James George Jr.
**** ***** ****** • Kennett, Mo. 63857 • 573-***-**** •
*******@*****.***
PROFILE
Talented Management professional with strong background in retail operations,
merchandising, sales, and maintenance. Proven ability to direct business operations for
multi-million dollar retail location. Expertise in hiring, training, and supervising
personnel. Adept at developing and implementing effective policies and procedures.
Highly familiar with budget management, scheduling, payroll, and inventory control.
Excellent reporting and communication skills.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Maintenance Electrician, Tenaris Hickman, Blytheville, Ar.2009
•Electrical and mechanical maintenance of foundry and machining production
equipment. Generate work orders and assist with the ordering of parts. Repair,
troubleshoot and inspect all equipment. Perform duties in a safe manner and
follow all safety procedures.
•Assigned works to other staff as per requirement.
•Generate departmental plans to project equipment needs, forecasting manpower needs.
•Estimate materials or labor requirements for capital or maintenance projects.
•Confer with vendors or suppliers to obtain materials or services in accordance with
appropriate company policies.
•Initiate and coordinate inventory and cost control programs.
•Reviews work orders and work reports.
• Installed, repaired, maintained the electrical system, and electrical, electronic
equipment.
• Repaired motors, other electrical and electronics equipment.
Responsible for energy management control wiring to include pulling and terminating
wires.Installation of all conduit.
•Responsible for reading schematics and blue prints.
•Maintains a timely supply and inventory of materials and spare parts as needed to insure
uninterrupted or minimum downtime. Reviews supplies and consults manuals and
blueprints.
Electrician, Dever Electric, Blytheville, Ar. 2008
•Responsibilities included managing the complete wiring of the Quality Suites Inn.
Scheduled work, ordered supplies and equipment, and oversaw installation
process. Managed a staff of ten electricians.
•Assigned works to other staff as per requirement.
• Installed, repaired, maintained the electrical system, and electrical, electronic
equipment.
• Repaired motors, other electrical and electronics equipment.
• Trained other electricians, laborers which are newly hired.
•Responsible for energy management control wiring to include pulling and terminating
wires.Installation of all conduit.
Responsible for reading schematics and blue prints.
Sales Manager, Quality Farm Supply, Hayti, Mo. 2006-2008
•Oversaw daily business and sales operations for multi-million dollar retail location.
Promoted through several locations, supervising staff of up to 15.
•Prepare weekly and monthly sales analysis reports, work with senior management to
identify new sales opportunities, and ensure compliance with all corporate
programs.
•Manage payroll, scheduling, and customer service. Hire, train, and supervise employees.
Maintain personnel files in accordance with federal, state, and company
regulations.
•Prepare merchandising and operational reports, carry out financial audits, and supervise
inventory control and merchandising functions.
•Improved revenue at Hayti locations by facilitating implementation of more products on
hand, resulting in increased customer volume.
•Carried out three major store remodels, completing all projects ahead of schedule
and under budget. Improved merchandising to enhance customer experience and
increase sales.
•Coordinated receipt and storage of incoming goods as well as movement to showroom
floor, and delivery to customers.
• Maintained 100% incident-free safety environment and ensured compliance with all
regulations.
Maintenance Manager, H &H Enterprise, Jonesboro, Ar. 2003-2006
•Plans, organize and direct activities concerned with the maintenance of industrial
equipment, machines, structures, facilities and systems in the facility.
•Plan and organize work of department to minimize unplanned downtime of production
equipment, machinery, facilities and systems.
•Repairs and/or replaces equipment as needed, to the highest standard of quality at
optimum cost and reliability.
•Sets up, implements and maintains a PM program to maintain all equipment. Assign
individuals to complete work. Revises PM schedules according to equipment use,
production schedules and manufactures recommendations.
•Inspect and review maintenance activities to monitor compliance with and safety and
environmental codes, regulations, permits and company policies. Performs routine
inspections to meet internal, OSHA and insurance requirements. Detects and
corrects safety issues.
•Maintains high standards of housekeeping in the shop and plant areas where
maintenance issues are performed.
•Maintains a timely supply and inventory of materials and spare parts as needed to insure
uninterrupted or minimum downtime. Reviews supplies and consults manuals and
blueprints.
•Consult with engineers and production management and employees.
•Advise maintenance personnel regarding symptoms, problems and solutions.
•Reviews work orders and work reports.
•Direct and Supervise subordinates.
•Authorize requisitions for supplies and materials to complete maintenance projects.
•Hire, train, evaluate, and discharge staff, and resolve personnel grievances.
•Evaluates employee performance.
•Reporting accidents and completing appropriate documents.
•Approving vacations, personal time, leaves of absence, and early departure.
•Investigate damage, accidents, or unplanned downtime, to ensure that proper procedures
are being carried out.
•Generate departmental plans to project equipment needs, forecasting manpower needs,
generating training schedules for maintenance personnel and designing
replacement parts for machinery and equipment.
•Confer with vendors or suppliers to obtain materials or services in accordance with
appropriate company policies.
•Initiate and coordinate inventory and cost control programs.
•Managed major maintenance or capital projects.
•Estimate materials or labor requirements for capital or maintenance projects.
•Use long or short term maintenance planning techniques.
•Utilize project management techniques.
•Coordinate and recommend procedures for facility and equipment maintenance or
modification, including the replacement of machines.
•Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature
pertaining to materials use and technological advances.
•Maintained 100% incident-free safety environment and ensured compliance with all
regulations.
Operations Manager,Lake City Gin, Lake City, Ar. 2002
•Oversaw daily operations for multi-million dollar cotton ginning factory. Supervising
staff of up to 15.
•Plan and organize work of cotton ginning factory to minimize unplanned downtime of
production equipment, machinery, facilities and systems.
•Repairs and/or replaces equipment as needed, to the highest standard of quality at
optimum cost and reliability.
•Authorize requisitions for supplies and materials to complete maintenance projects.
•Hire, train, evaluate, and discharge staff, and resolve personnel grievances.
•Evaluates employee performance.
•Reporting accidents and completing appropriate documents.
•Approving vacations, personal time, leaves of absence, and early departure.
•Investigate damage, accidents, or unplanned downtime, to ensure that proper procedures
are being carried out.
• Maintained 100% incident-free safety environment and ensured compliance with all
regulations.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founded and operated private Heating, Air, and Electrical company. Supervised staff of
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MILITARY BACKGROUND
Infantry solder, United States Army, Fort Benning, Ga. (1987 - 1992)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Corporate training in Management, Sales, and Marketing.
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COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Office, PowerPoint, Works, Lotus Notes, JDA, SAP, Comcash, Internet