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Theory · 13 hours ago

Temporary Production Manager (Mainline)

NYC Metro Area

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$40/hr - $43/hr

4+ years exp

Theory is a fashion company that creates clothes designed to empower and improve the way we live. They are seeking an experienced Temporary Production Manager for their Women's Mainline Division, responsible for managing and executing all aspects of overseas production to meet aesthetic, quality, and financial goals.

Retail

Hiring Manager

Citlalli Alvarez Martinez

Responsibilities

Manage and execute all aspects of overseas production to meet department aesthetic, quality, on-time delivery and financial goals

Review and communicate emails daily with external overseas vendors and internal departments

Seasonal buy placement per factory: prepare buy projection chart with factory allocation by season; prepare fabric buy projection to overseas mill (seasonal capacity planning all vendors)

Forecast/execute fabric buys to mills after proto review (direction from merchandising)

Placing fabric pre-booking with mills for long lead-time qualities; leveraging fabric between outlet- (mens and womens) to achieve best pricing

Creating and manage TNA for fabric mills and factory by fabric groups (including all components of garments- fabric/combos/lining/padding/trims)

Tracking bulk fabric shipments & bulk approvals with fabric mills

Provide design with target fabric pricing after seasons SKU plan pass off

Manage purchase orders in the BMS system. Manage garment shipping including invoices & documents from fcty to designated whse

Set reminders for teams on corporate calendar deadlines (all dept)

Follow up weekly WIP report from multiple vendors: manage production schedule for samples, fabrics, trims and production to achieve on-time delivery. Flagging any issues to mgmt. (prod/sales and merch)

BOM review (validating and managing trim sheets) for production

Set weekly meetings with technical team to review tech fit tracker and prioritize schedule

Set weekly meetings with cross functional internal teams: Prepare agenda (google sheet) with pending items/discussion points: recap meeting as needed

Fabric management: Review and approve garment yield, check actual fabric consumption chart and PGA report to minimize fabric shortage and overage with merchant and fabric mill. Review fabric quality and delivery issues with fabric mill and internal teams

Costing: Work with Sr Production Manager to analyze and negotiate garment costs to maximize margin, Approve final costs

Oversee prod coordinator with set up of cost sheet in plm system. Confirm costing in internal PLM system (Centric) and Track open status till adoption of style/sku

Set up and manage manual internal WIP report (excel/google sheet) for internal team to review

Attend and follow up for all meetings related to production with cross-functional teams and overseas vendors when necessary

Attend tech fittings as needed and escalate any issues to team

Engage in extra team projects and above

BMS – Manage Pos, reports and update all data related to production: yields, prices, delivery dates, etc. on time

PLM (Centric) – Monitor all trim info and manage care labels

Excel – Create pivot charts and manage all report charts

Partner with the production coordinator on production SOPS- both internal and factory-focused

Outline all daily production processes or change in process

Continue to compile all necessary manuals for vendors & manage updates

Qualification

Apparel production experienceOverseas vendor managementFabric managementProduct life cycle understandingComputer proficiencyNegotiation skillsManagement experienceEagerness to learnTeam playerOrganizational skills