AARON NICHOLAS MORROW

3329 Briaroaks Drive 

Garland, Texas 75044

 

Phone: 214-704-2201                                                                        E-mail: aaronmorrow77@gmail.com

EDUCATION

 

·         Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Texas at Dallas, 12/2007

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND OBJECTIVE

 

Dynamic, results-oriented candidate with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and culturally diverse experience. Proven leadership, analytical and problem solving skills. Frequent formal recognition for superior professional performance. Significant experience and know-how in Microsoft Office, and also substantial skills in hardware/software technologies. Willing to travel.

 

Professional objective: expansion of analytical skills required in a large operational environment to support work in supply chain, contracts or program management.

 

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

 

·         Production Management BA-3352 - Production/operations management knowledge involving the integration of numerous activities and processes to produce products and services in highly competitive global environments, including import/export processes and regulations.

·         Production Management BA-3352 - Emphasis in various production processes and service systems, and ability to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze problems arising in the management of operations.

·         Production Management BA-3352 - Working knowledge of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) and related analyses.

·         Applied Calculus I and II MATH-1325 & MATH 1326 - Strong math and accounting proficiency.

·         Management Accounting AIM-2302 – Financial Accounting AIM-2301 - Understanding of the role of activity-based costing and management in decision making.

·         Financial Information Management AIM-3320 – Management Accounting AIM-2302 - Ability to prepare schedules used for profit planning and analyses of budget variances.

·         Ability to function as a team leader due to extensive rigorous team projects throughout all institutional coursework.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

 

L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

Material Planning & Control Specialist              Greenville, TX                                          08/2009 to Currently

 

·         Created and utilized automated systems through integrating SAP, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access in order to minimize time expended on tedious tasks.

·         Extrapolated data upon request by senior management through the utilization of SAP, Excel, and Access for a multitude of purposes.

·         Successfully worked with program managers as well as program cost control analysts to troubleshoot as well as determine most appropriate contracts effort codes for the trucking department’s efforts.

·         Drafted on a daily basis the time keeping effort codes, of which there are several thousand, for entire trucking department by way of SAP/Excel/Access integration/automated work sheets.

·         Responsible on numerous occasions to dispatch trucking department personnel to move aircraft, fuel aircraft, move aircraft support equipment, skids, crates, and other critical equipment/material, including making arrangements for necessary equipment to download group A and B components.

·         Responsible for planning, issuing, and controlling material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production requirements.

·         Identified raw material and component requirements for production from engineering and production specifications and schedules.

·         Responsible for coordinating with purchasing, procurement, and the program office to ensure appropriate scheduling and movement of materials.

·         Responsible for confirming material supply and demands.

·         Responsible for managing repair cycle on major government contract.

·         Responsible for managing purchase and repair requisitions.

 

Material Coordinator

 

·         Responsible for ensuring timely conveyance of material to customers.

·         Responsible for researching and identifying missing material based on historical and current data.

·         Determined alternate solutions for customers’ material requirements when material not available.

 

Traffic Administrator I

 

·         Responsible for arranging both domestic and international shipments for various destinations throughout the globe.

·         Responsible for updating shipping invoices with tracking numbers and ship dates.

·         Regularly made logistics arrangements with carriers such as FedEx, UPS, and DHL for critical AOG shipments on behalf of CLS depot AOG team.

·         Completed export air bills, for both hazardous and non-hazardous materials.

·         Supervised a packaging crew on a daily basis.

·         Collaborated with the purchasing procurement departments in order to coordinate critical exports.

 

 

 

TRINITY INDUSTRIES

Railcar Expeditor/Logistics Planner                             Dallas, TX                                          02/2008 to 07/2009

 

·         Responsible for arranging and ensuring timely delivery of raw material to production facilities for both rail and truck shipments.

·         Determined best LTL or FTL carrier for loads based on geographical origin, cost, transit time, and available transit lead time.

·         Responsible for monitoring railcar/truck movement as well as developing a contingency strategy if purchase orders were to arrive tardy to production facilities.

·         Responsible for managing a railcar fleet.

·         Authored procedures containing methodologies for logistics planning and analysis, including technical aspects where applicable). - Revamped technical processes as they relate to daily operations in order to maximize time utilization and efficiency. This was accomplished by using spreadsheet/database query integration which facilitated the analysis of information on a macro level.

·         Researched and employed niche group carrier services for certain mid-size loads, resulting in associated average savings of over 25% per shipment.

·         Saved an average of 30% per load by way of negotiating the combining and optimization of loads, (while considering inventory carrying costs, etc.)

·         Identified savings opportunities and leveraged competing FTL carriers against one another through negotiations, resulting in an average savings of 25% per load.

·         Performed several comprehensive analyses and generated reports in collaboration with the analyst group which substantiated the rationale for actions taken by executive management, particularly as they relate to the leased fleet mentioned above.

·         Vigorously pursued maximizing savings and efficiency on all accounts, including some which were outside the scope of job function.

·         Developed several training modules.

 

 

LENSCRAFTERS

Sales Associate                                                Plano, TX                               04/2002 to 07/2004              

Responsible for customer sales and service.

 

RADIO SHACK

Sales Associate                                                    Plano, TX                               10/2000 to 01/2002

Leading sales associate.

 

·         Customer sales and issue resolution, bank deposits, reports, inventory, shipments.

·         Performed periodically as resident technician on store server and network connections.

 

TRAINING

 

·         Familiarity with Raytheon Six Sigma by Raytheon employee.

·         Familiarity with Kaizen / Lean Manufacturing

·         Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) coursework, 5/2006 through National Contracts Management Association scholarship.

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

 

·         Extensive SAP/R3 Experience

·         MS Excel – including pivot tables / database queries.

·         MS Access - including tables, queries, logic.

·         Lotus Notes Experience

·         PowerPoint, Word

·         Business Planning Control System/AS400/Oracle

·         HAZ-MAT Certified

·         Supervisory Experience

 

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

 

Fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian.