Irlanda de la Peña
Summary
Adept at optimizing supply chains and enhancing procurement efficiency, I spearheaded a team at Magna CIMS, achieving a 15% reduction in procurement costs. Leveraging ERP systems and SAP, my expertise in negotiation and team collaboration has consistently driven strategic improvements and performance excellence across projects. Highly effective purchasing expert offering several years of experience in supply chain management. Proven excellence building, negotiating and managing supplier relationships to obtain favorable costs. Drive continuous process improvements.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Administrator Coordinator
Magna CIMS
03.2024 - 09.2025
- Prepare and provide documentation to internal teams
- Monitor project progress and address potential issues with Project Management Manager
- Champion of ISO, SAP and participate on audits for SOX.
- Follow up on invoices with customers
- Coordinated project schedules and timelines, ensuring alignment with team objectives and client expectations.
- Tracked and analyzed project expenses, assisting in budget forecasting and financial reporting.
- Developed and maintained project tracking tools to monitor progress and identify potential risks.
- Collaborated with management and fellow supervisors to organize operations and achieve demanding schedule targets.
Purchasing Coordinator
Magna CIMS
01.2021 - 03.2024
- Managing the purchasing team making sure to meet the company´s main goal.
- Evaluate and select those business opportunities that are align with our growth strategy and business plan
- Ensuring the Purchasing Policies are met in every quoting process and purchase.
- Ensuring every buyer works with Magna ethics Policies.
- Champion of CTPAT, ISO, SAP and participate on audits for SOX.
- Maintain and create detailed reports.
- Analyze data and forecast requirements with vendors.
- Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations.
- Experience on managing personal.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align purchasing strategies with organizational goals.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with suppliers, ensuring favorable terms and consistent supply.
- Conducted market research to identify potential suppliers and evaluate their capabilities and competitiveness.
- Utilized data analysis to forecast purchasing needs and optimize order quantities.
- Trained and mentored junior buyers on procurement best practices and compliance standards.
- Implemented process improvements that enhanced the accuracy and efficiency of the purchasing department.
SR Buyer
Magna CIMS
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Responsible for MRP and MRO for warehouse
- Managing supplier relations and negotiating contracts, prices, timelines, etc.
- Maintaining the supplier database, purchase records, and related documentation
- Coordinating with inventory control to determine and manage inventory needs.
- Managing the maintenance of office/manufacturing equipment and machinery.
- Develop national and international supplier in USA, Europe, and Brazil, depends on where the project will be install
- Responsible for KPI´S
- Processed purchase orders submitted daily by Project Managers and reconciled coordinating invoices with accounts payable.
- Interact with the suppliers on a day-to-day basis.
- Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities.
- Champion of CTPAT, ISO, SAP and participate on audits for SOX.
- Review quality of purchased products.
- Review inventories and order as required.
- Review deliveries against the orders.
- Prepare reports on purchases, including cost analyses.
- Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
- Developed our actual purchase procedure with our Global Purchase and Commercial Manager.
- Experience on managing personal.
- Sap Key user
- COSMA INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS
Buyer
Magna CIMS
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Processed purchase orders submitted daily by Project Managers and reconciled coordinating invoices with accounts payable.
- Interact with the suppliers on a day to day basis.
- Responsable for an analysis of supplier capacity (machining suppliers)
- Negotiated Annual prices for repetitive purchases.
- Review quality of purchased products
- Review inventories and order as required
- Review deliveries against the orders
- Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities
- COSMA INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS
Jr Buyer
Magna CIMS
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Processed purchase orders submitted daily by Project Managers and reconciled coordinating invoices with accounts payable.
- Interact with the suppliers on a day to day basis.
- Following up on old and new invoices
- Develop local supplier for Forklift rentals
- Support Human Resource department on events
- Helped the purchasing department research suppliers and specific jobs
- Assist the team in data collection on supplier performance
- Support the other Buyers in the purchase of goods, materials and services to ensure that the company operational needs are met, taking into account price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply
- Support the warehouse on receiving
- COSMA INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS
Education
Effective Negotiation Skills - undefined
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
01.2023
Sales Skills Development Seminar for Managers - undefined
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
01.2018
Magna Strategic Negotiation Training - undefined
Advanced Purchasing Dynamics
03.2016
LEVEL 1 - undefined
APICS
01.2014
International Business - undefined
UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE SANTIAGO
01.2012
Skills
- Ethics
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Flexibility and Adaptability
- Negotiation
- EXCEL
- WORD
- TEAMS
- ONE DRIVE
- SAP
Personal Information
Title: Purchasing
Timeline
Project Administrator Coordinator
Magna CIMS
03.2024 - 09.2025
Purchasing Coordinator
Magna CIMS
01.2021 - 03.2024
SR Buyer
Magna CIMS
01.2018 - 01.2021
Buyer
Magna CIMS
01.2015 - 01.2018
Jr Buyer
Magna CIMS
01.2013 - 01.2015
Effective Negotiation Skills - undefined
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Sales Skills Development Seminar for Managers - undefined
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Magna Strategic Negotiation Training - undefined
Advanced Purchasing Dynamics
LEVEL 1 - undefined
APICS
International Business - undefined
UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE SANTIAGO