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Senior Production Manager

  • Full Time, onsite
  • Jannine Abadi Associates
  • New York City Metropolitan Area, United States of America
Salary undisclosed

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Apparel Manufacture is looking for a Senior Production Manager to join the team.

This role is 4 days in NYC.

This person will work closely with the manufacturing partners, sourcing partners, and cross-functional teams to ensure the company is issuing purchase orders on time and actively managing all facets of production to drive on-time ex-factory dates.

They must be an analytical thinker, strong leader, possess a strong business acumen, be able to communicate effectively to cross functional partners, rationalize data and provide practical recommendations.

  • Manage purchase order workflow from: order creation, through vendor acceptance
  • Ensure WIP progress and on-time delivery to committed cargo-ready date
  • Work on a daily basis with factories to ensure purchase orders are underway, roadblocks are identified and removed, and potential delays are spotted early and minimized
  • Develop and maintain transparent relationships with business partners, key vendors and suppliers to ensure healthy and efficient flow of communication between parties
  • Complete on-going analysis of buying patterns, business volumes, current vendor base, costing and quality issues
  • Able to drive end to end product creation from development through production on accessories and seasonal products
  • Manage logistics

Technical Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

  • Creative problem solving with positive, can-do mindset
  • Highly organized and structured in approach, build things to scale and automate
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Be both reactive and proactive, focused on anticipating needs but able to quickly problem solve when unanticipated issues arise
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills
  • Able to analyze multiple options and source new partners
  • Quick learner with technology and systems
  • Strong business acumen
  • High energy, high learning agility, ability to move at a fast pace

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS

Must have 7+ years’ experience in apparel product development and production.

Ability to travel within the US and Internationally.

Strong communication and summarization skills, must interface with Design and Brand Merchandise teams to gather product information.

  • Detailed oriented, with strong organizational skills.
  • Experience with Exenta, PLM preferred
  • Must be flexible enough to adapt in a fast pace environment.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects with multiple deadlines.
  • Able to work across global time zones
  • Team oriented that can build collaborative relationships with Design and Sales teams.
  • Excellent analytical, verbal and written skills.

Advanced Microsoft Word and Excel, PLM a plus.