Sales Design Build Finish Install resume example with 20+ years of experience
Having grown up in the industry in a family shop I have learned every aspect of the cabinet, woodworking, wood finishing and solid surface fabrication. I have been blessed with a talent in the cabinet industry. I have designed cabinetry and furniture. I have then taken raw kiln dried lumber and milled it into something that takes your breath away and passed on a family treasure. I have designed ,built and installed kitchens that became the envy of the neighborhood. I can put my blessing to work for you . I was taught by my father that you learn by your mistakes , this is why I am so good at the things I do. I can and would love to pass along my blessings to others.
I grew up learning to love the outdoors . I love to fresh water fish as well as fly fish.
I was a volunteer fireman in my community for 20 years.
I am a Past Master Mason following in the footsteps of my father.
I have two wonderful daughters who can bass fish with the best.
I have 5 grandchildren that are making me proud.
I am a gentle soul with fairness and understanding .
I make friends fast and love people.
I love dawgs , yes dawgs.
Wood finishing Cabinet Making Cabinet door fabrication and sanding production process engineering
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- Liaised between customers and manufacturing to design new product.
- Adjusted alignment of drills, cutters, dies, guides, and holding devices.
- Assisted machine operators with finished pieces.
- Collated components for assembly.
- Fabricated large and small parts per drawing and assembled parts as required.
- Responsible for achieving production requirements.
- Ensured that all health and safety guidelines were followed.
- Estimated costs and set quality standards.
- Identified strategic business opportunities to advance technology through licensing and project development.
- Made sure that products were produced on time and are of good quality.
- Monitored product standards and quality-control programs.
- Configured any human and material resources needed.
- Coordinated procedures for facility and equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
- Set and monitored product standards, examining samples of raw products and processing tests, to ensure the quality of all finished products.
- Supervised and motivated staff and management.
- Took responsibility from design and sales to cultist , production with 7 employees to lead , train and manage. I soon began to delegate shop responsibilities to able employees as I took on more of a sales , design and management position .
- Began to outsource doors and drawer boxes to Walzcraft and Conestoga to shift employees to other areas to keep up on production.
- Researched system 32 cabinetry and found to be vary efficient way to produce a cabinet that was cutting edge at the time in the Midwestern marked.
- Researched frameless production the purchased edgebanders as well as system drills for the production of system 32.
- Found a need for an outsourced cabinet line to supplement my production. Became the first American dealer for Décor Cabinets from Manitoba .
- Began to phase out production and switched to a showroom dealer selling mainly Décor frameless with Starmark and Burch among others.
- Closing my shop and selling off all my equipment concentrating on retail sales.
- After many busy and satisfying years as well as being profitable I was forced to close my doors after a outside salesman defrauded my for $125000 of which I never recovered.
- I was blessed with many years of loving to go to work each day as well as many night to continue the legacy that my father had built.
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- Worked as a shop foreman responsible for setting up a work schedule for 6 union cabinet makers doing architectural millwork.
- Reviewing shop drawing for materials and hardware as to make a stock billing and placing orders for production.
- Implementing work flow to employees based on each employee skills for each area of production.
- Became familiar with CNC routers and Micro velum production technics
- Did custom finishing to complete the production process.
- Did custom color matching for architects approval as well as custom mating for the VIP room at the John G Shedd aquarium in Chicago.
- Worked in the field as a service tech fixing all types of hardware .
- Touch up in the field on wood finishes .
- Solid surface fabrication and repair for such areas as Nurses stations and operating rooms.
- Installed frameless case goods in many banks including Chase.
- Worked as an independent designer and salesman for CNV Enterprises selling Shiloh and Aspect as well as Woodharbor .
- Worked as a wood finisher as an independent contractor for CNV enterprises doing high end architectural millwork
- Finish repair and touchup in the field as well as fine tuning doors drawers and drawer boxes as well as complete fine details before final inspection.
- Worked as a kitchen designer and salesman out of the showroom
- Helped to solve problems that we created either in house or by suppliers to help repair or complete project for final inspection.
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Resume Overview
School Attended
- Oswego Sr High
Job Titles Held:
- Sales/design/build/finish/install
- Owner
- Shop Foreman / sales and design within multi family housing
- Indipendant kitchen design / woodworking and finishing expert
- Designer sales as well as field technition for touch up and reworking cabinetry to complete installation
Degrees
- High School Diploma
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