JOHNNY BLANTON
Panama City
Summary
Dedicated specialist with a strong background in signal support and operational management. Skilled in technical troubleshooting, quality assurance, and fostering team collaboration, contributing to enhanced productivity and customer service excellence across various environments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Department Manager
HOBBY LOBBY Retail Stores
Panama City
04.2024 - Current
- Trained and supervised staff, enhancing team morale and collaboration.
- Coordinated inventory management and stock replenishment to maintain optimal product availability.
- Facilitated communication between departments, streamlining workflow and reducing delays.
- Resolved customer inquiries and complaints with professionalism and care.
- Handled shift overstock, restocking, and inventory control.
- Collaborated with other departments to ensure smooth flow of operations across multiple teams.
Signal Support Systems Specialist
Army National Guard
Panama City
10.2020 - 10.2024
- Managed radio frequency equipment, enhancing signal transmission and reception reliability.
- Conducted maintenance on signal support systems, ensuring optimal performance and readiness.
- Coordinated signal support during field exercises to maintain operational readiness.
- Identified and troubleshot issues in signal support services, including radio, wire, and battlefield automated systems, improving overall functionality.
Construction Worker
Contracted
Panama City
01.2020 - 01.2024
- Assisted in site preparation and cleanup, ensuring safety compliance.
- Collaborated with team members to follow project plans accurately.
- Assisted electrical, plumbing and carpentry teams by completing basic and semi-skilled work.
- Notified supervisors of faulty operations and defective materials to improve production.
- Performed demanding physical work over extended periods and modeled positive attitude.
- Dug ditches or trenches, backfilled excavations or compacted and leveled earth to grade specifications.
- Installed Insulation.
Grocery Stocker
Grocery Outlet
Panama City
11.2020 - 09.2021
- Checked shelf labels for each item for pricing accuracy.
- Followed safety guidelines while working on ladders to reach higher shelves.
- Assisted customers in locating desired items within the store.
- Utilized material handling equipment like pallet jacks, carts, dollies, in order to move heavy boxes of merchandise throughout the store.
- Replenished perishable items and marked out expired items upon removing from shelves.
- Checked expiration dates regularly on perishable items such as dairy and produce.
Maintenance Technician
Walmart
Panama City
04.2020 - 08.2020
- Modified, maintained or repaired electronics equipment or systems to achieve proper functioning.
- Responded to problems with processing and production equipment and completed timely repairs.
- Inspected systems, diagnosed problems and developed optimal solutions.
- Completed proactive maintenance and repair actions to keep equipment operating at peak levels.
- Used information in technical diagrams, schematics and manuals to understand operations and make successful repairs.
Lumber Mill Worker
Forest Products
Harlan
05.2018 - 10.2019
- Dumped materials or opened flow gate to load mill.
- Assessed equipment operating reliability and performed routine repairs, adjustments and malfunction troubleshooting.
- Monitored processes and made adjustments to maintain product specifications and production volume.
- Set up, adjusted and monitored processing machinery.
Education
High School Diploma -
Harlan City High School
Harlan05-2013
Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Equipment Functional Improvement
- Signal Training
- Test Tools
- Error Troubleshooting
- Visual Inspections
- Control
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Color Selection
- Customer service
Timeline
Department Manager
HOBBY LOBBY Retail Stores
04.2024 - Current
Grocery Stocker
Grocery Outlet
11.2020 - 09.2021
Signal Support Systems Specialist
Army National Guard
10.2020 - 10.2024
Maintenance Technician
Walmart
04.2020 - 08.2020
Construction Worker
Contracted
01.2020 - 01.2024
Lumber Mill Worker
Forest Products
05.2018 - 10.2019
High School Diploma -
Harlan City High School