Daniel Amato Interview

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Daniel Amato Interview

• Sean Amirault

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Introduction

• Daniel Amato
• BSE in Industrial Engineering (2007)
• General Electric (GE)
• Intern at GE

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General Electric

• General Electric is a large global company that
  is involved in the manufacture and production of
  thousands of products and components.
• Corporate Office New York
• Worlds Second Largest Company
• Organized by Thomas Edison in 1890.

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Interview

• Daniel Amato Graduated from Mercer University
  School of Engineering with a BSE in Industrial
  Engineering in 2007.
• Became an Intern at GE in the Summer of 2005
• 3 Summer rotations
• Part of Operations Management Leadership Program
  (OMLP)
• Professional Title Material Resource
  Planner/Buyer

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• Did the internship help you with your career?
• Most definitely, allowed me to network and build
  relationships and get my foot in the door of a
  great company.
• Did it lead to your job?
• Yes. At GE, the company specifically aims to
  hire those interns that demonstrate good work
  ethic and job performance. In fact, about 70 of
  people who get direct hire positions out of
  college are from the internship pipeline.

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• Did your internship increase your staring salary?
  
• Its impossible for me to know since they dont
  really disclose that information, but I am fairly
  sure that it positively impacted my salary.
• Do you use statistics on a regular basis?
• Not in this role, but I know that I will be
  expected to in future roles.
• Do you travel with your job?
• Yes, for training related activities.

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• Was this job your first choice and do you enjoy
  it?
• Yes, it is a fast paced job, involving lots of
  interaction, which is right down my alley.
• What is the Atmosphere of your job?
• Manufacturing-based. The people have good
  attitudes, are easy to work with, and appreciate
  when you work hard. There is a lot of positive
  reinforcement and I feel thats what gets me
  through the high stress, fast paced job.

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• What does your job entail?
• I have two sets of responsibilities here, one as
  an OMLP and one as a MRP/Buyer in Facilities
  Maintenance. As an OMLP, I am required to get
  certified in APICS, Six Sigma, as well as take
  in-depth courses in Manufacturing Finance,
  Leadership, and Safety. As an MRP/Buyer, I have
  a three-tiered work plan. My first
  responsibility is buying parts for down machines
  that are responsible for making parts for the Gas
  Turbines. My second is to buy parts for work
  orders throughout the plant requiring material
  that we do not have in stock and my third is to
  keep our stockroom fully stocked by reordering
  necessary materials.

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• What is your typical day like?
• On a typical day, I spend a lot of time working
  with suppliers as well as technicians to
  determine what parts are needed, spending
  anywhere from 1,000 to 100,000 a day to keep
  the plant running. I also am in charge of
  tracking our budget and perform several projects
  to improve the processes in our work area.

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• What do you wear to work?
• Either jeans and a polo shirt or khakis and a
  polo/button down shirt.
• What aspects of Industrial Engineering do you
  work with, if any?
• Lean and Six Sigma are both heavily used at GE,
  as well as information learned in courses like
  Manufacturing Practices and Quality Control.
  Having a job in manufacturing is pretty much
  entirely ISE based, so a lot of what I learned in
  school applies.

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• Do you work in groups?
• In my job, there is one other buyer and we work
  as a team to get things done, but other than
  that, my job is usually done on my own.
• Is your company multi-national?
• Yes, GE spans across the entire world with
  plants in several countries and customers all
  over the globe.

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• Which class from your college helped you most
  with your job?
• In this particular role, I would have to say TCO
  341. The communication skills learned from that
  course are vital to my everyday success. I have
  to communicate with a variety of different
  people. First, I have to communicate to suppliers
  and touch base with them every so often to check
  on orders. Second, I have to communicate to
  technicians to let them know when parts are
  available. Third, I have to communicate to
  management regarding the budget and high priority
  items. However, in general, the rigor of my
  degree has prepared my well for a tough job and
  all my courses have played a valuable part in my
  career.

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• How often do you conduct presentations?
• I run a budget meeting every Thursday and am
  required to report out every morning on parts
  that I have ordered for critical machines, so
  although they are not formal presentations, they
  are a part of my daily life here at GE.
• Is GE hiring summer interns?
• Yes they are.

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Questions?
Contact InformationDaniel AmatoDaniel.amato_at_gma
il.com