We Are Cone Denim // Azucena Mendoza
Azucena has always loved denim. She can recall moments as a child when she would pass the Cone Denim Parras plant, a first of its kind, and daydream about what it would be like to work there. Azu’s first memory of wearing jeans is at her uncle’s ranch when she was younger.
After graduating as an industrial engineer at ITESM Laguna, she joined the team at Cone Denim Parras in 2014 to work as a Quality Engineer. For fun, she would dedicate time on Fridays to develop continuous improvement projects. This led her to be promoted to the CI Leader of CDP in 2016.
Now, Azucena remains a critical part of our Cone Denim team as the Continuous Improvement Manager for Mexico. Azu serves as an agent of cultural change through continuous improvement and “Lean Six Sigma”, a process improvement certification course. Azucena is a certified Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma and is working towards her Master Black Belt. There is currently one person in the country of Mexico with that qualification and she plans to be the second someday soon!
Azucena believes her greatest accomplishment at Cone is implementing these programs and being able to integrate statistics into process improvement projects across the company. Being able to work at both of our Parras and Yecapixtla plants is special to Azu as she can share experiences and practices with all of our team members to aid our improvement across Mexico.
“My job has become my passion, and special thanks to my CI teams who have supported me since day one. Working with them has been the best gift of working at Cone Denim.”
Azu has collected several unique pieces of denim over the years to satisfy her “addiction to jeans”. She believes that although jeans and trends may change in every collection, they will always be a part of life. Her favorite style from Cone is S329P Wade, as she appreciates its “genius” construction, content, and shade.
When she is not at work, you can catch Azu enhancing her teaching skills, working out, or singing with her microphone which is taken everywhere she goes.
Thank you, Azu, for all you do and for being a part of the family. You make us who we are. 💙💫👖
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