Wayne Baxter Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, Ontario, Ca

Manage the manufacture, build and install of turnkey steel mill equipment.

Dorval, Québec, Oo

Responsible for Supplier Performance Improvement inclusive of quality, delivery and cost of quality metrics. Provided leadership to Supplier Development, Quality Assurance and Claims management teams. Managed 7 Direct reports with an indirect team of 80 staff. Developed strategies that improved supplier on-time-delivery (OTD) with focus on cost factors that would be recovered via negotiations, data presented claims packages in coordination with Bombardier Leadership team.

Markham, Ontario, Ca

Responsible for the global spend and savings inclusive of supply chain management. Providing innovative procurement strategies in coordination with optimized manufactured solutions. Increased company effectiveness and growth by recruiting, training, coaching, counseling, and mentor-ship of staff

•Increases management's effectiveness by recruiting, selecting, training, coaching, and disciplining managers; communication of values, strategies, and objectives; driving accountability; development of plans with metrics and appropriate incentives•Develops strategic plan by studying technological and financial opportunities•Accomplishes objectives establishing plans, budgets, and results measurements with appropriate resources•Coordinates efforts by establishing procurement, production, marketing and manufacturing departments•Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.•Continued development through the attendance of educational workshops establishing personal networks; bench marking state-of-the-art practices

Aurora, Ontario, Ca

Responsible for the leadership, direction and development of new policies related to Global Procurement activities and strategies to support 60 divisions of Magna worldwide. Management responsibilities for the performance of a Global supply base in excess of 3500 vendors with an annual spend of approximately 3.5 billion dollars.Developed and executed strategies to support global platforms related to product supply incorporating several commodities including plastics, resins, steel, stampings, electronics, wire harnesses, fasteners and more.Negotiated various supplier initiatives that resulted in approximately 3% savings of the annual controllable spend.Developed lean supplier practices, leveraged spend, maximized capital utilization supporting supplier partnershipImplemented policies and procedures related to standard terms and conditions, disaster management protocol, legal compliance related to bribery & collusion and safe workplace.Managed Purchasing Directors located in Asia, Europe, North America, South America and India, who currently manage over 250 staff globally.Created a comprehensive global training and development programs in cooperation with human resources and Global Vice Presidents to affect change related to employee improvement, performance and retentionImplemented world class supplier development initiatives at key suppliers to ensure best in class cost structures improving quality and delivery performance metrics

Aurora, Ontario, Ca

Grew the business promoting new products at OEM's directly. Providing comprehensive business presentations and cost submissions.Managed purchasing team for components related to current production and new business launches utilizing a global supply base that ensured the lowest possible landed cost.Flawlessly launched 8 new programs while managing engineering, manufacturing, quality, purchasing and program management. This new business resulted in millions of dollars of annual revenues with good margins.

General Manager GMB IndustriesEnvisioned a new growth future implementing business plans and strategies to grow the current business from 1.5 million to in access of 14 million during peak years