Associate Manager Production - Handbags

The Role + Purpose:

• Attend in-season Production and related meetings, and communicate any product-related information to all internal teams and vendors from initial concept stages through delivery.
• Collect and manage time and action information to ensure adherence to the corporate Product Development Calendar.
• Maintain seasonal cost charts, communicate initial projections and cost targets to vendors. Engage in cost negotiations as needed.
• Manage sample requests and track samples to ensure deadlines, quality standards and design aesthetics are being met.
• Attend fit sessions to ensure proper measurements are being met and sample corrections are being made within our fit process guidelines.
• Maintain line of communication between internal teams, vendors and factories to communicate and track style detail information and calendar deadlines.

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of experience in production/product management
• Experience in garment costing
• Knowledge of time and action calendars
• Excellent communication, organizational and follow-through skills
• Experience in PLM and Microsoft Suite