John W. Hoyt

**** ******* ******

Kalamazoo, MI *9009

Cell; 269-***-****, e-mail; acuzrw@r.postjobfree.com

Home phone/fax; 269-***-****

May 28, 2016

Anderson Recruiting Associates

Position: Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Hickory NC

Greetings,

In response to your ad for a Manufacturing Engineer, as listed on Careerjet.com. I am submitting my resume for your revie. I’m confident I possess the requirements you are seeking in a leader and manager. I have a proven track record in achieving the results you are seeking.

I am seeking a permanent position that will enable me to be instrumental in proactively affecting profits and growth. I am a “hands on, A type” leader and manager that thrives on initiating changes, making things happen, and getting goals accomplished. I believe in empowering my personnel to take responsibility for their own actions, and be accountable for their results while working in a team environment. I know I would be a valuable asset to your client as their Manufacturing Engineer, and would consistently initiate and implement continuous improvements for increased profits, decreased costs and successful growth of the corporation.

Therefore, I am forwarding a copy of my resume to you for review. After you have the chance to peruse this information, I would be available to meet with you at your convenience to discuss my being of benefit to your corporation. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Respectfully,

John W. Hoyt

John W. Hoyt

5707 Swallow Avenue

Kalamazoo, MI 49009

Cell; 269-***-****, e-mail; acuzrw@r.postjobfree.com

Home phone/fax; 269-***-****

Experience

2015- Special project for the Department of Defense, (Classified)

2016

2014- pH Molding, Inc.

2015 General Manager/COO

Member of the Board of Directors

This was a new start up plastic injection molding corporation. I was responsible for the development, design, and implementation of all aspects and departments of the plant operations for the three divisions of this new company. I was solely responsible for finding and contracting with all equipment suppliers, finding and acquiring a plant facility, designing the plant layout for all three divisions, developing all systems, and acquiring the necessary personnel for plant modification and production start up

2007 - Robert Bosch Corporation

2013 Senior Tooling Engineer (April, 2007 – November, 2013) ***

As Senior Tooling Engineer, I was responsible for purchasing and project management of all the prototype and production molds for the Albion, Indiana division of the corporation. This included researching, establishing relationships and contracting with existing and potential mold shops in North America and Asia. This position was “Tooling Manager” when I accepted it, but the title was changed when the company structure was reorganized. Same position, different title.) All work was Tier 1 & 2.

Major Accomplishments: (Highlights) Reduced number of samples to PPAP from >10 to 2.25; increased number of molds completed on time from 78% to >101%; reduced mold construction cost by >10% (Cost savings January – October, 2013 = $425,000).

Molding Manager (October, 2004 – April, 2007)

As Manager of the Molding Department ($28,000,000 budget) of an $186,000,000 division of the Robert Bosch Corporation, I was responsible for all daily operations of plastics production for this plant. (Staff of 5 direct and 15 indirect reporting personnel.)

Major Accomplishments: Reduced machine downtime from 14% to 4.9%. Reduced scrap by 80% within 18 months. Reduced mold changeover time from 1.3 hours to less than 15 minutes. Increased machine efficiencies from 75% to 94%. Installed quick change, single use, end of arm tooling (EOAT) for all robots. Initiated and implemented

a system of mold pre-heat stations. Motivated my team to continuously develop Kaizen ideas – we were at 400+% of our goal.

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2001 - Performance Plastics

2004 President

Consulting for plastics corporations in acquisitions, management, production, processing, sales, engineering, materials, quoting/costing, equipment, training, etc. (all aspects of management and operational functions).

Major Accomplishments (Sampling of completed projects):

Results of consulting for Eimo, Inc., a multi-national, $100,000,000 plastics corporation: Increased their machine utilization 12.3%, reduced mold set-up time by 60%, reduced absenteeism 46%, updated their material handling system, instituted an automation initiative in the factory. (4 Month project resulted in savings of $1.2 million)

Results of consulting for EPI, a $29,000,000 plastics corporation: Increased profits 25%; increased machine utilization 12%; increased efficiencies 9%; upgraded the plant floor quality inspection procedures. (4 Month project)

1976 - Great Lakes Molding, Inc.

2001 Vice President/General Manager

As Vice President/General Manager of this $10,000,000, plastics injection molding corporation employing 104 personnel, I had total responsibility for the profitability and overall operations of the company. I am a “hands-on” leader and manager, and therefore have direct, personal experience in all staff and operational departmental areas.

Qualifications:

* Hands on experience in numerous departmental areas, both staff and operations:

- Vice President/General Manager (8 Reporting)

- Finance, P&L, Budgets, Financial Statements

Plant Operations/Lean Manufacturing, 5S, RJG, Poke Yoke, Kaizen/Continuous Improvement, Automation, Preventative Maintenance and Maintenance, Cost Reductions, Lean Mfg.

Molding Press Speciation’s & Purchasing, PDCA

- Engineering, Program/Project Management, Design, Tooling, R&D

Moldflow, APQP, DOE, FMEA, PFMEA, Gage R&R, Error Proofing.

