Senior Manager Manufacturing - Metro Memphis
Key Skill Requirements:
- Experience working with Active Wear, Scrubs and Sportswear categories from Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Ethiopia, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka and Haiti.
- Experience analyzing competitive cost.
- Follow Up on vendor on-boarding process.
- Organizing and tracking vendor samples, trim approvals and vendor corrective action plans.
- Vendor capacity monitoring abilities.
- Functions as a coordinator/liaison between Quality, Tech Design, Sourcing and Planning.
- Fabric and Trim liability management.
Overall Accountability will include but not limited to;
- Instituting manufacturing best practices at the factory levels to improve manufacturing excellence;
- Pre-production readiness to adhere to the Time and Action Calendar.
- Perfection of Quality in product output, especially for Product Launch programs.
- Improve speed and flexibility in production via manufacturing and work-engineering techniques.
- Capacity Optimization;
- Integrating with the Planning team and the factories to ensure offered capacity is matched and optimized with sales demands.
- Counter balancing capacity with the risk profile and diversification objectives.
- Production Performance to deliver;
- On-Time-In-Full
- Right First Time Quality adherence
- Shipping Accuracy
- Innovation and Insights
Other Skills:
- Strong analytical skills with knowledge of advanced MS Excel
- Product Technical aptitude.
- Team Player and strong coordinator/ collaborator.
- Strong written, spoken communication and presentation skills.
- Knowledge on fabrics and trims for apparel.
- Results driven, positive attitude and self motivated.
Expected Hire Date: September 2020.
Experience: 12+ years in Apparel Manufacturing/Sourcing/Planning.