Production Manager

$80,000 - $100,000/Yr

SKIMS - Los Angeles, CA

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Los Angeles, CA

About the position

The Production Manager is a highly collaborative role that requires excellent verbal and written communication skills to work cross-functionally with Product Development, Design, and Merchandising, amongst other departments. The Production Manager will be responsible for daily functions such as communicating with overseas vendors to create and follow up on production orders and managing production schedules across multiple vendors for various product categories. The Production Manager will assist in areas such as cost, compliance, and logistics as needed. The Production Manager should possess a great attention to detail and the ability to multitask/prioritize workload and thrive in a fast-paced environment. In this role, the Production Manager promotes the adherence of the product calendar by ensuring the efficient collaboration and coordination between cross-functional partners, including Design, R&D, Merchandising, and Materials. They will research new sources of manufacturing and industry best practices to ensure continual process improvement and long-term vision. The Production Manager will assist in building the sourcing strategy in collaboration with merchants, inventory management, and design. Daily interactions with vendors will be crucial to ensure shipments are made on time with no delays to hit the company launch calendar. They will communicate to cross-functional team members any delays in production or impacts on margin with urgency. The Production Manager will work closely with Product Development to help allocate styles for development through production and proactively problem-solve to address production concerns as they arise, knowing when to escalate larger issues to management. They will gather and negotiate costing for multiple seasons and quarters, manage the flow of purchase order issuance to vendors ensuring accuracy is represented on POs, and ensure on-time delivery for all product categories. Building relationships with external partners through extensive communication and assisting with the process of onboarding new vendors will also be key responsibilities. The Production Manager will manage PPs, TOPs, and bulk approvals to ensure garments have passed testing, are meeting specifications, and color approvals.

Responsibilities

  • Promotes the adherence of the product calendar by ensuring the efficient collaboration and coordination between cross-functional partners, including Design, R&D, Merchandising, and Materials.
  • Research new sources of manufacturing and industry best practices to ensure continual process improvement and long-term vision.
  • Assist in building the sourcing strategy in collaboration with merchants, inventory management, and design.
  • Works daily with vendors to ensure shipments are being made on time with no delays to hit company launch calendar.
  • Communicates to cross-functional team members any delays in production or impacts on margin with urgency.
  • Works closely with Product Development to help allocate styles for development through production.
  • Proactively problem solves to address production concerns as they arise and knows when to bubble up larger issues to management.
  • Gathers and negotiates costing for multiple seasons and quarters.
  • Manages flow of purchase order issuance to vendors ensuring accuracy is represented on POs.
  • Ensures on-time delivery for all product categories.
  • Builds relationships with external partners through extensive communication.
  • Assists with the process of onboarding new vendors.
  • Manages PPs, TOPs, and bulk approvals to ensure garments have passed testing, are meeting spec and color approvals.

Requirements

  • 6-8 years of experience in Production/Sourcing and/or Supply Chain roles of increasing scope, complexity, and leadership responsibility.
  • Apparel and fabric manufacturing economics and operations management (i.e., lead-times, transit times, garment and fabric construction and apparel manufacturing operations).
  • Effective project management, problem-solving, and negotiation skills.
  • Extreme attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Must be sharp, deadline focused and motivated.

Nice-to-haves

  • Entrepreneurial mindset, results-driven.
  • Self-starter - ability to act and operate independently.
  • Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
  • Proven prioritization, time management, and project management skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build lasting relationships.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Unlimited paid time off
  • Dental insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Vision insurance
  • Employee discount
  • Free weekly catered lunch at HQ
  • Dog-Friendly office
  • Free Swag Giveaways
  • Annual Holiday Party
  • Annual Summer Party
  • Invitations to pop-ups and other company events
  • Complimentary daily office snacks and beverages
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