Fabric-Production Manager

-Responsible for ordering sample yarn/fabric yardage from yarn mills/knitters for all newly developed styles
-Responsible for ordering production yarn/fabric yardage from yarn mills/knitters by calculating consumption needed based on purchase orders/reorder levels
-Manage issuance of dye and finishing orders for all sample and production fabric.
-Manages all fabric inventory, ensuring that all inventory levels are updated and complete
-Manage issuance of cut orders for all private labels
-Manage sourcing of new domestic dye-houses
-Ensure all raw material/cutting/sewing cost sheets are updated and maintained
-Manage inventory, quality, and purchasing of all trims and labels.
-Responsible for tracking the flow of all raw material to ensure we hit weekly cut targets
-Partner with Cutting Manager to hit all weekly cutting targets
-Partner with Production head/QC on fabric and yarn quality issues.
-Partner with Production head on sourcing of raw material and executing a balanced raw material strategy
-Manage sourcing of new domestic sewing contractors
-Manage cut allocation with in-house and outside sewing contractors
-Manage tracking of all shipments of cut orders with domestic contractors
-Responsible for tracking all domestic cut deadlines to ensure we hit weekly sewing targets
-Responsible for communicating all policies and deadlines to contractors, including following up on open cut balance
-Partners with Production head/QC to ensure only 100% quality goods are shipped.
REQUIREMENTS
-Effectively communicate in written and verbal form.
-Detail oriented with strong follow through; organize and prioritize multiple projects.
-Have a sense of urgency in managing time and accomplishing multiple tasks simultaneously.
-Demonstrate proactive problem solving skills.
-Create and maintain a cooperative team environment that promotes high performance standards and attainment of goals.
-Ability to react to change.
-Ability to solicit feedback for self-development.
-Must be computer literate (excel, word, etc)
-Ability to manage work according to deadlines
-Ability to effectively communicate in Spanish preferred
-College degree preferred
-3-5 years experience w/apparel production management preferred