ELENA DUTRA

TECHNICAL

Report to: General Director Vietnam
Department headcount: 51
Direct report: 7

• Management: Provided comprehensive management on technical definition concerning design, material selection, cost and sampling
• Product Modification Recommendations: Made recommendations to modify products to enhance effectiveness in achieving targets
• Technical Coordination: Oversee and coordinate all aspects of technical ministry related to product
• Transition and Seasons: Facilitated transition from sales samples to confirmation and commercialization
• New Product Development: As team developed new products in accordance with principles and specifications of value engineering, adhering to brand standards

SUPPLY CHAIN

Report to: General Director Vietnam

Department headcount: 45

Direct report: 3

• Streamlined shipping and receiving operations to reduce errors and improve customer satisfaction.
• Forecasted and managed annual operating budget for every location.
• Established inventory targets, stock level, and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
• Tracked and monitored purchase orders, deliveries and invoicing to verify accuracy and compliance.
• Created and implemented comprehensive supply chain management strategies.

Report to: VP, Product Operations

Department headcount: 18

Direct report: 4

• Team Leadership: led, developed, motivated, and managed high-performing development team in China, achieving strategic goals while adhering to product development standards for both men's and women's casual and athletic footwear through to commercialization phase
• Product Compliance: Ensured that all products met required standards by overseeing lab testing of physical properties and material requirements, conducting thorough tear-downs, and performing risk analyses
• Approval Coordination: Coordinated approval process for lasts, technical standards, and CFM samples prior to production, which included meticulous preparation of last tech packages
• Buy-Ready System Implementation: Established Buy-Ready system alongside lot samples to streamline product development process, enhancing efficiency and ensuring timely market readiness.

• Met all development and product with high quality control, including Technical phase
• Achieve timelines to meet high standard, quality control, while following company policies
• Examined overseas customer requirements and oversaw claims + action plans via close collaboration with production team
• Worked on product for demand selling by pair through website customized by consumer.

• Worked with transition from sales show into confirmation and onto commercialization by steering post sales market meetings in New York
• Designed and developed new products in accordance with principles and specifications of value engineering for production
• Approved technical packages along with core factories and suppliers prior production.

Rectified material selection, lasts and patterns by attending and organizing prototype meetings in China and USA offices with line builders

• Rendered keen eye for details to plan and schedule procedures and strategies of sampling process for key brands in company portfolio
• Managed and accomplished agendas of product development tasks and understood customer needs while coordinating with designs and solutions.