TAPP WATER SL

Responsible for Product and Quality

Nov. 2022 – Currently

Tasks and functions:

• Quality improvements on products
• New product development
• Overview productions at factory
• Market research and innovation
• Outsourcing
• Advise for distribution partners
• In-house Workshops for employees regarding product
• Very close work with Creative department.

EDUCA BORRAS, SAU

Engineering of processes. Product Development.

Nov. 2019 – Nov. 2022

Tasks and functions:

• Overview of some stages of the manufacturing processes in order to adjust costs and make them viable.
• Outsourcing of components. Negotiation with providers.
• Support on design, oriented to cost optimization.
• Closer work with Purchase, Import, Product Integrity departments.
• Management of communications with all providers.
• Market research for price, quality, innovations.
• Reporting to COO. Meetings in order to have an overview of the status of running projects.
• Close contact with engineers, designers.
• Technical aspects related to factory machinery.

CRAZE TOYS, GMBH

Product Development Manager Hong Kong.

Feb 2019 – April 2019

Tasks and functions:

• Coordinator between German marketing team and Creative team Hong Kong.
• Responsible for the projects and Human resources of the department.
• Reports to owners of the company.
• Visits to Fairs and Factories

KIDS LICENSING

Design and Product development Hong Kong.

Sept 2015 – Feb 2019

Tasks and functions:

• A company that has been searching for the latest market trends in the toy, stationery, gift and textile sectors for over thirty years.
• Design – Approval – Preproduction – Production.
• Contact with Licenses.
• Monitoring of projects with factories and suppliers.
• Proposals for product design. Style Guides.
• Study of trends in the sector, both in product and in license.
• Coordinator from Hong Kong between the design group located in Spain and the factories in China.
• Product development.
• Coordinator from Hong Kong between the design group located in Spain and the factories in China.
• Product development.
• Direct contact with licenses (Nickelodeon, Disney, ZAG Heroes, Hasbro, Illumintaion, EOne, and others).
• Direct contact with factories to apply new developments and control productions.
• Samples, approvals with licenses, new developments.
• Graphic support specific to orders with special requirements for different geolocation and / or regulations.
• Meetings with Management to report and optimize processes, as well as to present new proposals.

KENOBE DESIGN

Art Direction

January 2010 – Currently – Personal project

Tasks and functions:

• Freelance design solutions. From branding to interactive.

GLOBAL AMEUROP

Category Manager Design and Product Dev.

March 2013 – September 2015, Barcelona.

Tasks and functions:

• Disney / Mattel / Cartoon Network / Cook’n’Roll / SweetCare / Marvel.
• Product development
• Responsible for projects and Area.
• Graphic support.
• Plastic toys, Electronic Toys.
• Internal corporate image.
• Management of the design processes and Timelines.
• Report monthly to management.
• Control of industrial product design.
• Outsourcing with suppliers mainly in China.

GIROMAX / E-MAX

Design and product development

Jan 2012 – July 2012, Barcelona

Tasks and functions:

• Creation, design, development of children’s collectibles.
• Creation of own product lines.