A. Lawrence Reid, III

02/2019 to Current – Sr. Supply Chain Specialist

Aurora Flight Sciences of West Virginia – 3000 E. Benedum Industrial Drive, Bridgeport, WV 26330

Provided service focused, value-added support through the management of a multitude of procurement activities on several fast-paced programs.

Maintained effective communication with all stakeholders to ensure support is in alignment with customer needs and mission objectives.

Effectively prioritized and managed bandwidth to ensure commitments are upheld.

Managed a high volume of critical actions and deliverables in a fast-paced environment while ensuring adherence to Supply Chain performance metrics and program timelines.

Leveraged Supplier Management Best Practices appropriately with all Customers and Programs to ensure alignment with overall mission success.

Managed all aspects related to subcontractor performance including adherence to statement of work, contractual commitments, and ability to implement and support the procurement strategies.

Worked collaboratively within the Supply Chain team and various functions in order to foster professional working relationships, and value added support to the function and business.

Actively managed supplier risks, issues and opportunities.

01/2003 to 02/2019 – Program Manager

Aurora Flight Sciences of West Virginia – 3000 E. Benedum Industrial Drive, Bridgeport, WV 26330

Proficient in building comprehensive Program Plans for NGC Global Hawk, Triton, and E-2 programs including defined work scope, work breakdown structure (WBS), schedule, resource loads, budgets, quality requirements, risk mitigation, trend analysis, and earned value measurement (EVMS) techniques.

Direct and execute the plan with core team; hold regular scheduled meetings to ensure quality, schedule, and cost goals are met. Meet with site management ensuring proper staffing to meet goals.

Coordinate efforts with engineering, quality, manufacturing, supply chain and contracts for proposal execution and submittal beginning with grass root estimating for new work or developing cost position based on previous actuals, applying learning curves and adjusting for escalation.

Communicate with customers to ensure needs are met, deliveries are on schedule, define risks, and explore future opportunities.

Report on Key objectives to corporate senior management; Revenue, EBIT, Net Cash

02/2000 to 12/2002 – Scheduler/Planner

Aurora Flight Sciences of West Virginia – 3000 E. Benedum Industrial Drive, Bridgeport, WV 26330

ERP system delivery requirements fidelity, run scheduler to explode bill of material (BOM). Evaluate schedule for resource requirements. Plan resources and report staffing needs to site management.

Develop and monitor crew load charts for assembly areas to track schedule and efficiency.

Work with site management to define capacity and staffing needs both current and future.

02/1991 to 01/2000 – Senior Resource Analyst

Northrop Grumman Corporation - 3000 E. Benedum Industrial Drive, Bridgeport, WV 26330

Integrated budgets from all programs to develop manpower total site forecast. Track plan verses actual and report any variance to plan. Adjust forecast based on efficiency to plan.