Paola Quesada Fuentes
Harmony,FL
Summary
Passionate, strategic, and detail-oriented Project Manager with 7+ years of experience looking for a project management position to utilize outstanding organizational, time management, planning, and problem-solving skills to support the overall mission.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Planner
Corning Optical Communications LLC
05.2023 - Current
- Oversees how stocking plans are defined and executed
- Lead and provide expertise for the day-to-day dispatch of customer orders on the floor and in WMS and ERP systems
- Coordinates with project management on job issuing and material status
- Troubleshoot inventory variances through paperwork audits and floor production audit
- Daily reporting and correspondence to internal and external customers including carriers
- Responds to all internal and external customer requests and concerns
- Support continuous improvement to raise efficiencies
- Assure finished goods & raw material components are processed and delivered accordingly, timely & without interruptions to Customer
- Assists with root cause analysis and inventory discrepancies
- Ensure that materials in various stages of shipping and receiving are pulled and delivered to internal and/or external customers
- Maintains inventory accuracy by investigating daily incorrect inventory transactions and actively supports the inventory maintenance program
- Perform cycle counts and other audits as required
- Ensure shipments are processed per customer requirements
- Special project assignments as required
- Worked directly with production personnel to resolve production scheduling issues and conflicts.
- Prioritized schedules to meet project goals and overall customer satisfaction.
- Managed successful day-to-day operations of projects by maximizing productivity from available resources.
- Engaged in both long and short-term project planning, strategizing for on-time, high-quality deliverables.
- Assisted clients in making beneficial and strategic decisions regarding investments, low-cash financing and sourcing overseas partners.
- Evaluated existing plans, processes and events planning services to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Created detailed timelines and budgets for events to meet all deadlines.
- Trained and supervised event staff to complete tasks on time.
Project Manager
Comtech Systems Inc
08.2018 - 11.2022
- Responsible for managing projects, tasks, and contract deliverables to ensure they are within budget and on time.
- Identify project risks and work with contracts, procurement, operations, engineering, marketing, and suppliers to resolve.
- Review and approval of contract modifications.
- Compile project status reports for management team as well as customers.
- Support forecasting, tracking and review project expenses to incluide ODCs and travel.
- Serves as liaison between customer and various company departments single point of contact between customer and management.
- Work with global components suppliers to resolve quality issues impacting profitability or delivery schedule.
- Provides quotes and solutions to customers.
- Responsible for project inventory as well as customer furnished equipment and materials.
- Leads and develops warehouse personnel.
- Active in hiring process for field service representatives (FSR) in various CONUS/OCONUS locations.
- Creation and set up of projects in Costpoint to include customer billing.
- Coordinate tasks and communications activities in collaboration with program management and Government leadership.
- Assisted Facility Security Officer (FSO) and managed facility access for all employees and visitors.
- Support coordination of virtual and in-person meeting and events including scheduling and logistic.
- Submit, Receipt and acceptance invoices through DoD WAWF.
- Generate and capture documents in order to support DoD.
- Managed the procurement process for project related orders for a staff of four buyers.
- Assisted in the hiring, and on-boarding process for new hires in supply chain.
- Streamlined procurement processes after a company merger.
- Generated purchase requisitions for complex equipment purchases.
- Managed inventory for project material.
- Documented workplace safety standards.
Coding and Billing Processor
E5 Workflow
11.2016 - 05.2018
- Set up customer accounts in company billing system to accurately send bills and apply payments received.
- Accepted customer credit card payments over phone, set up billing arrangements and processed recurring payments to keep accounts current.
- Researched and resolved routine billing questions and discrepancies and escalated non-standard issues to higher level personnel.
- Maintained contact with customers to research billing questions and furnish copies of support documentation.
Accountant and Project Manager
Praxair Industrial Gas
03.2008 - 09.2015
- Created policy and procedure manuals for international accounts payable.
- Audited policy and procedures for accounts receivable, treasury, and branch/bank transactions.
- Reduced aging of receivables from an average of 87 days down to 63 days.
- Established credit criteria for new customer accounts resulting in a reduction of bad debt by 75%.
- Processed invoices for payment for both domestic and international suppliers.
- Prepared various financial reports such as pre-close, close, balance analysis of antiquities for monthly reporting to corporate management.
- Reconciled account statements with internal systems.
- Monitored exchange rates daily for ensuring best rates when making foreign payments.
- Monitored bank statements, and credit card statements for 7 facilities to ensure proper reporting and processing.
- Process payroll, interim requirements such as bonus checks, off cycle payments, and adjustments.
- Manage government taxation and reporting requirements.
- Manage wage attachments.
- Access current and historical information online, so that you can quickly respond to employee questions about payroll information.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration – Finance
Colegio Universitario De Cartago
Cartago2004
Skills
- Asset Management
- Contracts
- Customer Relations Leadership
- Inventory Management
- General Ledger Accounting
- Procurement
- Production Planning
- Team Leading
- Effective Communication
- Budget Administration
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Additional Information
- JDE Edwards
- Costpoint
- Primavera
- SAP
Timeline
Planner
Corning Optical Communications LLC
05.2023 - Current
Project Manager
Comtech Systems Inc
08.2018 - 11.2022
Coding and Billing Processor
E5 Workflow
11.2016 - 05.2018
Accountant and Project Manager
Praxair Industrial Gas
03.2008 - 09.2015
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration – Finance
Colegio Universitario De Cartago
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