Careers - Production Manager

Our company is looking for a Production Manager.
We would love to work with someone who is strongly fashion-oriented, dynamic, flexible and a team worker.

 Permanent contract: Part-time (4/5)

Job description

This job involves planning, coordinating and controlling the manufacturing processes. As a production manager you’ll need to make sure that the costs, quality and number of goods are met. We are looking for someone who is strongly detail-oriented and excel at organizational tasks, project management, and knows how to take initiative.

Your challenge

• You have a good technical knowledge and understanding of working with knit structures along with excellent colour and yarn knowledge.
• Able to build relations with suppliers and advising factories on any necessary direction or print techniques.
• Leading the sourcing of new suppliers and qualities according to design parameters.
• Provide recommendations for raw material and garment development sourcing.
• Follow-up of the knit and t-shirt collection development, ensuring the accomplishment of price points, deadlines and quality standards.
• Onboarding new suppliers, negotiation of conditions and managing the relationships by daily communication and regular meetings.
• Manage sampling time and action calendar to meet key milestones and monitor on-time delivery of development samples.
• Drawing the garments for the linesheets of the entire collection (woven+ knit+ t-shirts)
• Help with the correction and communicate with the ateliers for the production of the woven, knit and t-shirt collections.  
• Manage quality control, and ensure all garments meet Rue Blanche’s standards.
  
  

Requirements

• Excellent organizational, presentation and communication skills
• Detail oriented and able to multitask effectively.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data in order to have a clear, synthetic vision of the business. Deep dive into figures and field feedback in order to conclude insights and identify levers for improvement.
• Must possess sound business judgment, ability to identify trends, and excellent negotiation skills.
• A reliable, confident and outgoing individual who enjoys working with people and can adapt well to diverse audiences and environments.
• Positive, enthusiastic and passionate about the apparel industry
• Knowledge and understanding of fabrics, construction and print techniques.
• 5-10 years of experience in production or product development

 Interested? Please send your CV, Book and motivational letter to astrid@rueblanche.com