Production Coach

Southeast
US Army, E-7

Jim Freeze helped me understand the various skills I had to offer and how to articulate them verbally and on a resume. He also assured me that I was prepared to engage in a management role in the civilian world based on my experience and education. Jim contacted me about three weeks prior to starting terminal leave and asked me if I would be interested in a management position with Moen Inc. I interviewed for the position, and the rest is history.

Mike Wood was also an outstanding mentor. He was instrumental in preparing me for the interview and conducted a webinar that provided all the candidates with the ammunition necessary to be successful in the eight hour arduous panel interview. I was fortunate to have come in contact with Orion prior to my transition. Orion superseded my needs and played a critical role in my transition success story.

My current position is a Production Supervisor. Here at Moen, we translate supervisor into coaches. The Production Coach is no different that the responsibilities of an NCO or Officer in the military. I am responsible for the health and welfare of my associates and hold them accountable to production standards. The parallels of management in the civilian sector and military leadership are fundamentally identical. Instead of leading soldiers, I now provide leadership to eighteen civilian employees. As leaders in the military, we are hard-wired to problem solve and make things happen while providing purpose, direction, and motivation. These are skills employers are willing to pay top dollars for.

I was fortunate to land a job on my first interview after transitioning out of the Army. While I didn’t attend any Orion hiring conferences, it was the recruiters at Orion that added value to my interviewing techniques and provided me the information I needed to blow my interviewers away. Orion not only placed me in a position with the #1 faucet company in the world, but also prepared me to get where I am now