1. Paula Giordano
845-750-8073
16 Kelly Road
Saugerties, NY 12477
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Senior Program/Project Planner and MasterScheduler with supply chain management
experience in a variety of high tech industries including: aerospace & defense, automotive, and
commercial manufacturing.
 Skilled in full life cycle Master Scheduling of high profile programs/projects. Adept at
interfacing with Engineering, sourcing and qualifying new suppliers of raw materials and
components and assemblies, negotiating prices, terms and conditions and expediting
delivery.
 Knowledgeable in Kaizen, JIT, Lean Manufacturing and ISO standards and
methodologies.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2/16 – 9/16 Ceres Technologies, Saugerties, NY
Project Manager/Scheduler (contract assignment) for bench top xray units for the
metrology/spectrometry industry.
 Provided scheduling and planning for major and strategic programs.
 Reviewed project proposals to determine impact on schedule and resources.
 Provided analysis and project support to assigned programs. Analysis includes reviewing
scope and schedule performance.
 Developed schedules that included project phasing, milestones and critical relationships
between tasks as required to plan.
 Coordinated and visualized significant program activities. Analyzed trends, developed
reports, facilitated communications and provided feedback on project performances.
7/14 – 7/15 General Dynamics, Pittsfield, MA
MasterScheduler
 Master Schedule program and report capacity/manning issues to all leaders.
 Track all shortages of purchases and work with buyers to expedite components.
 Confirm all BOM's from engineering on daily basis and bring over from the MRP
interface to production planning.
 Managed all consumables on shop floor, created and maintain the expiration database of
all consumables.
 Analyzed, created and released all shop orders for production workers to maintain master
schedule.
 Maintain all Master Schedule integrity on a daily basis to ensure on time delivery, ship
yard deliveries, and all "rush" shipments to ship yard.
 Critically analyze all Engineering Instructions daily in a timely manner, cost efficient and
effective use of time.

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 Logically borrow and pay forward all components in schedule as ship yard needs change
daily. Critical path thinking of the issuing of material for borrows and paybacks for all
EI's that are needed in yard.
5/08 – 7/14 General Electric, Schenectady, NY
MPR Integration Material Planner (5/12-7/14)
 Material planner for Cell and Battery Assembly
 Manage all WIP in Oracle; do all transactions for battery and cell assembly. Manage
shortages and scrap transactions.
 Write standard work procedures for NCM process, Oracle transactions along with
versatility training matrix for shop employees.
 Purchase and manage all consumables for battery and cell assembly along with
purchasing spare parts on machinery.
 Create an excel spreadsheet for machine spare parts and set up spare parts room with
reorder point for Kanban system throughout the factory.
 Manage yields and scrap for battery and cell assembly.
 Update all production boards on daily basis for battery and cell assembly.
MasterScheduler (5/08- 4/12)
 Master program scheduling for Generator Engineering Resources NPI/NTI programs.
 Schedule all engineering resources globally throughout all of General Electric for all the
Project Managers and the Product Line Leaders.
 Created and maintained weekly Generator Report.
 Maintained time lines, critical paths and all purchase orders for managers along with
status on all projects, spend and time lines.
 Confirmed all PO#'s to suppliers along with receiving and billing on a weekly basis.
7/06 – 8/08 Railpower Hybrid Technologies
Senior Procurement Buyer
Railpower Hybrid Technologies - July 2006 to August 2008
 Developed, wrote and implemented procedures and processes along with training
schedules and documentation.
 Implemented a non-conformance database and RMA processes and written procedures.
 Instituted large cost reductions and process improvements, adding on new suppliers.
 Achieved major cost savings in paint and processes for locomotives ($100,000.00) and
new suppliers cost savings ($60,000.00).
 Established and maintained a Jit schedule of suppliers and supplier ratings in an Accpac
database.
1999 – 2006 ALCOA Fastening Systems
Planner/Buyer, Logistics, Inventory Coordinator

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 Manage, coordinate and purchase raw material inventory requirements by analyzing,
monitoring and expediting assigned commodities to support current and future production
 Identify suppliers, obtain quotes, monitor blanket orders, maintain via master schedule
for on-time and customer delivery and manage supplier quality via Manman and Oracle
database reports.
 Authorize production of components parts and prioritize production consequences.
 Develop and maintain assembly scheduler based on customer orders and production
forecasts.
 Maintain strong supplier relationships to quickly identify and solve delivery problems
guaranteeing production demands are met.
 Interface with all departments resolving problems and ensuring timely delivery, or
disposition of rejection notices.
 Communicate with Customer Service on delivery schedules and availability.
 Maintain ISO certification utilizing process to manage business.
 Perform selective procurement outsourcing for capacity constraints.
EDUCATION
Wachusett Community College - Gardner, MA
Associate’s Degree in Business
SKILLS / CERTIFICATIONS / TRAINING
 Radioactive Compliance
 APICS Certification
 Master Scheduling – Engineering Resources
 Project Planning
 Purchasing and Materials Management
 Supply Chain Management
 Inventory Control/Reduction – Cycle Counting
 Material Scheduling/Expediting
 Logistics Import
 Multi-level BOM
 Kaizen Lean Manufacturing
 Safety
SOFTWARE SKILLS
 Microsoft Project • Primavera
 Oracle • Maximo
 Copics • Manman
 Open Plan • Welcome Home
 Times • Filmmaker Pro
 Paradigm II • Acpac