Showing posts with label Apparel Production. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apparel Production. Show all posts

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Apparel Production Manager (San Francisco)

Company Background and Job description:

We are a vibrant, small (3-person) San Francisco golf apparel company in search of a terrific Production Manager to work 20-30 hours per week, flexible hours. If you are a great production manager who is smart, highly organized, with strong planning and computer skills, and a make-it-happen attitude, we encourage you to apply.
We design and manufacture all of our unique UV protective apparel products here in the Bay Area and sell to resorts, golf country clubs and retailers across the country and abroad. Even in a very tough year for apparel sales, our revenues increased by 70% in 2009. For more background information, please visit our website at www.iconicsport.com.
If you enjoy a fast-paced, small-company environment and have strong production management skills, you may be the right person to help us grow to the next level!

Job Title: Production Manager.

20-30 hours /week- may move to full time as company grows

Responsibilities:

o Organize production, create and maintain production schedule, and manage relationships with sewing contractors.
o Work with contractors to ensure finished goods are received on time and to specifications; ensure quality standards are met at sewing contractors and perform quality control inspections of finished goods and raw materials.
o Work with pattern maker and design for first - production patterns.
o Maintain style specification library and tech pack for all styles.
o Ensure sales reps have complete and on-time show line samples and sales materials.
o Track, forecast and order raw materials for upcoming production runs, follow-up as need.
o Source fabric, trims and notions, organize sample fabric and swatches.
o Investigate and recommend production improvements, i.e. software applications, logistics etc. as needed.
o Investigate and recommend new sewing contractors, suppliers as needed.

Qualifications:

o Five-plus years experience in production management.
o In-depth understanding of apparel production.
o Superlative organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and execute to meet schedules and production deadlines.
o Knowledgeable of garment construction and garment specs. Technical design expertise is a plus.
o Familiar with technical fabrics and finishes.
o Strong written and verbal communication skills
o Strong computer skills. Requires a high level of expertise in Excel, Word, and MacOS mail, Mac OS. Expertise in MYOB/Acclivity or QuickBooks and Illustrator a plus.
o Experience with and affinity for working in small/startup environment; self directed and willing to do what it takes to get the job done and done well.
o Strong inter-personal skills.
o Detail-oriented and accurate.
o Positive attitude.
o Friendly and personable.
o Ability to make a long-term commitment to our organization.
o Common sense.
o A sense of humor.

Benefits:
o Opportunity to learn and develop your skills in a fast-growing start-up environment
o Opportunity to participate in the Company’s design and strategy decision-making
o Health insurance



  • Compensation: $30-35/hour DOE
  • This is a part-time job.
  • Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
  • Please, no phone calls about this job!
  • Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.


Posted by Kris Iringan

Monday, April 5, 2010

Abercrombie & Fitch Sourcing Fabric Manager (New Albany, Ohio)

Position Title: Sourcing Fabric Manager
Reports to: Sr. Director, Sourcing
Location: Home Office - New Albany, OH
POSITION SUMMARY:
  • Maintain and develop vendor relationships to ensure key partnerships for future growth
  • Work with Merchandise Manager on sourcing strategy based on a 3-year plan
  • Continuous Fabric Research and Development in order to adhere to corporate calendar; identify appropriate mill base to work back to regional sourcing and identify fabric counter-sourcing needs.
  • Work with Technical Design team to understand factory challenges and streamline vendor submit/approval process
Sourcing Strategy:
  • Work closely with head merchant, design, and sourcing director to align vendors and mills based on global sourcing strategy.
  • Identify and establish desired lead times that will facilitate desired garment lead times per country origin.
  • Assist in fabric and garment cost negotiations to achieve seasonal cost objective. Global cost negotiations based on company wide annual denim buy.
  • Identify price challenges or opportunities in the market.
  • Explore and Set up new vendors which will contribute towards ANF sourcing strategy. On board new vendors.
  • Work with director to establish seasonal sourcing strategy.
  • Identify and negotiate vendor seasonal capacities to ensure on time delivery.
  • Work with QA to ensure that vendors meet and exceed garment quality requirements.
Fabric Management:
  • Work with merchant team and projections to ensure on time delivery of fabric to and garments by managing T&A's
  • Create and maintain a channel of communicate with mills on a weekly basis to inform mills of plan changes in order to maintain an appropriate level of inventory to respond to the market needs.
  • Negotiate and manage mill capacities and flows.
  • Ensure mills compliance to MTL testing as established by ANF QA / testing requirements.
Fabric R&D:
  • Responsible to manage fabric from pre- production thru adoption and adhere to seasonal calendar dates.
  • Work with design and mills to develop and identify innovative fabrics which meet each divisions design direction.
  • Work closely with design to select fabric which meets current cost parameters
  • Source key mills in line with current market trend and design needs. Ensure the mill compliments sourcing strategy.
  • Set up and maintain fabric specs and mills info into ANF Web PDM systems.
  • Visit key mills to asses capabilities, operating standards, and determine compatibility with ANF.
  • Maintain current organized inspirational fabric library.
  • Work with design and merchants following kick-off to establish A&F fabric strategy by season.
  • Correlate with sourcing director after kick-off to establish fabric pricing target.
  • Continually expand mill base to align with sourcing strategy and diversify overall mill base to support company growth.
  • Attend weekly cross-functional meetings with design, merchants and tech so that everyone is able to adhere to the corporate development calendar.
  • Maintain annual Denim R&D calendar.
  • Hindsight with sourcing director/merchant/design based on previous season mill performance and QA record.
  • Manage and coordinate all design wash trips, including ordering all sample yardage for wash development and wear test process.
  • Work closely with tech design and QA on all issues pertaining to fabric, resolve fabric issues presented from wear test and bulk yardage.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent required
  • 8-10 yrs experience in Production/Sourcing
  • Extensive travel throughout Asia/Subcontinent
  • Experience working with factories to validate WIP and assess potential delivery issues
  • Ability to evaluate a factory's capabilities/capacity to ensure successful long term growth
  • Ability to travel - 35%-40% of time
  • Experience interfacing with Merchant role and understanding of costing principles

Job

Fabric

Primary Location

OH-Columbus

Schedule

Full-time


Posted by Kris Iringan