Aaron J. Winkhart Email & Phone Number

United States

Northeast Ohio

Forward Final Mile acquired by Hub Group

Stow, Ohio, United States

• 2022 – Forward Air Dedicated Service Manager of the Year
• 2022 – Forward Air Dedicated Location of the Year
• 2022 – Forward Air Dedicated Central Division location of the Year
• Hands on assistance in multiple markets across the US, providing direct and remote support for new or below target metric markets. Startups and location openings.
• Recruiting / hiring delivery teams and staff for market support.
• Cultivate relationships with staff, contractors, and teams, focus on trust, loyalty, and reliability.

Canton, Ohio Area

• (CLW) Regional Operations Manager
• Oversaw 100+ member workforce and 15 locations.
• Directing operations of multiple markets (Lowe’s, Home Depot, Costco, XPO), home delivery teams, exceeding metrics and customer expectations. Managing regional delivery routing, driver assignments, team.
• Focusing on team recruiting, training and development, cultivating store/MDO relations, customer focus, and providing total operation system solutions. Daily operations support with multiple system monitoring.
• Operation control included 15 stores, 9 MDO locations
• 25 million+ in revenue for the year, promoted direct assistants and directed 100+ employees - leading with experience and a team first attitude.

Canton, Ohio Area

• Material Coordinator / Shipping, Warehouse, Materials Supervisor (2015 to 2019)
• Managed the material demands of projects from sourcing to JIT, review, and support for four departments.
• Procured materials with various means for R&D testing, proto builds, and production lines. Supervised shipping, warehouse, and material associates.
• Managed shipping department, expenses, MRO items, international orders / R&D, proto area. Had direct warehouse worker reports.
• Conducted in plant safety OSHA inspections. Maintained Star rating year over year.
• Implemented and collaborated with team to start a new line from 30 units to 1200, material processes to line layout, work cell design for better build time and stock efficiency.

North Canton, Ohio, United States

• Senior Logistics Coordinator (2002 to 2015)
• Managed operations of logistical planning, budget, shipping, and warehousing of the division. Ensured compliance of shipments with all regulations, safety, and customer requirements, focusing on warehouse, over.
• Worked closely with project managers to coordinate delivery and site needs.
• Achieved and held 100% on time on site project record for 10 years, over dimensional / heavy haul units into cities like New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, and Atlanta.
• Operated under budget with cost saving goals met yearly.
• Led materials team of warehouse, parts pullers, and material handlers.

Massillon, Ohio, United States

• Managed rail car inventory and material. Including track and rail communication for car removal and delivery.
• Supervised a break bulk system and inventory flow based on customer demand. Includes managing operation crews. Rail Based vacuum systems.
• Oversaw shipping matrix and LTL programs for distribution and delivery of packaged resin product.
• Negotiated rates and optimized matrix routing for outbound transit lanes.
• Managed warehouse / inventory with cycle count program. Including personnel and day to day count functions, and work assignments.

Project Management Certification

Education record

Fire Science And Engineering