- Cost Estimating (Activity Based Costing)

- Production Control, TPS, Kanban, MRP, SAP

- Quality Assurance, TS16949/ISO9001, ISO14001, SPC, Cost of Quality,

CMM

- Sales, Marketing/Advertising and Public Relations, 3D Printing

- Human Resources, OSHA, MSDS

-Purchasing, Suppliers Quality Audits, Tooling & Molding

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Responsible for 5 multi-site operating divisions of Great Lakes Molding, Inc.

Tech-Matic, a fully automatic molding operation with 12 machines, with only 2

associates/shift, machines from 75 tons to 350 tons.

Micro-Matic, a fully automatic molding operation with 14

Molding machines from 22 tons to 55 tons, with only 2associates/shift

IMS (Insert Molding Specialties), an operation to do plastic insert type molding

over metal or non plastic inserts. (40 ton to 125 ton machines)

Eagle Deco, a full service assembly and decorating facility.

Eagle Mold, a full service machine shop with CAD/CAM CNC capabilities.

In-depth experience in the following industries:

Aerospace

Appliance

Automotive, Tier 1, 2, & 3

Consumer and Industrial Products

Electrical

Furniture

Hardware, HVAC, Plumbing

Lawn and Garden

Medical, Pharmaceutical and Dental (Class 100,000 clean room)

Packaging

Facility development experience:

Assembly and decorating facility – Greenfield development

Injection molding facility – Brownfield development (2)

Injection molding facility – Greenfield development

Warehouse addition – Greenfield development

Tool shop – Brownfield development

Tool shop – Greenfield development

Injection molding facility office expansion

In depth knowledge with the following plastics materials: ABS, Acetal, Acrylics, Nylon, Polycarbonate, Noryl, Polyesters, PPS; as well as the commodities resins, PP, PS, PE. High volume of usage of filled Nylon and Polyesters; all materials molded in colors.

Experience producing parts from .1 gm. to 5 lbs., including many appearance parts requiring class “A” surfaces for painting or plating.

I have constructed over 2,500 molds and over 600 prototype molds from <10 lbs. to >20,000 lbs. In addition I have followed up on tools being constructed in Canada, Germany, China, and Taiwan. Handled as many as 32 molds at once.

Familiar with molding machines to 1250 tons.

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Over 20 years experience working with Japanese transplant companies. I had eight (8) current Japanese customers, all tier 2, and were working with another 12 on new projects. Worked personally with all levels of personnel, from Chairman of the Board to line engineers.

Major Accomplishments (Sampling, not inclusive):

Increased gross profit margins 250% in 19 months.

My introduction of Lean Manufacturing resulted in a 54% reduction in personnel from 104 to 48 employees; 31% payroll reduction; employee turnover reduction from 85% to 2.5%; Worker’s Compensation cost reduction from $217,000 to $15,000/year.

My “Transformation to Lean Manufacturing” program consisted of 61 projects with a target completion date of 3 years was accomplished in 2 years, 9 months, lowered internal costs, drastically increased profits, from 10.85% to 28.9%, quality, and delivery.

Designed and implemented a charting system to validate all functions in the plant. This system included methods for tracking each person, shift and operation. The program resulted in increased, more efficient production; higher quality for our customers; more efficient shipping and receiving; and more consistent, efficient preventative maintenance of all equipment.

Initiated and implemented a new IT system combining administration, accounting, and all of manufacturing.

Initiated and formed a joint venture with a German Corporation.

Safety, 528 days of a 3 shift/day operation with no accidents resulting in safety awards from the State of Michigan.

Wrote a set of mold design and construction standards to create construction uniformity, increase mold performance, and increase mold longevity. These standards are now used by many tool shops and customers. I conduct a yearly standards review with all of my tooling suppliers. I have a rating system to show the performance on each mold as well as each tool shop, overall yearly performance rating. In addition I have a (7) part rating system for each mold/each tool shop to give an overall rating, which will reflect as the goal for the next year.

Experience with plastic molds, from design & building, to fully operational, always targeting a fully automatic cycle.

Increased on-time delivery from 92.5% to 99.65 (+7.7%).

Raised customer satisfaction rating by 20% (7.7 to 9.24) in 2 years.

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Established methods and standards for PPAP in 3 mold samples or less;

1st year 82%

2nd year 92.4%

3rd year 95.15%

Previous Experience – Includes management and design positions with Shakespeare, Inc. (Tooling Manager), Hoffman Industries (Designer)

Education – BSME, Ferris State University, Big Rapids MI

Affiliations -- United States Army, & Michigan National Guard

Rank of Major, Battalion Operations Officer (Inactive)

Medal for Valor Recipient, Michigan National Guard

Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Senior Member

Kalamazoo County Economic Development Commission

Kalamazoo Area Academic Achievement Program (KAAAP) Mentor

Hobbies -- Drag racing – Owner & driver of a AA/Fuel Altered

Motorcycles - Designing & building custom motorcycles and riding

Travel

References -- Available upon request.

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