PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, T Tahari

General Overview:

Coordinate events / meetings within the production department and assists the Production Manager with their daily activities.

Responsibilities:

Assist Production Manager on daily projects related to production matters
Communicate daily with vendors to resolve production issues and check on progress
Serve as a liaison between Design and vendors by tracking and communicating on bulk fabric, trim approvals, color, and combos
Work with the BMS team to set up new factories
Enter factory allocations in system
Map styles to correct Production Managers in system
Request and send sample yardage/trim from fabric department and trim department to factories for making fit samples
Prepare and send design recaps to factories
Ensure factories update BMS as required
Gather and send fabric face cards to factories and technical design teams
Request advance yardage from bulk for pre-production fit samples and follow up with Fabric department
Request color standards from color department and send to factories for lab dips on factory supplied bulk cutting materials
Update status of lab dips, combo and mockups in tracking report (manually)
Prepare and send packages to vendors for development, mockups, etc.
Track and follow up on bulk trim shipments
Print and file tech packs

Success Measures:

Work with vendors on size breaks and cut ticket issues
Update purchase orders for short shipments and inform Merchandising
Review and process shipping documents from factories, monitor shipping quantity discrepancies, create and send Shipping Authorizations to factories for US shipments and to Import Department for international shipments
Work with Import Department to expedite timely bulk shipments from vendors
Update and send out vendor requirements (i.e. manuals) to new agents and/or factories, as needed
Work with vendors to maintain their BMS responsibilities
Request lab test and garment test reports from factories

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