1. Eric N. Hitchcock
3865 French Fields Lane
H-(704) 456-7937
W-(980) 236-5880
E-Mail Address: eric.hitchcock@electrolux.com
Experienced project manager with excellent problem solving skills seeks opportunities for continued career
development.
Education
Illinois State University, Normal, IL Lincoln College, Lincoln, IL
M.B.A. Program (no degree conferred) Associate of Arts Degree, May 1982
Bachelor of Science Degree, May 1985
Major in Industrial Technology
Minor in Business Administration
Professional Training
- Electrolux Leadership Training I, May, 2012
- Electrolux Project Management Training, May, 2008.
- Rapport Leadership Training, Dec 2007.
- Vickers Hydraulic training, June 1995
- Eureka Setup Technician Internship program, April 1995
- GE Share The Knowledge
- DC Wilson Setup Training
- Paulson Injection Molding Training
- Training for Quality & Productivity in Injection Molding, ISU
- Technicomp SPC training, December 1991
- Professional Supervision Skills, Oct 1993
- Management Problems of the Technical Person, December 1994
Work Experience
Electrolux North America (formerly: The Eureka Company), Bloomington, IL, 1987 - Present
Product Marketing ManagerC&A (Current Position)
- Technical specification manager for C&A items to be developed for Aftermarket sales.
- Manage all new product launches with cross functional teams to meet launch deadlines.
Quality Manager – Central Vacs
- Duties include but not limited to, working globally with Sales, Marketing, Product Care,
Quality, Configuration, Engineering, Logistics, Customer Service, Sourcing and Suppliers, to
identify, contain, correct and improve both design and manufacturing issues in regards to all
Central Vac products for Electrolux.
Project Engineer/Project Manager
- Manage projects & product lines in Product Care department.
Managerof Plastics Manufacturing
- Managed all aspects ofthe Injection Molding department at the Eureka Company.
Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor
- Coordinated & supervised the projects and day-to-day operations of the Manufacturing
Engineering department.
- Coordinated projects in all departments of manufacturing.
Industrial Engineer/Assistant Business Unit Manager - Injection Molding Department
- Assumed Business Unit Manager duties in absence of Business Unit Manager.
- These duties included supervision of all Business Unit employees including Unit
Coordinators, Operators, Tool Room & Maintenance personnel, and Engineers.
- Other responsibilities included: production requirements, quality, employee &
over time requirements, communication with production schedulerto coordinate machine load
capacity.
- Capital equipment justification, purchasing,installation and training
- Molding machine maintenance supervisor; coordinated,maintained, and scheduled preventative
maintenance.
- Assisted setup personnelin troubleshooting of15 injection molding machines, sizes 110 to 700 T
- Knowledge of injection mold components and design.
- Capital and expense budgeting responsibilities

2. - Facilitated team building meetings within department
Eric N. Hitchcock
Industrial Engineer/Assistant Business Unit Manager (continued)
- Cincinnati Milacron and Toshiba molding machine experience.
- Implemented cost reduction measures, optimized cycle times and operations
- Automation experience
- Procured repair parts and supplies as needed
- Dealt with outside vendors on a daily basis
- Coordinated training classes
- Previous positions: Light Assembler, Lab Technician, Time Study Engineer, Process Engineer
- Coordination of some plant maintenance
Major Projects
- Lead Role in successfulimplementation and maintaining of the Arm & Hammer and 3M projects.
Including all aspects of the development, releasing, testing and documentation for all Bags, Belts
& Filters.
- Moved Multiple Assembly Lines to China for Cost Savings, A6, Gamma, Genesis
- Responsible for many major Cost Reduction initiatives. ie. Motor Project Implementation, Omega
Material cost reductions,etc.
- Currently in charge of Product Care Cost Reduction initiatives.
- Worked on IPDP Process as Project Manager on Projects, Athena,Genseis II, including cost
estimates, meeting checkpoint timelines, etc.
- Installed production monitoring systemand implemented SPC capabilities
- Coordinated installation and training of personnelon the Mighty Mite Assembly Line, including
the automated stations.
- Optimized secondary operations by successfully moving operations internal to cycle
- Part of team that has increased departmental productivity 20%
- Implemented PM program that has resulted in a drop in unplanned machine downtime 100-150
hours per quarter
- Reduce departmental variable costs by lowering energy consumption, packaging costs,
changeovertimes, maintenance time, and fewer operations.
- Continuously investigating ways to reduce scrap, lower inventory, and improve processes.
- Working with material handling to reduce waste material through sale of scrap
- Eliminated downtime due to running out of material in hoppers
- Involved in many new graphics projects,including process selection and tooling
- Member of various new product core teams.
- Member of MRP implementation team
Manufacturing Skills -
- Injection molding processing
- Experienced with hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- Very proficient at MATTEC production monitoring system
- UNISYS mainframe industrial application programs
- Hot stamping and heat transfer plastic decorating systems
- Experienced with pick and place robots for injection molding
Computer Skills
- Proficient with JD Edwards, MRP system
- Familiar with UG, Pro-E
- Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access & Powerpoint)
- LOTUS Notes (e-mail)
- Windowss
- Microsoft Project, Quicken
Activities and Interests
- NCWHS BoosterClub, member of Football & Baseball Fundraising Committee’s.
- Coached youth soccer,softball, baseball, basketball and football.
- Special Olympics
- Collecting sports memorabilia
- Family activities, camping, hiking, fishing, outdooractivities.