Career
Position: Senior Production Manger
Location: Vernon, Los Angeles
Major Responsiblities Include:
Responsible for effectively managing the production of assigned programs with key stake holders, including Pre Production, SF Production/Merchandising, Raw Material and Finished Product vendors to achieve gross margin, quality and on-time delivery goals.
Sourcing Management:
- Identify new factories or expand facilities of existing factory base in the growing countries
- Support and provide information to 3 year plan
- Identify and evaluate possible vendors for specific program
- Collect and provide market information on factory capacity/ loading
- Vendor relationship
- Partner with Fabric department to provide input to US on market trend and new quality, to recommend alternatives and to confirm US requirements on fabric development
- Direct seasonal sample making strategy
- Manage the costing package program
- Develop the production placement plan & fabric reservations
- Confirm price orders for regular and ongoing placement
- Help negotiation to achieve target price
- Provide information and recommendations relating to chargeback’s and discounts
- Manage liabilities
- Coaching and troubleshooting
- Manage product integrity and order specifications compliance. Approve lab dips, dye lots, washing effect, hand feel and shade bands
- Monitor/ensure on-time delivery
- Alert DMM of high risk potential order problems
- Negotiate with factories on critical order/production specifications, e.g. delivery date
- Keep DMM abreast of issues as they arise
- Manage flow
- Hire and develop people
- Recognize individuals
- Set individual and team goals
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Proficient in conversational Spanish
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Detail oriented
- Strong negotiation skills
- Good people management/delegation skills
- Strong team orientation
- University degree or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years apparel production/sourcing experience