Coach Fabric Production Manager (NYC)

Coach, founded in 1941, is America's premier accessible luxury accessories brand and a leader in international markets. We are a designer and marketer of high quality, modern accessories that complement the diverse lifestyles of today's consumer. Coach offers excellent career growth opportunities, competitive salaries and benefits within a dynamic work environment.

Coach brings together strong, collaborative people in a dynamic culture of mutual respect, support, and passion for the brand and product. We believe innovation drives winning performance, and we constantly challenge ourselves to be the very best we can in every aspect of our business. You will be surrounded by some of the best and brightest people in the industry. At Coach you will be in great company!

Primary Purpose: The Manager, Fabric Production is responsible for managing all day to day production issues including bookings of select fabrics for multiple divisions including full price, factory and men's categories for Coach's finished goods. The Manager will handle the reservation buys for both European and Asian mills by working directly with suppliers and cross functional partners to execute quality assurance and on time delivery.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency to...

• Place all production orders for European mills and manage all follow up. Daily follow up to track all delivery issues and provide up to date communications.
  
• Negotiate price, delivery, terms and conditions of bulk fabric orders with raw material suppliers and document all confirmations.
  
• Partner closely with Coach Asia counterparts to share back and forth information on production, shipping and delivery of all fabrics paying close attention to Pipe Finished Goods production and all late development newness
  
• Attend and participate in weekly Product Change Request meetings to understand changes in business group objectives as it pertains to fabric production.
  
• Act as initial contact for all fabric and quality issues as they arise and as it relates to production. Work in conjunction with counterparts to investigate issues and resolve any issues.
  
• Work closely with Coach Asia counterparts to handle all excess inventory and act as the NY based point person.
  
• Update final fabric pricing in Flex PLM system and SAP. Negotiate exchange rates with European mills.
  
• Support global price change/supplier change notices and update process.
  
• Prepare and communicate all long lead time memos to cross functional partners to share updates and status on fabric orders.
  
• Special projects as assigned.

Posted by Kris Iringan