Manager Sales

Joseph L. Couture

**** ***** ***** **. – Sugar Land, Texas 77479

832-***-**** ******.*******@*******.***

General Manager / Director of Operations

A visionary manager with a proven history of turning around under-performing companies. Background

includes: Plant Management with responsibilities for P&L, including Manufacturing and Production Control

Management, Sourcing, Engineering, Project, Management, Estimating, facility closures and product line relocation.

Other areas of expertise involve Lean Manufacturing, Budget Development, Change Management, Forecasts, Strategic

Alliances, Troubleshooting, Project Management, Margin Improvement, Profit and Loss and Safety Compliance.

Career Accomplishments

TapcoEnpro Director of Operations (2009-Aug 2011)

• Responsibilities include Engineering, Estimating, Project Management, Purchasing,

Manufacturing, Shipping and Warehousing, Logistics, Safety

• Reduced “Front End” lead time by Seven days

• Implementation of CFD Engineering design software

• Relocated product line from Calgary Canada to Houston Texas

• Safety – 3 Million man hours without lost time

• Cost savings (hard) of $700K / Cost savings (soft) of $650K

• ISO Certified Facility

• Implementation of 6S and Lean Manufacturing processes

• Proven record team building and process improvement

• Change agent

TapcoEnpro Director of Manufacturing, (2009-2010

Includes all duties of Manufacturing Manager

• Implementation of Lean Manufacturing

• Responsibilities for two Manufacturing plants

• Purchased $3+ million of capital equipment

• Safety- 2 million man hours without lost time

TapcoEnpro Manufacturing Manager (October 2006- 2008)

• Management of Manufacturing, Production Control, Contracts and Materials for two Manufacturing facilities

• Reduced rework from .58/ hr. worked to .23/ hr. worked

• Increased On Time Delivery from 22% to 95% in twelve months

• Increased shipment dollars from an average of 1 million / month to 2 million/ month

• Reduced Headcount by 25% and Increased Operating Income, Shipment dollars and Efficiencies

• Increased Efficiency from 72% to 85%

• Completion of 5S and Lean events resulting in savings in excess of 500K annually

• Reduced Lost Time Accidents

• OSHA 511 Certified

• Purchased capital equipment in Excess of $3 million

Materials /Operations Support Manager (2006-Present)

TapcoEnpro

• Materials and shipments forecasting

• Support operations; production scheduling, shipping, receiving, warehousing, maintenance, procurement

• Implementation of On-Time-Delivery reporting

-Raised On-Time-Delivery from 22% to 76% in span of 4 months

• Development of Vendor Performance Matrix

-Raised Vendor On-Time-Delivery from 42% to 90% in span of 4 months

• Cost savings initiatives totaling 25 Implemented Cycle counting

• Negotiation of corporate contracts

• Implementation of labor reporting

• Implementation of 5S and Lean Manufacturing

• Manage direct reports in two separate facilities (Channelview and Houston)

Tyco Valves & Controls, Manufacturing Manager, Houston Facility (2005-2006)

• Forecasting of sales dollars, inventory and gross margins for business exceeding 80 million in annual sales

• Management of three shift manufacturing operation including machine shop, assembly, facility and machine

maintenance, manufacturing engineering, shipping, receiving and warehouse

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing

• Member of Executive safety committee

• Management of +200 people including budgets, operating income, variance reporting

• Six Sigma Projects generating in excess of 200K in annual savings

• Improved On Time delivery from 70% to 85%+

• Reduced past Due Backlog from 1.7M to 800K

Tyco Valves & Controls, Plant Manager, Harlingen Facility, (2004-2005)

• Commuted to Harlingen to manage facility; replaced existing plant manager, managed facility which had not

generated expected operating income, Turned plant around by: Increased efficiencies by 15%, Increased sales

by 10%, Increased gross margin by 15%, Reduced overtime by 20%, Reduced Headcount by 10%, Improved

On Time Delivery from 75% to 95%

• Forecast of sales dollars, inventory and gross margins for business exceeding 25 million in annual sales

• Management of Logistics

• Managed two shift operation including machine shop, assembly, facility and machine shop maintenance,

production control, procurement, manufacturing engineering, shipping, receiving, warehouse and quality

control

• Managed Production Control and Procurement

• Managed workforce of +150 employees including budgets, capital spending, operating income, variance

reporting

• Improved On Time Delivery performance from 70% to 93% and reduced past due backlog from 250K to less

than 50K

• Managed off-shore sourcing of components in China and India

• Six Sigma Green Belt Projects accounting for 100K in savings

Tyco Valves & Controls, Plant Manager, Prophetstown Illinois (2003-2004)

• Commuted from Houston to Illinois to manage facility.

• Turned plant around by: Increased efficiencies by 15%, Increased sales by 10%, Increased gross margin by

15%, Reduced overtime by 20%, Reduced Headcount by 10%, Improved On Time Delivery from 75% to

95%

• Forecast of sales dollars, inventory and gross margins for business exceeding 22 million in annual sales

• Managed workforce of +125 employees including budgets, capital spending, operating income, quality

control, safety and environmental

• Managed Production Control, Procurement and Logistics

• Closed Foundry and relocated all patterns

• Managed off-shore sourcing of components in China

Tyco Valves & Controls, Product Line / Manufacturing Manager, Stafford, Texas (1999-

2003)

• Relocated product line from Stephenville, Texas to Houston

• Managed Production Control, Procurement and Logistics, paint, machine shop, warehouse, receiving, spare

parts planning

• Managed workforce of +110 employees including annual budgets, capital expenditures, operating income,

quality control, warehouse and logistics

• Relocated acquired product line from California to Houston

• Improved on time delivery from 70% to 97%

• Reduced inventory by 15%

• Increased assembly and machine shop efficiencies by 20%

• Created cost saving of 30% through off-shore sourcing projects

FMC/Crosby Valve & Gage, Production Control / Logistics Manager, Stephenville, TX. (1996-1999)

• Relocated to Stephenville Texas facility after FMC acquired Crosby Valve

Crosby Valve & Gage,

• Production Control / Logistics Supervisor, Wrentham, Ma. (1981-1996)

• Purchasing / Commodities Manager

• Production Planner

Education

Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH. Bachelor of Science Degree

University of Phoenix, MBA

University of Phoenix Masters Program MAED (current) expected graduation 2012

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

Six Sigma Champion Certification

Lean Manufacturing and 6S

State Soccer Referee, State Instructor and State Assessor

OSHA 511 30 hour certification

Member ASSE Safety (Houston Chapter)

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