Mackenzie Saxton
Senior Commodity Buyer
Howell,Michigan
Summary
A highly motivated purchasing expert with versatile and successful experience in Commodity Buying, New Product Launch, Resourcing, Supply Chain Management, Change Management, and People Management. Seeking a position utilizing past working experience and formal education that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for being energetic, a quick learner, focused who excels at prioritizing, completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve goals.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Commodity Buyer
NSK Steering Systems Americas
Ann Arbor, MI
02.2015 - Current
- Commodity Buyer, New Program Buyer, Production Control, Program Manager, and Change Management leader controlling over 52 domestic and global suppliers with $95M in spend at two manufacturing facilities for customer OEMs Toyota, Honda and Nissan.
- Supplier Diversity Manager
- NSK Women's Development President
- Successful record with Automotive cost downs and resourcing
- Identified, researched and assessed quality of potential vendors.
- Devised and executed annual purchasing plans and contracts.
- Adjusted procedures as needed to maximize department effective
- Used Microsoft Office Suite to track, compare and assess relative advantages of competing bids.
- Solved diverse supply chain problems involving numerous sources, logistics and scheduling factors.
- Generated monthly reports, documents and analysis in Microsoft Office Suite for senior management review and approval.
- Decreased material expenses by 2% by managing tracking and supply.
- Sourced vendors, built relationships and negotiated prices.
- Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication
- Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere
PO&A Buyer
Amcor Rigid Plastics
Ann Arbor, MI
11.2013 - 01.2015
- Category lead for Colorants and Barrier Additives within the Polyolefins (PP, HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, Specialty Resins etc.) and Additives (UV Blockers, Colorants, Catalysts, Barrier Additives, etc.) (PO&A) Team with a total spend of $25M achieving 4-5% total savings year over year.
- Creation of 5-year purchasing strategy plan for Global PO&A Category.
- Educate key stakeholders regarding overall PO&A Resin and Colorant strategy, strategic suppliers, and basic procurement activities and contract management.
- Lead Pricing Manager handling confidential pricing for all Resin and Colorants within the PO&A Category ensuring proper invoicing and monthly reconciliation for parked invoices.
- Facilitated multiple projects to completion while also assisting and encouraging other cross functional team members on following up items to achieve company goals
- Lead point of contact on PO&A Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and the lead liaison between other category managers and SRM/Scorecards.
- Lead subject matter expert and point of contact for resin and additive procurement for Ariba P2P
- Lead and organized Change Management training
- Lead team in VIN negotiations
- Organized proper operational audits with North American Quality Manager of strategic and critical suppliers.
Transportation & Logistics Specialist
Amcor Rigid Plastics
Ann Arbor, MI
11.2013 - 01.2015
- Evaluated and executed cleanup of the North American Full Truck Load Routing Guide, expiring over 330 carriers and 15,000 rates, allowing evaluation of remaining partnered carriers based on performance and service provided to all North American Amcor plants resulting in $3M savings annually.
- Developed a compliance report to track, score and create working relationships between 29 North American plants and the preferred carrier for over 1,500 lanes resulting in 91% compliance within 3 months of execution.
- Supported RFQ and VIN process, engaging with freight vendors, plants and commercial team as required, collecting on claims, and completing root cause analysis of freight related issues.
- Established working relationships with team members to identify strengths and growth opportunities within the Transportation department.
Lead Material Planner/Asset Scheduler
DUPONT CROP PROTECTION
Valdosta, GA
09.2011 - 09.2013
- Generated and sustained manufacturing BOMs in SAP and Packaging Summaries for all configurations.
- Created 20 SOPs for the role of a Material Planner that standardized work role and responsibilities.
- Collaborated with Master Schedulers and Demand Planners that determined critical production needs by evaluating potential bottlenecks to service customers while implementing cycle counting.
- Determined raw material requirements and maintenance through SAP APO and R3 generated reports and comparing to manual spreadsheets.
- Established planning parameters for all raw materials included in finished product BOMs, and inputted planning parameters into MRP planning in SAP.
- Generated Purchase Orders and Requisitions in SAP procuring raw for all scheduled production while keeping a lean inventory level.
- Investigated and resolved discrepancies resulting in maintaining accurate production accounting records.
- Performed GEMBA walks within the manufacturing environment as per 5S initiatives that evaluated potential quality and safety improvements.
- Lead 2 Kaizen events reducing waste and utilizing valuable production time by consolidating common packaging items and Kanban ordering cards.
Inventory Planner
CHAMPION LABORATORIES
Albion, IL
08.2010 - 06.2011
- One of the world's largest suppliers of filters, filtration products and related services), Played an integral part in start-up and launch of new distribution center serving as primary means of communication between vendors and Champion Laboratories executives, operations, and information technology teams.
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- Evaluated existing methods of operations; proposed and implemented more efficient ways to process information; and communicated and operated effectively with vendors.
- Interacted with vendors daily including communication on usage reports, inventory discrepancies, and reconciliation of inventory and conveying load quality issues.
- Cooperated cross functionally with Purchasing and Inventory Control departments in resolving supplier issues including billing, past due/backorders, shipping errors and new process implementations.
- Assessed excess and overage reports of $3.5M worth of unused inventory and determined what will be used, recycled, or scrapped.
Executive Operations Group Leader
TARGET CORPORATION, DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Kalamazoo, MI
05.2008 - 05.2010
- One of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers with the distribution center ensuring products arrive at stores and guests’ doorsteps on time, every time), Hired, trained, and developed teams of up to 50 employees.
- Implemented operational policies and procedures.
- Facilitated safety training.
- Evaluated current work methods and found ways to eliminate operational inefficiencies.
- Selected as Capacity Captain for the department and increased storage efficiencies for 1.4M square foot warehouse.
- Serve as key representative for the Consistency Committee.
- Presented plans at all executive meetings.
- As Team Leader of the volunteer committee, organized and planned community events for Target team members and executives.
- Increased packing department productivity to 117% achieving #1 ranking in the distribution pyramid.
- Provided feedback to team members, peers, and executives to improve operational relationships.
- Engaged and inspired team members and peers to work together for a common goal.
Intern/ Campus Liaison
Target
East Lansing , MI
05.2007 - 05.2008
- Developed professional skills in a strong cultural setting.
- Created a Best Practice for the regional distribution center pyramid that decreased internal damage to non-conveyable products within the distribution center.
- Recruited recent graduates and spoke to university classes about career opportunities with Target Corporation.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Retail Management
Michigan State University
01.2004 - 01.2008
Skills
Emotional Intelligence
Quote
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney
Timeline
Senior Commodity Buyer
NSK Steering Systems Americas
02.2015 - Current
PO&A Buyer
Amcor Rigid Plastics
11.2013 - 01.2015
Transportation & Logistics Specialist
Amcor Rigid Plastics
11.2013 - 01.2015
Lead Material Planner/Asset Scheduler
DUPONT CROP PROTECTION
09.2011 - 09.2013
Inventory Planner
CHAMPION LABORATORIES
08.2010 - 06.2011
Executive Operations Group Leader
TARGET CORPORATION, DISTRIBUTION CENTER
05.2008 - 05.2010
Intern/ Campus Liaison
Target
05.2007 - 05.2008
Bachelor of Science - Retail Management
Michigan State University
01.2004 - 01.2008
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