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Edgar Alan Barraza Zatarain
Resume

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Mazatlán, Sinaloa / MX; May 1st, 1977.

A. Camino a las Pedreras 591-4, Colinas de San Jerónimo, Monterrey, N.L.

Mobile. +52 (81) 1130 7716 / Home. (81) 8333 0620

edgarbarraza@hotmail.com

 

LANGUAGES

Spanish

English

TOEFL 573

 

PROFILE

Bachelor’s degree in Economics and specialty course in International Marketing with substantial experience in management positions for the planning and commercial development areas in several regions of Mexico during the last 7 years designing and executing marketing programs for the development of products, as well as pricing strategies and tactics powering brands and services. Analytical, positive and innovative thinker always focused on results. Strong leadership and organizational skills with self management and multitask ability, efficient worker as a team player and under pressure.

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

q      Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma S.A. de C.V.

 

Abr 06 – Ago 07

 
Regional Marketing Manager for Convenience Stores and Supermarkets (Cancún, Q.ROO)

Apr 06 – Aug 07

·        Responsible for developing products strategies to maximize sales, market share and profitability.

·        Developed and executed an overall business plan for a new strategy initiative including marketing campaigns, promotional strategies, launching plans for new products, advertisement, trade show activities and promotions.

·        Managed commercial agreements with different companies of convenience stores and supermarkets in the region, including the income integral margin, price setting, merchandise products, promotional activity and payment terms.

·        Created expansion plans that guarantee the availability of product to the customer.

 

Regional Brand Manager (Tijuana B.C.N)

Jan 05 – Apr 06

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Sep 03 – Ene 05

 
Developed strategies that increased the sales trends, keeping the brand health (top of mind, buying intention and consume frequency) and market ranking.

·        Identified market segments and executed product availability analyses according to the brand vision and store categories.

·        Performed market research to track trends, support new strategies of products and identify potential product needs like communication campaigns and products specifications.

 

Regional Pricing Manager (Tijuana, B.C.N.)

Sep 03 – Jan 05

·        Managed the pricing strategy with competitive and profitable decisions.

·        Developed macro and micro pricing strategies according to economic and market indicators for each of the products.

·        Designed and executed promotional pricing plans for each region empowering the sales, market share and brand health.

·        Prepared economic analyses that reported pricing strategies in the market and their financial impact on the company balance

Ene 02 – Sep 03

 

 

National Operational and Logistic Projects Coordinator (Monterrey, N.L.)

Jan 02 – Sep 03

·        Lead an executive team to implement operational plans focused on the efficiency of distribution processes efficiency in Mexico.

·        Designed distribution systems according to different operational and organizational needs in each region.

·        Redefined employee roles and responsibilities to optimize operational efficiency.

 

Operational Project Executive (Monterrey, N.L.).

Sep 00 – Jan 02

·        Coordinated the implementation of a new sales and distribution system to increase delivery productivity and focus the sales activity on the customer.

·        Responsible for organizing, managing and tracking the processes in each part of time table project.

·        Analyzed the times and movements for each process in the operational system to increase the efficiency of the current procedures.

 

q      Economical Comition for Latin American and Caribe Countries CEPAL-ONU

Aug 99 – Dec 99

Ago 99 – Dic 99

 
Economic Research Analyst (Santiago de Chile, CHILE).

 

·        Research support during the Bilateral “Mexico-Chile Agreement” in order to help in the improvements of the export and import clause.

 

 

EDUCATION

¤      Bachelor’s degree in Economics (Instituto Tecnológico y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey)

¤      Specialty in Commercial Management (Instituto Tecnológico y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey)

¤      Specialty in Marketing “Pricing Strategies and Tactics” (Kellogg School of Management)

¤      Specialty in International Marketing (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - PUC)

Monterrey, MX

Monterrey, MX

Chicago IL, US

Santiago, Chile

 

OTHER TRAINING

¤      Leadership Training. Management administration of high performance (Asesores de Recursos Humanos)

 

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

-        MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Ms Project)

-        SAP (To manage and analyze the data)

-        Mapinfo (Information system for geographic location)