Stephen Majors

SUMMARY adl4np@r.postjobfree.com 501-***-****

Stephen is a skilled Industrial Engineer with over 15 years in his field. He has experience with managing major projects to increase productivity and decrease waste. Stephen is skilled in CAD, versed in Six Sigma, DMAIC, Kaizen, GDT, and experienced with maintenance and fabrication operations. Stephen has a Masters in Industrial Engineering.

KEY SKILLS

SAP/ERP/MRP

Supply Chain/Logistics

Project Management

Technical/Spec Writing

Quality Control

Six Sigma

Bill of Material

Root Cause Analysis

Vendor Negotiation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PriceCo Furniture 01/20-06/20

Fabrication Manager

Designed and quoted custom furniture per customer specifications

Wrote Bills of Material for custom projects

Oversaw the Maintenance and Operations departments for the fabrication facility

Caterpillar/Contract 11/18-11/19

Manufacturing Engineer

Write/update Standard Work documents for various processes

Managed offsite inventory strategies that implemented FIFO (15,000 pallet locations)

Develop and maintain CAD drawings of plant floor and outdoor storage footprint

Wrote specifications, negotiated contracts with vendors, and managed an extensive outdoor lighting project to allow increased overnight access to outdoor inventory across all three shifts

Continuous Improvement projects as required to maintain safety and efficiently use inventory (time studies, process changes, tooling changes, inventory related capital improvement projects, etc.)

Developed and implemented quality improvement strategies for production and vendor analysis

National Custom Hollow Metal 07/17-08/18

Sales, Purchasing

Designed, priced, and sold custom steel security doors to hospitals, correctional facilities, firing ranges, etc.

Used a CAD system to create drawings, Bill of Material, and purchasing requirements for project scheduling

Acquired quotes on material (usually 304, 316 stainless and A60 sheet) and issued purchase orders and verified tolerances upon delivery

Quoted and arranged oversized outbound freight loads

Dealer's Truck Equipment 05/13-11/14

Equipment Sales, Purchasing

Responsible for commercial and govt. equipment sales for the western half of Arkansas

Co-managed four location truck pool

Integrated Sales and Purchasing Departments with scheduling to achieve a 20% labor efficiency increase

Evaluated changing governmental standards and needs for new product line offerings

Davis Trailer and Truck Equipment Inc. 01/96-05/12

Operations/Safety Manager

Worked with Sales to use LEAN (Value Stream) principles in fabrication processes

Used Six Sigma and ISO principles and other statistical tools in analyzing processes as quality guides in a drive toward continuous improvement

Hired and trained Fabrication personnel on proper equipment/machine operation

Responsible for Safety and Environmental employee training and plant compliance (OSHA, EPA, ADEQ, DOT)

Acquired all fabrication equipment (shear, break, punch, power press, drill press, plasma cutting, etc.)

Responsible for maintaining and acquiring all dies, bits etc. as appropriate for various production levels

Retooled existing drilling and lathe equipment achieving an 8% process time reduction and reduced dimensional hole variance by 25%

Upgraded welding equipment to use bulk gas instead of bottles at each welding station achieving a 20% reduction in gas costs and reducing the level of injuries associated with changing bottles

Reduced raw steel costs by 12% thru vendor contract negotiations

Oversaw plant expansion and capital equipment purchases to expand production capacity by 70%

Designed new truck body that accounted for 10% of revenue

EDUCATION

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

M.S. Industrial Engineering/Operations Management

B.S. Business Administration/Financial Management

CERTIFICATIONS

Leadership Management Inc.

Effective Personnel Leadership

Muncie Power Products

Hydraulic Systems Design

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