Director of Import Production

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

This position will lead the Import Production team, which oversees the production, sourcing, and costing process for all import styles in our overseas supply chain for the private label fashion and club divisions. This position is expected to work cross functionally between all import production managers as well as sales, customer service, and logistics teams to ensure timely processing and monitoring of all active import orders. This position is expected to exemplify hard work and integrity in all dealings.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for independent judgement and constant communication with both internal teams and vendors on status updates, and potential production concerns buyer/licensing/testing submits, and documents related to incoming import shipments.
• Follows through with manufactures on strategic sourcing/pricing and production placement for all division orders.
• Directs the production coordinator to ensure timely delivery of product and consistent monitoring of weekly production reports.

• Works with cross functional departments that are related to production to make sure deadlines are met.

• Captures potential issues during the production process and communicating this and resolve it promptly to ensure minimal effects on the production calendar.
• Creates a collaborative and positive team environment that encourages authentic and transparent contribution
• Delivers the highest quality product within sample and production deadlines.
• Proactively plans, coordinate and manage external sources while identifying and addressing issues that may impact timelines or cost.
• Develop strategies and procedures to ensure products are developed consistently with established fit quality, standards, manufacturer capabilities, and cost specifications
• Understand and adapt the Company’s practices, culture, and colleagues and management team
• Ensure that the girl’s import production team meets the needs of the organization and satisfies customer requirements

• Assures that margin and financial goals process for the product cost throughout the pipeline are understood and achieved by monitoring, reporting, and influencing across function decision making.
• Embodies the high standards of the production department and actively represents the department in all calendar checkpoints and major milestone meetings.
• Develop best in class partnerships with our strategic component suppliers and contract manufacturing partners.

• Responds to internal/external inquiries for production
• Responsible for follow through and follow up with manufactures on new production item orders and revisions
• Responsible for management of all incoming shipments and communication with corresponding customer service manager detailing arrival/shipment details

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Business preferred or equivalent relevant experience
• 8-10 years of experience in Product Development/Production/Sourcing and/or Supply Chain
• Experience in roles of increasing scope, complexity and leadership responsibility for apparel and fabric manufacturing economics and operations management. Included but not limited to lead-times, transit times, garment and fabric construction and apparel manufacturing operations.
• Interest in sustainability is a must

• Fluent in speaking Mandarin or Spanish is a plus
• Strong working analysis experience in Excel
• Knowledge of garment construction and Design

• Self-starter - ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from manager
• Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Core Competencies

• High level of integrity in all dealings
• Effective project management, problem solving, and negotiation skills
• Sustainable practices
• Extreme attention to details
• Excellent communication skills
• Must be deadline focused and motivated
• Scrappy - hands-on and entrepreneurial mindset
• Proven prioritization and time management
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build lasting relationships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Mandarin or Spanish

Working Conditions

• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Office with open floor plan
• Business casual office attire
• Work is performed inside a temperature-controlled office building

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. A reasonable accommodation may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.