At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive production performance and optimise costs while collaborating with creative and operational teams.
- Company: Dynamic multi-brand business focused on innovation and efficiency.
- Benefits: Opportunity to make a tangible impact and grow within a transforming environment.
- Other info: Join a team passionate about making products better, faster, and more efficiently.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of production improvements and systems transformation.
- Qualifications: Experience in production management and strong supplier negotiation skills.
The predicted salary is between 113904 - 139216 $ per year.
Are you a commercially minded Production Manager who thrives on improving efficiencies, negotiating with suppliers and bringing products to market faster? We’re partnering with a growing, multi-brand business looking for a hands‑on Production Manager to drive production performance, optimise costs and streamline product development across its portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible commercial impact while working across production, product development, design and systems transformation.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Chief Creative Officer, you’ll take ownership of day‑to‑day production operations while identifying opportunities to improve margins, reduce lead times and strengthen supplier performance. You’ll work closely with creative, commercial and operational stakeholders to ensure products are delivered on time, to budget and without compromising quality or design integrity. Alongside your core production responsibilities, you’ll play a key role in the implementation of new Product Information Management (PIM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, helping establish more efficient, connected and scalable processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Cost Optimisation: Drive incremental cost‑of‑goods (COGS) improvements through supplier negotiations, value engineering, component optimisation and manufacturing efficiencies.
- Production & Supplier Management: Oversee day‑to‑day production, manage supplier relationships and ensure products meet agreed cost, quality and delivery expectations.
- Speed to Market: Identify opportunities to reduce sampling, development and manufacturing lead times, improve critical paths and streamline workflows.
- Systems & Process Improvement: Lead the functional requirements for PIM and PLM implementation across product development and production, supporting data accuracy, process improvements and team adoption.
- Team Leadership: Directly manage the Production & Compliance Coordinator, providing guidance, prioritisation and ongoing development.
- Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Partner with creative, commercial, finance, operations and IT stakeholders to improve efficiency while maintaining brand positioning and product quality.
About You
You’re a proactive, commercially astute professional who combines strong production expertise with a practical, solutions‑focused mindset. You enjoy getting into the detail, building strong supplier relationships and finding smarter ways of working. You’ll ideally bring:
- Proven experience in production management, sourcing or product development within Apparel, Accessories or related consumer products.
- Strong knowledge of offshore manufacturing, supplier negotiations, product costing, technical specifications and quality processes.
- A track record of delivering cost savings, improving supplier performance and reducing production lead times.
- Experience managing critical paths, seasonal calendars and multiple product development projects simultaneously.
- Strong commercial acumen, analytical skills and the ability to translate opportunities into measurable results.
- Confidence leading teams and collaborating across creative, commercial and operational functions.
- Strong systems aptitude, with experience in PIM, PLM or similar system implementations highly regarded.
- A hands‑on approach, excellent organisational skills and the ability to balance competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
- Multi‑brand businesses and Asian supplier markets will be highly regarded.
Why Apply?
- Join a growing business undergoing an exciting period of operational and systems transformation.
- Make a direct impact on commercial performance, profitability and speed to market.
- Take ownership of meaningful production and process improvement initiatives.
- Work collaboratively across creative, commercial and operational teams.
If you’re commercially driven, operationally strong and passionate about making products better, faster and more efficiently, we’d love to hear from you.
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