Mike E. Email & Phone Number

East Hanover, New Jersey

Team Engineering Molding Manager, from concept to PPAP production ready of complex Molding programs. Directing team with hands on background with tool building, Mold Design, Molding, successful Managing experience to achieve department and program goals.

United States

*Direct Global Mold & Part estimating for molded opportunities and established Mold & Molding standards from customer 1st contact to Program Award and PPAP Approval. *Provide concurrent engineering & management support and program feasibility reviews with new and targeted customers that lead to more manufacturable (and profitable) production molding opportunities. *Establish tooling/production & molding concepts for new project awards. *Direct Bi-Link Mexico team P & L and GP% targets and implement on-site cost savings Lean improvements and Tooling and Molding Process improvements. *Support TS and ISO standards throughout Engineering and Manufacturing. *Directed Molding Prototype startup in Bloomingdale IL and provide molding machine setup training. *Provide on-site global (China, Mexico, US) technical trouble-shooting support for Tooling & Molding. *Direct internal and external resources as necessary to drive on-time, in-budget completion & ramp-up of new molding projects. *Developed and Implement Mold design and Mold build standards, checklists, shipping molds preparations, Mold Design to Molding procedures and using scientific molding. *Provide training/structure for Bi-Link Project Engineering, Estimating, Molding Manufacturing staff and to support successful program management of molding projects to be profitable. *Advise/Direct all facilities on capital equipment selection/purchases for new programs, replacement equipment and advise new manufacturing manufacturing processes. *New Mold Tooling Supplier procurement for North America: US & China suppliers for Injection Molds, Automation, Plastic Materials and Components. *Direct & developed with structured documentation production ready team, to improve “time to production” and manufacturing to Quote.*Attend regularly Design and Manufacturing trade shows for new processes & Equip. *Certified Autodesk Moldflow 11/2015, *Certified Arburg Molding Setup & Sologica software 09/2013,

United States

*Responsibility for Corporate New Business Opportunity Development and Advanced Engineering for 5 manufacturing facilities. Corporate Estimating new and existing job costing. *Supervised 5 estimators and 2 job cost analysis personal for all 5 Manufacturing Plants globally. *Develop manufacturing processes for Molding, Insert Molding, Automation, Stampings and Tooling. *Customer Technical Sales support and advance engineering and molding processes. *New Business Supplier procurement for: Molds (US & China), Dies, Automation, plastic materials and components. *Direct department activities to aid Customers and prospective customers in the design of new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques and develop test procedures. *Analyze technology trends, human resource needs and market demand to plan projects. *Forecast operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget request *Provide corp. management Estimating performance and trend charts per TS. *Interact with management, production, and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility and cost effectiveness for new and existing job orders. *Developed process tooling & Asm to win business opportunity from Diamond Electric (Japan) for a $2 million automated insert Molding Coil to Box In-Line assembly, for an Automotive Pencil Coil connector. *Established and monitor TS audit requirements for Estimating and Sales. *2007, Sensata Automotive Supplier Award *2007, Awarded 2 million Assembly Program & Developed Sales to 5 million within 2 years *2005, Featured Article in Metal Forming Magazine “Quoting Worth Noting” *Left Company 1 year prior it closing.

Chicago

+Supplied High Quality On-Time CAD Mold Designs, basic part to very complicated mechanical Molds. +Directed Customers in highly technical Engineering Projects, interacting with their customers, suppliers and internal departments.+Monitored and support outside designers.+Accountable for Profits and establish new corporate goals.+Part Design/Engineering development in 3d CAD formats using AutoCad and/or Mechanical Desktop.+Sales, Consulting, Program Development and Customer manufacturing lean cost savings support.+Web Design service: Small to complicated web sites.

Schaumburg, Il.

+ Responsibility for Engineering, New Tooling, Molding and Mold Estimating, Molding & Tooling P&L, Molding Manufacturing, Project Managers. Supervised 8 managers for both Tooling & Molding facilities locally.+ Develop New Customers, Technical Sales, Program Management, and Engineering.+ Developed manufacturing processes for Molding, Automation, Stampings, Mold Tooling and good lean practices throughout tooling and molding facilities.+ Monitor & Source New Mold Building supplier procurement.+ Forecast and Monitor operating costs for Engineering, Tooling and Molding departments and prepare quarterly P/L and new budget reports.+ Established and Implemented Lean Manufacturing with Molding and New Tooling departments.+ Implemented New Mold Building 2nd shift, decreasing lead times and increased profits.+ Interact with management, production, and Sales staff to determine engineering feasibility, manufacturing processes and cost effectiveness for new and existing jobs. + Improved Molding annual sales 250% over 1 year and increased profit margins: New Customers awards and implemented Molding Job costing.+ Molding division sold, left company prior it being sold.

Plainfield, Il.

+ Responsible for multiple departments consisting of 22 people; Project Engineering, Estimating, Mold Design, Production Toolroom, Sampling, Document Control and New Business Procurement for Tooling.+ Developed manufacturing processes for estimating Molding and Tooling. + Monitor and establish goals for continuous improvement.+ New Mold Building supplier procurement and Production, Tooling and Molding problem solving.+ Production, Tooling and Molding problem solving+ Project / Account Manager for Hitachi Automotive; Developed from new to $5 million account within 2 years. Business trip to Japan to sale and win a $2 million insert molding automated line for Air Flow Sensor.+ Developed & Implemented Production ready team within my departments and established Hand Shake documentation agreement with Production, to make sure molds and all tooling related was ready for production. Improved sample trials to production, costs, timing and training.+ Hitachi awarded Plainfield Molding Supplier of the Year in 1993 and brought sales to 6 million.+ Internal Quality Circle representative for Engineering and Tooling.+ Hired as Chief Mold Designer for 2 years then promoted to Engineering Manager in 1988.+ Developed and Implemented Production ready team and improved Molds ready for production.

Roselle, Il.

+ Mold and Part Designs from simple to very difficult high production insert molding molds+ Supervised Mold and Part Designers.+ Customer Sales development and Consulting. + Customer manufacturing development support+ Responsible for 2 In-House Mold Designs and outside Designs support.+ Product development and Design+ Awarded Product Molding Assembly and managed outsourced both tooling and molding Asm.