Iliana Pimentel Vazquez

Mechatronics Engineer with a master's degree in administration (MBA), ample expertise in creating procedures, generating and monitoring metrics and managing personnel. My manufacturing and technical background puts me at an advantage when working on all kinds of technical communication that require mechanical, electrical, chemical or procedural expertise. The MBA provides me with the ability to search for any topic, administrate and find the more accurate tools depending on the needs.

Buyer (Electronic and metal components) at Broan Nutone (2021-11 – 2025-06)

3+ YEARS

• Procurement of raw materials: Metal parts, electrical and electronic components. Over 57 vendors (mainly from Asia, Italia, USA and Canada), over 300 SKU.
• Purchasing, pulling in orders, pushing out orders, cancelling orders, reviewing: BOMs, Work Instructions, pick up schedules, data sheets, reports (OOR, past due, Aros and Eros, Forecast), vendor evaluation.
• Supported for some periods of time in the management of MRO where I purchased chemicals, contracted all types of services required by the company, purchased spare parts and followed up on contracts, tenders and negotiations with suppliers. Generate guides, procedures and metrics implementation, visual aids and formats.
• Around 10 months supporting the warehouse area where I provided supervision to 20 warehousemen between both shifts. Support in physical inventory execution. Schedule ABC method for cycle counts. Reduce costs by efficiency of space (pallet positions)
• Development of training materials such as: presentations, workbooks, manuals, checklists, etc.
• Internal auditor of Iso 9001-2015
• Replenishment system Gains and ASI400
• AGILE, VALUED, Process MAP, WCS Warehouse Control System v3.7

Buyer MRO at Allegion (Schlage) (2017-07 – 2021-08)

4+ YEARS

• Managing the daily business relationship with requestors from different areas and key suppliers through supporting activities including ordering, quoting, volume, delivery time changes, issue resolution, sharing of end user feedback to vendors, follow up on back orders. Search for suppliers and their registration in the system.
• Tracking purchases until receipt and payment.
• Daily and weekly procurement of packaging and abrasives
• Purchasing of stock and non-stock orders
• Development of training materials such as: presentations, workbooks, manuals, checklists, etc.
• SAP Concur (For invoices)
• Oracle i11
• Apics basic (30 hours course)

Planner Buyer Maintenance at Allegion (Schlage) (2016-02 – 2017-07)

1+ YEARS

• Administration of the maintenance department account, adherence to forecasted budgets, monitoring of deliveries from local suppliers and imports, close relationship with all areas of the company (logistics, facilities, finance, maintenance, production areas, engineering, safety and hygiene).
• Issuing tools and parts to maintenance mechanics and maintaining accurate inventory through effective record-keeping practices.
• Research, planning, translating from English to Spanish and formatting of internal-use technical documentation including: Work Instructions, Maintenance Schedules, Data Sheets, etc.
• Maintain spare parts for maintenance schedule (scheduled and corrective maintenance based on the manual of the machine). Negotiation of machine availability with the planning team.
• Development of training materials such as: presentations, workbooks, manuals, checklists, etc.

Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics Engineering – Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico (2012-08 – 2016-09)

Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) – Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico (2019-01 – 2020-12)