Retired Educator and Community Service Driver
Resume:
John R. Cox Jr.
**** *. ********** ***** *** C*
Springfield, MO 65807
e-mail jjr1958@sbcglobal,net
OBJECTIVE Part Time Position, Currently Retired
*/**** – 2/2025
City of Siloam Springs, AR
• Community Development Driver
• Drove a van to help elderly and people with disabilities Experience
8/2015 – 8/2020
Baptist Bible College
Business Department
• Adjunct Professor
• Taught: Introduction to Business, Personal Finance, Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, and Social Entrepreneurship.
• Sam Walton Fellow, (Faculty Advisor for Enactus Baptist Bible College team)
8/2017 – 11/2018
Penmac Educational Staffing
Substitute Teacher in Springfield Public Schools
DESE certified K-12 substitute
• Special Education classes both as the teacher and as a paraprofessional.
6/2014 – 8/2017
Kelly Educational Staffing
Substitute Teacher in Springfield Public Schools
• Special Education classes both as the teacher and as a paraprofessional.
5/2013-6/2014
Republic Public Schools
Paraprofessional Special Education
• Special Education classes as a paraprofessional. 5/2011 – 5/2013
Kelly Educational Staffing
Substitute Teacher in Springfield Public Schools
• Special Education classes both as the teacher and as a paraprofessional
1/2011 Hollister Chamber of Commerce Board Member
5/2008 –5/2012
Tantone Industries, Inc. Branson, MO
General Manager
• Responsible for the overall operation of the Tantone Workshop including financial reporting, budgeting, personnel, operations, public relations, and sales.
• Report to the Board of Directors.
• The Workshop currently employs 58 people with
Developmental Disabilities with 5 staff members.
• Certified in Linen and Laundry Management by the Association for Linen Management
5/2004 – 5/2008
Springfield Workshop, Inc. Springfield, MO
Plant Manager
• Responsible for production, materials, maintenance, and shipping.
• Responsible for contract management and negotiations with government.
• Responsible for all Department of Labor certifications and audits.
• Systems Administrator for network of server and 15 clients running Windows server 2003 and Windows XP.
• Purchasing agent
• Safety Director
• Responsible for maintenance contracts and all facilities. 9/2003 – 5/2004
Leggett & Platt, Inc. Carthage, MO
Senior Manufacturing Systems Analyst
• Analyst for Corporate ERP system installations. Responsible for development and training of new branch plants being brought onto the Leggett and Platt ERP system. Traveled and worked with a team of Analysts with 60% travel in the USA. 10/1992 – 7/2003
O’Sullivan Furniture Lamar, MO
Director of Manufacturing Engineer
• Eleven years experience with O'Sullivan Industries with positions varying from Industrial Engineering Manager to Director of Manufacturing Engineering.
• Managed seven departments including Facilities; Industrial Engineering; Manufacturing Engineering; and all maintenance operations. Approximately 130 people.
• Control Budgets of $12,000,000 total.
• Possess a solid understanding of budgeting and management financial reporting.
• Two years were spent as the Manufacturing Representative for the development and implementation of J.D. Edward's ERP system. We were on MAPICS. Literate in both ERP and CMMS systems of J.D. Edwards. This included working with cost accounting to move the standard costing system to J.D.E.
• 10 years experience with Microsoft Office products (Word; Excel; PowerPoint; Access).
• Managed numerous large and small projects, which improved flow or implemented new processes. This included
documentation for specifying equipment and developing contracts for purchase of equipment and other services required in implementation.
7/1981 - 10/1992
Zenith Electronics
Corp.
Springfield, MO
Manufacturing Manager
I taught at MSU (SMSU at that time) and at Drury
University late 80’s early 90’s for four years on a per course faculty basis.
• Various Manufacturing Management positions of which the last 5 years were in the position of Manufacturing Manager for the Plastics Plant in Springfield, MO.
• Production, Engineering, Maintenance, and all the materials departments were under my direction. We ran 24/7 with 30 Injection molding machines between 750-1000 Tons. Two paint rooms and a finishing Hotstamp department operated at this location. Employment for the plant was approximately 375 people.
• Product Management Center (PMC) for Zenith's plastic operations responsible for quality improvements and financial improvements for both Springfield and Mexico.
• Brought numerous presentations to executive management in Chicago on cost improvement. Developed and trained operations in Statistical Process Control. This won us a higher quality standing with Compact Computer for their cabinets. Our plant received an award for quality improvement from Corporate Management.
• A main responsibility was to apply Lean Manufacturing techniques to reduce inventories and bring quality problems to the surface so they could be solved. Once emptied a 5,000-sq. ft. warehouse of WIP with improved scheduling and machine up time.
2/1981 - 7/1981
Fasco Motor Company Cassville, MO
Standards and Methods Engineer
• Supervised five people doing routings and standards.
• Developed standards and methods for production.
• Implemented new C-frame motor line.
2/1978 - 2/1981
Automotive Controls Corp. Independence, KS
Drafting and Design Supervisor
• Designed Printed Circuit Boards and built proto-types.
• Supervised seven people.
7/1976 - 2/1978
Paul Mueller Co. Springfield, MO
Design Draftsman
• Designed Pressure Vessels and Heat Transfer.
• Worked with sales and followed through the production of products.
EDUCATION 8/1987 Drury University US-MO-Springfield Master's Degree
• Master in Business Administration
• Emphasis in Management
5/1981 Drury University US-MO-Springfield
Bachelor's Degree
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
• Emphasis in Production Management
5/1977 Graff Vo-
Tech/Drury College
US-MO-Springfield
Associate Degree
• Associate of Science in Electronic Technology
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