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ALEJANDRA BARRAZA

ALEJANDRA BARRAZA

Fashion & Footwear Designer
Azcapotzalco,Mexico City

Summary

Experienced Commercial Product developer with over 11 years of experience in fashion industry. Hardworking and focused professional with a depth understanding of market, customer, business needs and historical data to create new projects with the collaboration of other departments to determine ideal product solutions for retail industry market. Motivated and ready to offer my qualified experience to a new team.

Overview

3
3
Languages
1
1
Certification
8
8
years of post-secondary education
10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Development Specialist

Price Shoes
Azcapotzalco, Mexico City
01.2018 - Current
  • Footwear and sport accessories development with domestic and foreign suppliers (Mexico & China).
  • New design collections for Man, Woman and kids.
  • Samples selection according license guidelines.
  • Product planning and execution throughout the entire product lifecycle, from concept design to final sales in retail stores.
  • Sales analysis and inventory monitoring.
  • Historic data analysis for new collections support and pricing negotiation.
  • Purchase proposal, pricing and quantities.
  • Administrative cooperation, managing and monitoring with other departments.
  • Advanced and delayed orders monitoring.
  • Best sellers refills proposals review.
  • Budget management for purchase.
  • OTB analysis.
  • Revisions and approval of catalogue printing (color, arts, sales photographs, etc).
  • Follow up to visual merchandising for product existences and exhibits in stores.
  • Product selection for social media, TV, magazines and public transport promotion.
  • Data sheet and spec pack supervising and review from graphic designer.
  • Final sample and fitting approval.
  • Cads and sketches reviews and approval.
  • Approvals tracking of designs, pre-production samples and production samples by licenses.
  • Identity creation of brands according to licenses guidelines.
  • Planning strategies for exhibits and sales of stuck product in stores.
  • Trends and market research.

Merchandiser Sr.

ILUSIÓN, GRUPO DILTEX.
Naucalpan, Estate of Mexico
10.2015 - 10.2017
  • New collections development for:

WOMAN (Casual wear, leggings, jeans, plus sizes, maternity and sportswear)

JUNIOR (Casual and underwear, pajamas and sportswear)

KIDS (Casual and underwear, pajamas)

  • Use of Nickelodeon license "Dora, the explorer" with kids collections.
  • Trends and market research.
  • Design, color and fabric research and proposal for new collections.
  • Printing techniques developments (stamping, screen printing, sublimated, transfer, emboss, etc).
  • Sales analysis and inventory monitoring.
  • Domestic and foreign suppliers management and development (Mexico, China and India).
  • Data sheets and spec packs creation.
  • Prototype and final sample approval.
  • Data and photos loading in website platform (PIM).
  • Product features assignment for website and catalogue.
  • Layout proposal for catalogue design.
  • Revisions and approval of catalogue printing (color, arts, sales photographs, etc).
  • Fashion coordination for photoshoots.

Product Development Coordinator

ARENA WATER INSTINCT
Benito Juarez, Mexico City
07.2014 - 10.2015
  • Domestic suppliers management and development.
  • Production quality review in factory.
  • Design and development of water sport training suites for sponsorships (Olympic mexican comitee)
  • Design and development of sport uniforms for swimming clubs (Berimbau club, Sport city, Justo Sierra).
  • Data sheets and spec packs creation for production manufacturing.
  • Planning and tracking of samples.
  • Final sample and fitting approval.
  • Inventory monitoring and analysis.
  • Best sellers forecast and refills control.
  • Purchase orders management.
  • Sponsorship product delivery coordination.
  • Fashion coordination in runways and new collection presentations for clients.
  • Backstage coordination in runways.
  • Closely interaction with marketing department.

Product Development Specialist

PORTAFOLIOS DE PIEL S.A. DE C.V
Leon, Guanajuato
05.2012 - 05.2014
  • Leather manufacture design and development (handbags, travel bags, luggage, wallets, belt, musical instruments covers, ipad cases, etc).
  • Identity creation of brands according to international client needs. (EUA and CANADA: John Fluevog, Whipping Post, Quiver LLC, True blue Production, Anthology Gear Wear)
  • Trends and market research.
  • Materials and applications proposal.
  • Digital and manual patterning.
  • Prototype and final sample approval.
  • Closely interaction with engineering and samples department.
  • Data sheets, spec packs and manuals creation for production manufacturing.
  • Training workshops to production workers.

Fashion Stylist

GIB GROUP
Guadalajara, Jalisco
10.2010 - 05.2012
  • Fashion coordination in shoes, leather jackets, apparel and accessories catalogues. (Golden shoes, Super shoes, Farelli catalogue, Luigi Parko, Yenny collection, Elba accesories, Cklass).
  • Outfits proposal for product photoshoot.
  • Fashion stylist and dresser.

Education

3D Footwear Design And Quality Management Licensed - Industrial And Product Design

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE BAJÍO
Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
01.2013 - 12.2013

Fashion And Footwear Design Degree - Fashion Design

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE BAJÍO
Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
08.2006 - 06.2010

High School Diploma -

INSTITUTO BILINGÜE RUDYARD KIPLING DE IRAPUATO
Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
08.2003 - 06.2006

Skills

Research and design activities

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Additional Information

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COURSES and COACHING.

2010-2012

Software

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Excel

Draft Sight V1R5 (Digital pattern)

PIM (Website platform)

RHINOCEROS 4 (3D design)

GERBER (Digital pattern)

Dinamics Nav (Purchase order management)

SAP (Data base)

Quick View (Report generation)

Pricesoft (Data base and sales monitoring system)

SCI (Approvals and process website)

Certification

Certified Health Coach, INSTITUTO HÁBITOS MX

Timeline

Certified Health Coach, INSTITUTO HÁBITOS MX

11-2019

Product Development Specialist

Price Shoes
01.2018 - Current

Merchandiser Sr.

ILUSIÓN, GRUPO DILTEX.
10.2015 - 10.2017

Product Development Coordinator

ARENA WATER INSTINCT
07.2014 - 10.2015

3D Footwear Design And Quality Management Licensed - Industrial And Product Design

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE BAJÍO
01.2013 - 12.2013

Product Development Specialist

PORTAFOLIOS DE PIEL S.A. DE C.V
05.2012 - 05.2014

Fashion Stylist

GIB GROUP
10.2010 - 05.2012

Fashion And Footwear Design Degree - Fashion Design

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE BAJÍO
08.2006 - 06.2010

High School Diploma -

INSTITUTO BILINGÜE RUDYARD KIPLING DE IRAPUATO
08.2003 - 06.2006
ALEJANDRA BARRAZAFashion & Footwear Designer