Manager Project
Resume:
John A. Morro
Concord, North Carolina 28025
Email: *********@********.**.***
SUMMARY
I’m an open-minded, willing to learn seasoned Procurement and Supply Chain Professional with over 20 years of experience. I am skilled in Contract Negotiations, Logistics, Project Planning and Coordination, Quality Control, Development of Processes and Procedures and Problem Solving. I’m also skilled in MRP, ISO 9000, Six Sigma, Kanban, Kaizen, JIT and Gemba.
PROFESSIONAL
Rowan Cabarrus Community College, Concord, NC
1/14 – 5/14
Full-time Student: Fine Arts Major – GPA 3.85
FAMILY DOLLAR, #251, Concord, NC
11/5/11 – 12/12
Assistant Store Manager:
SELF EMPLOYED, Concord, NC
9/09-11/11
Owner: Foresight Visualization, Inc.: Computerized Imagining and Planning for Home Builders and Remodeling.
TECHNOCOM BUSINESS SYSTEMS, Matthews, NC
1/5/09-7/03/09
Procurement &Warehouse Manager: responsible for effective management of logistics and scheduling for entire delivery, assembly, and I.T. set-up process for all out going machines.
Responsibilities:
Coordinated delivery and machine purchasing with Sales Team and Customers.
Worked with Sales Team and Customers on logistics and coordination of Special Projects.
Responsible for managing warehouse operations including on-time purchase and delivery of materials.
INCLINE MATERIALS, LLC, Aberdeen, NC
7/06-7/07
Procurement & Operations Manager: responsible for purchasing, manufacturing and administrative processes
Accomplishments:
Managed and coordinated all aspects of a new plant start-up.
Establishment of supplier base, delivery systems, office systems, and production procedures.
Upgrade, purchase and refinement of manufacturing systems and equipment.
Established customer and supplier relations to include purchasing of services and materials.
Coordination of on-time delivery of raw material and completed orders.
SELF EMPLOYED, Concord, NC
1/99 –7/06
Owner: Morro Properties; find, purchase, renovate and sell real estate.
CLASSIC GRAPHICS, Charlotte, NC
11/97 – 1/99
Warehouse Manager: Responsible for the logistics, coordination, training and effective management of the Shipping, Receiving, Delivery, and Inventory areas. I worked successfully with various departments, including upper level management, customers and vendors to increase overall plant production efficiency.
Accomplishments:
Conceived and designed all warehouse operational workflow and production areas.
Designed and wrote all department procedures, work instructions and job related forms.
Developed a vendor base and worked with vendors to help increase company efficiency.
Certified as an ISO 9000 Internal Auditor. Conducted numerous company-wide audits.
Developed and implemented various problem solving projects: such as creation of a Disposition Area.
Reduced warehouse floor space by 37% while maintaining full efficiency levels.
HEARST MAGAZINES, Purchasing Department, Direct Mail Division, Charlotte, NC
12/94 – 11/96
Quality Assurance Manager: Responsible for quality management of printed material, administration and development of internal processes, and compiling and evaluating vendor quality measurements.
Accomplishments-
Project Manager for the design, development and implementation of a computerized purchasing system
Developed and wrote the Vendor Quality Control Performance Specifications Guidelines
Designed and developed a vendor Quality Assurance Evaluation, Measurement and Tracking Program.
Developed and implemented numerous procedures which provided a close-loop work flow process
Evaluated potential new vendors and eliminated below standard vendors
I B M, Purchasing Department, Charlotte, NC
8/89 – 10/94
Senior Purchasing Agent/Communications Specialist: Responsible for the bidding, negotiating, coordinating and the purchasing of printed material and related products on behalf of worldwide IBM sites.
Accomplishments-
Developed and implemented a new purchasing and inventory strategy which decreased turnaround time, reduced overhead and virtually eliminated backorders.
Wrote ISO 9000 quality procedures which helped my department to obtain ISO 9000 certification
Wrote, negotiated and administered three corporate contracts which saved a minimum of 25%
MDQ Team Leader responsible for adding new vendors and solving assorted dept. problems
Responsible for analyzing and approving the guidelines for the Vendor Reduction Team
Managed various external marketing projects in support of expanding IBM client base
Organized, planned and coordinated the release of IBM products with worldwide IBM sites.
Conducted various technical classes for domestic and overseas IBM Information Development Centers
EDUCATION
Central Pennsylvania Business School, Summerdale, PA
Communications Degree Accomplishments- GPA 3.6
MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES HELD, RECOGNITION
Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
Past President – Piedmont Leasing Assoc.
President – Foresight Co.
Member NRCC – Congressional Committee Business Advisory Council
Listed in National Register of Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals
Letter of Appreciation – U.S. Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
COMPANY SPONSORED EDUCATION
Professional Skills Assessment Corporate Procurement Process Control Capability and Improvement
Continuous Flow Manufacturing Basic Negotiating Skills Improving Individual Negotiating Skills
Team Building Skills for Leaders Leadership Skills Increasing Personal Effectiveness
How to Handle Difficult People ISO 9000 Auditor Purchasing Requirements and Practice
Vendor Relations Purchasing Ethics
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
United States Marine Corps
Platoon Sergeant - Infantry, Honorable Discharge:
Platoon Sergeant - Marine Security Guard, Honorable Discharge:
PERSONAL ENRICHMENT CLASSES
Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering Yale University
Philosophy & the Science of Human Nature Yale University
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