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Stephen Jones

Muscle Shoals

Summary

Goal-oriented and encouraging leader who accomplishes and exceeds expectations in current and former occupations. As a production professional, participate in team building activities to transfer knowledge of processes to top performing teams to achieve optimal productivity. As well as, being an important liaison in supply chain for Toyota and Mazda vehicles. Utilizes 14 years of customer service, production, and manufacturing experience, proven leadership, and continuous improvement skills in a challenging position that provides the opportunity for new growth and advancement. Willing to gain higher learning to elevate your prestigious company.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SHEET FINISHING PRODUCTION OPERATOR

Constellium
04.2025 - Current

Stocker

Check the temperature on coils if they are to hot bring them to the storage location and put them in front of a fan to cool off. Put the same customer in the same storage location. Load the coil on the coil car. Dump all scrap from the start and end of the coil.


Take-Off

Load cores onto the madrel then tape the coil to the cores and line the coil up to specific lengths. When machine stops bring the coil off the madrel by using control panel. Tape the coil up and put the label on it. Cut 30 layers off the coil for the press operator to inspect the coil. Take the coil and load it on the upender to be ready to ship.


I also tape cores to ensure that we have enough for production needs.

PRODUCTION CONTROL SPECIALIST

YKTAL
01.2020 - 04.2025
  • Proceeded to elevate within YKTAL to PC, taking the experience from stamp and die to help regulate coil and raw material inventory.
  • Collaborate with the coil suppliers to oversee the production orders and ensure materials are ready for the stamping department.
  • Schedule and forecast burner demands and to support daily production.
  • Conduct meetings to coordinate with cross-functional teams on scheduling, planning, production activities and make adjustments as needed.
  • Responsible for ordering materials.

AUDITOR

North American Lighting
01.2013 - 01.2020
  • Company Overview: Within this company, the opportunity has been presented to engage in multiple positions.
  • Conduct collaborative process & data analysis, needs assessments and preliminary cost/benefit analysis in an effort to align teams, operations, processes and technology with overall site KPIs and improvement initiatives.
  • Collaborate with teams from various departments to conduct fact gathering and analysis sessions necessary to document and quantify identified operational excellence initiatives.

TEAM LEADER

North American Lighting
01.2013 - 01.2020
  • Maintain the scrap at the end of each shift while simultaneously planning to decrease the levels.
  • Complete daily production sheets including efficiency, scrap, utilization and downtime. Then, relay this information to upper management to propose new ideas to increase productivity.
  • Troubleshoot, problem solve, and communicate findings to the team until the root cause is found, and solutions can be implemented.

INVENTORY SPECIALIST

North American Lighting
01.2013 - 01.2020
  • Occasionally fill in as an operator, displaying mastery skills with the machinery, processes, and checking for defects.
  • Track supply levels ensuring assembly has enough to meet production expectations.
  • Record the number of units displaced from the warehouse to assembly in the inventory database.

OPERATOR I

Pilgrim’s Pride
01.2009 - 01.2013
  • Actively trained and worked in a progressive production environment utilizing physical, technical, and professional skills to execute responsibilities.
  • Actively participated in process improvement and problem solving activities executing continuous improvement.
  • Expert in processing product by using knives.

Education

Business Mgt. and Accounting -

Northwest Shoals Community College
Muscle Shoals, AL
01.2008

Skills

    PROFESSIONAL

  • Team Leadership
  • Manufacturing Productivity
  • Tool & Die Specialist
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Assembly Operations
  • Stamping Processes
  • Machine Troubleshooting
  • Quality Assurance
  • Forklift Operator
  • Process Improvement
  • ISO 9001
  • Audit Reports
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Training Specialist
  • TECHNICAL

  • MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Strong Excel Background
  • Internet Explorer
  • Excel Fundamentals Level(I-III)
  • Plex Inventory
  • PERSONAL

  • Team Player
  • Fast Learning
  • Attention to Details
  • Responsible
  • Problem Solving
  • Cross Functional

Hobbies and Interests

Traveling, Team Leadership, Manufacturing, Community Service, Group Supervising, Operations Management, Production, Process Audit, Innovative Projects

Certification

  • FOUNDATIONAL-LEVEL CERTIFIED LOGISTICS Northwest Shoals Community College 2021
  • MANUFACTURING SKILLS STANDARDS COUNCIL CERTIFICATION Northwest Shoals Community College 2020
  • LEADERSHIP SKILLS I-III North American Lighting 2019
  • WORK KEYS Northwest Shoals Community College 2019
  • READY TO WORK Northwest Shoals Community College 2019
  • EXCEL FUNDAMENTALS LEVEL(I-III) University of North Alabama 2018

Timeline

SHEET FINISHING PRODUCTION OPERATOR

Constellium
04.2025 - Current

PRODUCTION CONTROL SPECIALIST

YKTAL
01.2020 - 04.2025

AUDITOR

North American Lighting
01.2013 - 01.2020

TEAM LEADER

North American Lighting
01.2013 - 01.2020

INVENTORY SPECIALIST

North American Lighting
01.2013 - 01.2020

OPERATOR I

Pilgrim’s Pride
01.2009 - 01.2013

Business Mgt. and Accounting -

Northwest Shoals Community College