Kenneth James Edwards
Forest City N.C. 28043
828-***-**** home
814-***-**** mobile
Objectives
I would like to obtain a position with a company where I can utilize my experience and interpersonal skills to the benefit of my employer.
Qualifications
Completed trade course in Tool and Die Technology
Over 20 years of experience in injection molding
Experience with scheduling in a large fast pace company
25 plus years in retail sales
Able to work well with others or work independently
Highly dependable with excellent attendance record
Efficient and detail oriented; excellent documentation skills
Great ability to prioritize workload and meet deadline dates
Posses strong leadership skills, highly responsible
Hired on as consultant by Continental AFA of Forest City, NC to build spare tooling and help find was to make assembly machines run more efficient
Work History
Family Owned Business 6/2004 to Present
Edwards’ Sales, Inman S.C.
Opened and run all aspects of family owned business
Build and start website for all family businesses
Family Owned Business 1984 to Present
Edwards’ Sales and Service, Erie Pa
Edwards’ Motorcycle Tire Outlet, Erie, Pa
Edwards’ Dart City
Help run one of the oldest motorcycle businesses in Pennsylvania.
Counter sales, purchasing, and search for new vendors.
Do small labor as needed
Assist in running dart and billiard store
Establish new clients by going to different businesses and setting up accounts
Dart and Billiard store is a retail and wholesale distributor for Northwestern Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and Western New York.
Build and run website along with other advertising
Production Associate
Georgia Pacific 1/10 to 5/10
Stack and label boxes for shipment
Change over tooling for various sizes and style boxes
Minor repairs as necessary
Loan Officer 3/09 to 12/09
Carolina’s Premier Mortgage Corporation, Charlotte NC
Loan Officer 1/08 to 3/09
Windsor Capitol Mortgage Corporation, Charlotte NC
(Same employer which changed names in 3/09)
Acquire loans by walk ins, cold calls, referrals, and leads
Work with banks to help clients with the purchase, refinance, or second mortgage
Help clients in all stages of loan process
Search for attorneys, appraisers, realtors and any other services my clients needed
Loan Officer 5/07 to 12/07
1st Metropolitan Mortgage Corporation, Forest City NC
Acquire loans by walk ins, cold calls, referrals, and leads
Work with banks to help clients with the purchase, refinance, or second mortgage
Help clients in all stages of loan process
Search for attorneys, appraisers, realtors and any other services my clients needed
Toolmaker 1/04 to 5/07
Continental AFA, Forest City NC
(Transfer from Owens Illinois with buyout of company)
Help train employees on all new molds coming in
Ran all basic machine shop equipment
Repair and PM molds
Repair and train coworkers on Hot Runner Systems
In charge of spare tooling for new molds
Attend meetings for transfer
Toolmaker 10/99 to 12/03
Owens Illinois, Erie, Pa
Hired to assist with hot runner manifolds which was major problem
Repair and do preventative maintenance on injection and compression molding
Run basic machine shop equipment to make new and repair tooling
Promoted to Toolroom Lead
Schedule all tooling into toolroom for PM’s and repair
Schedule work load for 22 employees
In charge of spare tooling
Managed transfer of all equipment and inventory to several plants when purchased by Continental AFA
Van Master 2/98 to 10/99
K.V.E. inc., Erie, Pa
Lead of a crew of workers in door to door sales
Set appointments by cold calling or door to door
Train new employees
Do all paperwork for financing and warranties
Close all sales
Third quarter sales of 1998 lead us to a number one ranking in the world for our office
Mold Repair 10/91 to 11/97
Plastek Group, Erie, Pa
Change over, repair, and help assist in trouble shooting of injection molds
Run all equipment in machine shop
In charge of as many as 36 injection molding machines on floor for cavitation and preventative maintenance
Toolcrib attendant / teacher helper 9/90 to 4/91
Erie School District, Erie, Pa
Pass out and record all tools and supplies
Assist teacher if any students need help