John Sutton Email & Phone Number

United States

Plymouth, Michigan, United States

Troy, MI

• Sales team technical specialist for product development
• Handled incoming new business inquires – create initial BOM, tooling lists, gage lists, purchased components
• Worked directly with customers, sales team, business development and internal experts to complete quotes
• Create and submit cost break down (CBD) for new business quotes and scope changes
• Track the profitability of programs to meet commercial targets
• Verify and manage purchase orders from customer as well as communicate with finance on proper invoicing of all purchase orders received

Troy, Michigan

• Team technical specialist for product development working directly with customers, suppliers, sales, and design
• Customers included: GM, FCA, Nissan, Honda, VW
• Corporate technology lead: ChoicePlate™ – two-shot injection molding and selective plating project
• Organize and lead all cross-functional team (CFT) meetings for ChoicePlate™
• Technical development lead and CFT member: ThermoPlate™ – high heat plateable grade polymer project
• Team product feasibility lead for injection molding and tooling strategy set up for new products

Troy, Michigan

• Primary single source of contact for all engineering issues associated with each program assigned.
• Provide engineering feasibility and propose concepts to our customer during the theme and product development stage.
• Lead Program Development Team (PDT) meetings regarding their specific commodity.
• Lead PDT reporting to management and customer, including, but not limited to, peer-reviews, craftsmanship, quality improvements, manufacturing and sales.
• Utilize engineering disciplines (FMA, DFMEA, QFD, DVPR, APQP, PPAP etc.) and prepare necessary documentation.
• Prepare/edit Engineering Product Specs, Participate in Test Equipment design, oversee product testing, validation, redesign if required and final production sign-off.

Auburn Hills, MI

• Lead for product definition, drawings, overseeing prototype builds and test scheduling
• Program liaison between customer, design, manufacturing, purchasing, commercial and suppliers
• Responsible for tracking all product updates and updating bill of material and drawings accordingly
• Responsible for writing all requests for quote (RFQ) and requests for purchase (RFP) regarding the product
• Extensive work with international team in Mexico during program launches and life cycle support
• International travel for product support during program launches

Zeeland, MI

• Responsible for production line start up, shut down and training
• Responsible for performing part quality checks and production line repairs
• Assist in new production line PLC programming
• Experience with inline circuit board component placement and plastic over molding
• Lead engineer for laser cutting and programming
• Continuous improvement projects to increase quality, product throughput and cost reduction

Painesville, OH

• Experience with 5S and Kaizen philosophy when setting up new work cells
• Experience working with outside vendors to research and quote new manufacturing equipment
• Assisted facilities team with implementation of computer maintenance management system (CMMS) for tracking preventative maintenance
• Experience writing capital purchasing requests for large equipment purchases
• Lead time studies on lost product and product sustainability within the investment casting process