Production Manager (Australian Based Company; Fashion Retail)

ROLE DESCRIPTION
The Production Managers role is responsible for overseeing & maintaining the end to end process from Bulk Fabric ordering through to final garment delivery.
This position will be assessed by production delivery in full and on time; by quality of bulk delivery and the efficient processes within the production team.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Critical Path
 Manage the critical path for all production tasks to ensure department is working in line with requirements
 Liaise with Design and Buying Departments to ensure production team has awareness of possible delays, that could impact the timely placement of seasonal fabric and garment/ accessories orders
 Manage all aspects of communication in regards to production
 Keeping suppliers aligned to the company critical path
Order Bookings
 Manage the Factory Capacity by month to ensure orders placed are in line with capacity booked and any risks/ excess capacity is raised with Supply Chain Manager / Buying team
 Co-ordinate the fabric bookings with fabric mills, in line with Critical Path requirements
 Monitoring fabric order confirmations and ensuring all orders are confirmed in a timely manner
 Ensuring fabric ready dates are in line with the delivery timing as published on the Critical Path
AP21 Data Management
 Oversee all processes for ERP (AP21) to ensure all team members are working in line with business requirements.
 Maintain AP21 for specific product categories-FOB Purchase Orders, CMT Production Orders and updates entered for changes made to components, yield or price, post buying stage)
 Manage order amendments and communicate changes to factories and buying team.
 Ensure updated contract issues to factory where there is a change that affect Price or Delivery.
 Monitor Tech pack deadlines and alert business where deliveries are at risk if tech packs late
 Monitor size splits to ensure they are issued in line with CP and total qty's in line with fabric bookings
 Oversee issue of Barcode reports (& final RRP) are sent to Suppliers at the time of issuing Size Splits
Order/ Supplier Management
 Build solid relationships with both internal and external partners (Factories/ Mills etc.)
 Liaise with Buying Team on any issue that will impact landed price or delivery
 Daily tracking and communication with Offshore factories
 Work closely with the factories to resolve any issues found in production
 Raise any risks during production that could impact to on time delivery (to Supply Chain Manager)
 Oversee Production Co-Ordinator's throughout the production process (Inc retail, corporate and MTO Orders)
 Co-Ordinate the shipment planning to ensure containers are loaded to capacity and move in line with business requirements (With Support from Snr Logistics Co-Ordinator)
Sampling
 Oversee to ensure all Pre-Production and Shipment samples rec'd by deadline and in line with quality standards.
 Co-Ordinate the PR Sample Development to ensure samples arrive by shoot deadlines
Reporting
 Oversee Bulk Order trackers to ensure they are maintained in a timely manner (incl production status, PP sample/ Shipping samples, and confirmed delivery dates- Publish Fri
 Maintain and report on Production schedules for Retail and Corporate production and warehouse delivery plan - Published Fri
 Monthly Capacity Reporting by Factory
 Monthly component reporting (AP21)
 Quarterly review of any Liabilities design and/or Buying team
Meetings
 Run weekly Production Meeting with Team
 Monthly Capacity review
Projects
 Ongoing review to identify areas for department improvement with the aim to achieve efficient, accurate ways of working.
 Other Projects as required by the business