procurement Transformation. • Delivered over $100M in savings on $1.3B (65+% total spend) in R&D and Supply Chain (Mfg, Dist. & Logistics, Engineering, Facilities, etc.) • Led the Procurement support for Research & Development and Pharmaceutical Operations & Technology (Supply Chain) Business Units. Served on the PO & T Senior Leadership Team
Skills
- Leadership
- Supply Chain Management
- Sourcing
- Fda
- Vendor Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Manufacturing
- Business Development
- Process Improvement
- Strategic Planning
- Shared Services
- Product Development
- Continuous Improvement
- Negotiation
- Outsourcing
- Operational Excellence
- Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Operations Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Strategic Partnerships
- Purchasing
- Supply Management
- Competitive Analysis
- Global Sourcing
- Six Sigma
- Pricing
- Procurement
- Strategy
- Supply Chain
- Consumer Products
- Business Process Re-Engineering
- Materials Management
- Forecasting
- Program Management
- Process Engineering
- P&L Management
- Product Management
- Change Management
- Supply Chain Optimization
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