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General Manager Seeking Store Ops Role at Lowe's

Location:
Sonora, CA, 95370
Salary:
$16.90 an hour
Posted:
March 04, 2026

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Resume:

STEVEN MARK KRISTENSEN

***** ****** ****-***** **** Rd. Cell 951-***-****

Twain Harte, CA 95383 ****************@***.***

SUMMARY

Experienced General Manager / Operation & Project Manager. Expertise includes Project Management / Administration and Sales. Significant cost reductions implemented by means of process analysis, revision, and Total Quality Control Methodology. Background includes:

Projects and Team work/Floor Sales

Quality Standards and TQM

Accounting Management

Administration/Sales of Products

Diversity Training - Communications

Computer Programs & Processing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

All Saints of Twain Harte. PO. Box 642, TH, CA 95383 2023 April to 2025 July

Bookkeeper, HR rep., Ordering Supplies, work with the Financial Council, financial information, parishioner’s concerns, assisted with anything, communications with Stockton Diocese assisted the Pastor with Business Management.

St. Patrick’s of Sonora. 127 Jackson St. Sonora, CA 9538 2022 June to 2023 FEB

Business Manager, HR rep., working with the Office Staff and under the Pastor. Assisted with anything to do with the operations of the Church and with the Stockton Diocese.

SS, USA 2019 Nov to 2023 JAN

Black Oak Casino Resort, 19400 Tuolumne, CA 2019 June to Nov

Safety Officer for the Casino properties. Patrolled and performed various safety operations, money operation and security.

Unemployment CA 2018 Oct to May’19

Duct-O-Wire Co. Corona, CA 2008 to 2018 AUG

General Manager: Managed & Supervised over 32 people in Manufacturing and Assembly of Various Conductor Systems for Overhead Cranes and Monorail Systems, Festoon Systems, Pendant Controls and Design Control Operation Boxes. Assisted and supervised manufacturing of Punch Presses, Accounting Team small machining operations and Die repair. Also worked with OSHA, State of CA, and City of Corona for all Safety requirements. Used AutoCAD Design and SolidWorks review.

Kinematic Automation Inc. Sonora, CA 2007 to 2008

Design/Mechanical Engineering, Design Automation machines and parts, Assist and setup of SolidWorks PDM system. Electrical and Pneumatic schematics.

S Kristensen Comp Systems, Meridian, ID and Sonora, CA 2005 to 2007

Computer Networking, Repair & replacement of PCs, CAD & Designing Layouts, Web Design and Custom Engraving. Accounting / Management of Processing. Improved over 75% of customers output.

GUIDANT CORPORATION, Temecula, CA 1998 to 2005

R&D Project and Designer

Managed, designed, and built machine projects for manufacturing department. Supervised three to eight technicians on machine construction/projects. Coordinated budgets for over ten million dollars in projects, annually.

Process Improvement and Quality Control Management

Improved machine operations, thereby reducing excess work for operators at a cost savings of over one million dollars in a two-year period.

Improved QA inspector’s quality control processes, resulting in increased overall production and subsequent scrap reduction of 15%, also reducing maintenance out-of-service time by 15%.

CAD Design, Directory Development, and Mentoring

Planned and designed CAD illustrations via Solidworks, including the creation of a detailed directory of various parts and sub-assemblies. Consequently productivity increased substantially, as lost productivity (“look-up” time) for all engineers decreased substantially.

Updated training on Accounting, management and the CAD systems.

PRO ONE/SUMMIT INDUSTRIES INC., Riverside, CA 1995 to 1997

Designer, Programmer, Billet Supervisor

Designed, programmed, and manufactured motorcycle parts. Lead designer on Surfcam/CAD programming for prototypes.

Developed and designed parts for Harleys, Hondas, Yamaha and various other styles, effectively having increased sales by $100,000.00 per year.

Designed New Forward Controls conformed specifically for 5 separate styles of Motorcycles.

UNITED STATES NAVY, San Diego, CA, USA 1975 to 1995

Chief Petty Officer of Ship’s Equipment Decommissioning Supervisor

Manufacturing and equipment supervisor for Ship’s decommissioning, accounting, and tracking. Controlled, recorded, and tracked over $3M in equipment for decommissioning. Updated technical manual’s IAW Milspec standards.

EDUCATION AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Courses towards BS in Computer Science/Mechanical Engineering

CAD SolidWorks School, Irvine, CA

Unigraphic/AutoCAD/Inventor: CAD AID Instructions, Boise, ID

United States Navy Courses:

Supervisor and Management Training

CNC Programing

AutoCAD for Architecture and Mechanical Design

Secret Clearance for Nuclear Generator Repairs



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