Production Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field preferred
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience preferred
• Knowledge of fabric, trims, testing, logistics, and costing
• Familiar with ERP/PLM systems, data maintenance, and data entry
• Strong work ethic
• Positive attitude
• Team player

Nice To Haves

• Prior Accessories and lifestyle experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Maintain up‐to‐date WIP reports for all styles from all assigned vendors to ensure proper production timelines are being met (via the Master)
• Lead pricing negotiations with vendors to meet margin goals.
• Create buy sheets
• Communicate PPS arrivals to our design team / ensure they commented on in a timely manner to follow the calendar.
• Issue and update POs in our ERP system to ensure data integrity
• Create cost sheets in our ERP system once confirmed.
• Review all QC inspection reports with our factories. This includes preparing all QC reports and TOP’s to be reviewed/approved with the Production Manager.
• Review/Submit/Record invoices.
• Review and approve care labels/bulk submits.
• Responsible for Archiving bulk submits for future reference.
• Request, organize, and review all testing reports and flag any issues.
• Work with your production counterpart to order bulk trim (when necessary) in order to consolidate amongst all factories on either a seasonal or annual basis.
• Work with the SMU team to ensure any approval or requirements requested in the contract are being executed.
• Oversee the full production lifecycle for assigned vendors
• Monitor and track all purchase orders, production timelines, critical path milestones, ex-factory dates, and deliverables to avoid delays.
• Escalate issues or risks proactively to appropriate internal cross-functional teams.
• Manage bulk fabric and trims submissions - track, review against approved SMS fabric and/or lab dips for color and hand feel, send approval/comments
• Work closely with Design, Technical Design, Merchandising, Materials, 3rd party QC & Logistics to ensure alignment and to resolve challenges
• Communicate approvals, changes, and feedback to vendors.
• Participate in fittings, pre-production meetings, and seasonal reviews.
• Analyze past production issues and implement process improvements
• Review and approve TOP (Top of Production) samples.
• Support the onboarding of new vendors as needed.