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Associate Production Manager

Job title: Associate Production Manager
Contract type: Freelance
Location: San Francisco
Discipline: Creative
Remote: No
Reference: 405958
Contact name: Daisy Jimenez

Job description

Client Overview:

Our client is a well-known fashion brand creating comfortable and beautiful apparel and accessories. Their classic, effortless, and contemporary designs are a staple in every wardrobe and loved by the most stylish individuals across the globe.

 

Overview:

As the Associate Production Manager, you will be responsible for developing and supporting a global sourcing strategy to support the product development and bulk production execution of multiple categories that meet brand quality standards.

 

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with manager and design seasonally to ensure the company has the right vendor mix to support product design and innovation

• Communicate seasonal category strategies with the team and direct vendors, design, and graphic design on sample and artwork development that align with the category sourcing strategies

• Provide recommendations for raw material and garment development sourcing and communicate to vendors raw materials to be ordered for seasonal development

• Manage sampling time and action calendar to meet key milestones and monitor on-time delivery of development samples

• Partner with Manager to identify opportunities for fabric platforms and responsive supply chain styles and maintain Sales Based Rapid Response (SBRR) initiatives per department

• Utilize cost matrix by category during proto plan discussions to direct design and product development on raw material selection and style development to meet category cost and margin goals

• Maintain Booking management tool

• Manage daily email communication with GIS and cross functional team

• Maintain Time and Actions and keeping cross functional team deliverables on time

• Follow up on LDL and PCL requests

• Attend meeting and trainings

• Lead cross-functional team to meet deliverables

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

• Proven garment manufacturing and sourcing experience

• Knowledge of production, including manufacturing, product engineering, product lifecycle, calendar management, trade regulations, fabric performance and garment construction, and testing standards

• Excellent communication, presentation, time management, detail-oriented, negotiation, and problem-solving skills

• Very detailed, can multi-task, excellent follow-up

• Ideally you have experience in manufacturing

• Have done order processing and data management

• Excel is a must

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