Minh Nguyen
Email: *********@********.***
Address: ***** ***** **
City: Houston
State: TX
Zip: 77065
Country: USA
Phone: 832-***-****
Skill Level: Experienced
Salary Range: $40,000
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Educational Background:
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Minh Nguyen Van
8510 Wyndham Village Drive Jersey Village, Texas 77040
832-***-****, Fax: 281-***-****, *********@********.***
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
To contribute to a company's growth and profitability as Piping Design drafter, Structural Design Drafter Sales & Marketing Representative/Manager, General/Operations Manager, Production Manager, Customer Service Manager, Project Manager, or Coordinator.
HIGHLIGHTS of QUALIFICATIONS
High performance individual with a self-motivated working style and strong critical-thinking skill. Able to work independently and function effectively with multidisciplinary teams from all areas and organizations. Excellent listening skills, and ability to pay particular attention to detail to solve conflicts between employees or employee's production capability; helped to correct employee's mistake effectively; and consistently uncovered new sales opportunities.
EDUCATION
General Lines P & C License -TDI
General Lines Health & Life License - TDI
B.S Mechanical Engineering, Haywood University, Beverly Hill, California (1987) G.P.A. 3.88 / 4.0
A.S. Mechanical Engineering Technology and Manufacturing Design Drafting. HCCS, Houston, Texas
(1983)
COMPUTER & SPECIAL SKILLS
Auto Cad, PDMS, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Photo Shop, QuickBooks, Mechanical Drafting, Piping Drafting, Structural Drafting.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP
Agent (March 2012 - Present)
MICRO MACHINE MFG
V.P. Sales & Marketing (February 2009- March 2012)
Sold machining works for oil tool industry companies such as Baker Hughes, Pathfinder, and Oceaneeringetc. made cold calls, email, and face-to- face client presentations.
Gathered information from clients and work within clients' budget to execute campaign based on their needs cycle and balance that with company's policies. Quote, scheduled production for new orders follows up finishing and shipping schedules.
Conducted market research and analysis, determine market strategy. Developed new sales channels in the oil industry; established pricing, and sale promotion tools.
AMERICAN WINDOW CONCPETS, HOUSTON TEXAS
Founder - CEO (1991-2007)
Managed the manufacture of 2" and 2 " blinds.
Managed accounting department consisting of A/P, A/R, payroll (up to 75 employees).
Analyzed financial status, developed budgets and approved expenditures for supplies, materials, and human resources.
Resolved employee/employer issue fairly and effectively, which contributed to high employee satisfaction.
Introduced employee financial/award incentive program that improved productivity and reduced absenteeism.
Provided face-to-face contact needed to revolve sensitive employee issue, including terminations, violence in the workplace issues, harassment/discrimination, investigations, and labor relation issues
Imported already made 2" blinds, raw materials, and components by container from China; and increased company profit by 10%.
Imported already made designed arches form Vietnam.
Negotiated material prices with vendors.
Supervised production plant and performed efficiency studies of equipment and operation; and wrote procedure with reference charts that resulted in waste reduction from 9% to 3.5 %.
Modified and improved old technology equipment (instead of buying new), and increased production by 35%.
Designed and fabricated inspection towers, production rolling carts, fixtures, tables; and reduced equipments cost by 45%.
Designed efficient floor work flow plan, wrote procedure, created training materials for each working station, which improved overall workflow by 10%.
Analyzed production, quality control, maintenance, and other operation reports to detect production problems. Studied working capability of each employee and scheduled production based on their out put to control the daily production and to a successful finish-on-time, on-budget.
Initiated/coordinated inventory and cost control programs that resulted in 15% cost savings.
AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER, HOUSTON TEXAS
Fire Sprinkler Designer (1987-1991)
Designed and calculated hydraulic data of special hazard sprinkler system for refinery plants such as Quantum Chemical, Philip 66, Exxon, and others.
Managed the AutoCAD system.
Calculated hydraulic data (friction and loss) for other designers.
Coordinated and negotiated with architects, owners, and other subcontractors to reduce repair costs.
CONTINENTAL SPRINKER, HOUSTON TEXAS
Fire Sprinkler Designer (1985-1987)
Designed and calculated Fire sprinkler system.