Jeffrey A. Becotte
23 Partridge Road
Methuen, Massachusetts 01844
JeffreyBecotte@gmail.com
978.686-7478
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Shipping
Materials
Scheduling
Highly accomplished manager with extensive background coordinating
production, shipping, material handling, and customer service. Manage storage
of raw materials and goods to achieve optimum and efficient use of space and
ensure FIFO. Serve as primary contact with customers for weekly orders and
special needs and consistently stay ahead of schedule, avoiding customer down
time. Results-oriented, decisive leader with proven success in building
strong relationships with carriers, vendors, and all internal and external
departments.
Core Competencies
Time/Priority Management
Creative Problem Solving
Preventive Maintenance
Vendor/Carrier Negotiations
Kaizen and Team Building
OSHA Certified
Financial Planning
CPR/First Aid Certified
Mentoring and Coaching
Keyword Summary
dedicated logistics operations, customer delivery operations, distribution
management, load analysis, outbound transportation, workflow optimization
Professional Experience
SOUTHEASTERN CONTAINER, INC. - Hudson, NH, 2000-Present
Shipping Materials Team Coach / Shipping Department Manager
Schedule and coordinate delivery of the highest quality plastic blow-molded
bottles, on time and at the lowest possible freight costs to key
international customers such as Coca Cola.
Oversee and supervise activities of 25-member shipping department and
interact with plant personnel to monitor and control storage of all new
materials and finished products. Schedule production and materials usage and
raw material orders to maintain bottle inventories to meet customer
requirements. Coordinate with maintenance staff to effect preventive
maintenance and machine repairs. Maintain customer contact to monitor
delivery performance and report and address concerns with transportation
coordinator. Review and analyze freight variance reports to determine
adherence to budgetary goals. Lower customer costs by implementing key
projects for roll out of lighter pre-form.
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Manage full range of human resources activities including tracking employee
attendance and time off, appraising performance, and training staff.
Communicate with common carriers and company drivers to ensure timely and
cost-effective deliveries. Develop programs, policies, and procedures for
documenting defective material returns, poor trailer conditions, improper
loading techniques, and after-hours cancellations and adds. Interact daily
with production team coaches, quality assurance, and customer service to
guarantee proper safety measures, production requirements, and quality
procedures. Negotiate most favorable rates with freight carriers and scrap
material prices with recycling facilities. Oversee and carry out monthly
physical inventory of raw materials and dunnage. Created highly successful
sidel/blow molding operator incentive program that has been implemented
company-wide.
Key Achievements:
* Increased department productivity by 15% over six months and reduced
overtime to 75% below budgeted amount.
* Implemented team-of-the-month plaque and recognition program that grades
quality, efficiency, and scrap amounts and out of 12 months in 2003, shipping
team won 10 times.
* Significantly contributed to SEC-NH achieving all-time record of
800,000,000 bottles produced.
* Achieved excellent safety record with zero accidents in 2½ years.
* Turned around three dysfunctional teams by applying such effective coaching
techniques as Zapp!!, the journey to teams, kaizen events, who moved my
cheese, MBTI, and Socratic method.
* Took over position with high turnover and earned the respect and admiration
of carriers, customers, staff, and counterparts at company's seven other East
Coast plants.
* Developed teams that became the most productive in company's history
achieving such results as repeatedly producing more then 20 million
high-quality pet bottles, monthly.
* Rapidly advanced from Blow Molding Technician to Production Team Supervisor
to Shipping Department Manager.
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP./COMPAQ/HP - Andover, MA, 1995-1999
Logistics Receiver
Verified all parcels were received into laptop repair center in productive,
accurate, and professional manner.
Coordinated incoming orders by priority and handled customer service calls.
Assisted data entry staff key and print orders. Picked and signed for all
deliveries from Airborne, USPS, FedEx, and DEC carrier. Processed and
resolved all inbound and outbound mishaps and utilized a variety of problem
solving resources.
Key Achievement:
* Helped company save $50,000 annually by revising invoice form.
ADVANCED BUILDING SOLUTIONS (ABS) - Methuen, MA, 1994-1995
Asbestos Supervisor
Served as Safety Coordinator for asbestos removal project.
Managed all aspects of operations at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Scheduled labor and handled all documentation.
SHAW'S WAREHOUSE - Methuen, MA, 1990-1993
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Logistics Associate
Verified receipt and shipping of grocery loads for largest warehouse in New
England of major food/supermarket distributor.
Ordered products from nationwide meat, produce, and dairy houses. Printed
daily pick lists and assigned jobs to contracted personnel. Stocked inventory
on a daily basis and assisted with order picking.
Technical Proficiencies
Microsoft Office, Champs, Methos, Quantum, Crops, Lotus, and Adobe in Windows
XP Professional, Linux, and Mac OS