Job description
Responsibilities:
- Assist the Director of Production in all production related tasks
- Follow through on the global production execution for all product categories
- Responsible for the successful delivery of all styles purchased - one time and on margin
- Communicate updates to merchandising and sales
- Daily communication with vendors to manage status and timing of product orders
- Send approved ?nal tech packs for production
- Set up and host bi monthly meetings with vendors to review WIP
- Anticipating and planning ahead for unexpected roadblocks - having the experience to predict and plan for possible problems and set up safety nets
- Track liability charts and inventory. Apply to future orders.
- Ensures production styles meet import requirements, customs laws and other inbound logistic requirements
- Work with vendors and team for packaging, shipping, carton labeling and exporting requirements
- Generate and distribute weekly and monthly WIP reports
- Partner with cross functional team members, including Design, PD, Technical Design and Logistics
- Tracking data within various internal tools to track and report status to other teams
- Approvals of production materials and trims
- Carefully align the development process to hit individual product cost targets and position the business to meet overall margin goals.
- Plan and prioritize workload to meet deadlines based on business priorities
- Keep purchase orders up to date with any changes to units, cost and delivery
- Track timing of TOP and PP samples
- Responsible for passing the TOP and photo samples to respective teams
- Follow up on QC issues and requesting discounts or charge backs
- Archiving of QC reports
Qualifications:
- 3-5+ years of experience in an apparel production role
- DTC experience preferred
- Detail oriented
- Experience with all genders and all categories is helpful
- Experience with Yunique, Airtable, PLM and Microsoft suite is a plus
- OS platform experience is a plus.
- Ability to speak with confidence and share insights with colleagues and management
- Excellent communication skills - interpersonal, written and verbal
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously; Self-starter approach to work, with an eagerness to consistently meet and exceed objectives and take on more responsibility
- Entrepreneurship – an ability to make decisions and take calculated risks
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to work in a fast pace environment and handle multiple tasks while meeting tight deadlines
- Must demonstrate high level of initiative and resourcefulness, be a solution seeker and make practical decisions
- Computer proficiency includes Microsoft Office and Google Suites
- Willingness to roll up sleeves and be a team player
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