Production Manager
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Description
Job Title: Production Manager
Location: New Providence, NJ (hybrid 2-3x/week onsite)
Overview
As the newly created Production Manager for our Impulse & Seasonal business, you’ll lead production, costing, vendor execution, product data, approvals, and schedules across our fast moving, trend-forward Impulse & Seasonal business. You’ll be responsible to establish consistent standards, protect margins, ensure production readiness, and hold teams and vendors accountable for quality and on-time delivery.
What You’ll Do:
Production Leadership, Planning and Risk
- Set priorities, owners, resources, milestones, and deadlines across programs; track progress, close overdue actions, and lead recovery plans.
- Align cross-functional teams and vendors, escalate cost, quality, capacity, and delivery risks early, and drive timely decisions.
- Standardize production processes and handoffs to improve accountability, consistency, and execution.
Vendor Allocation, Costing and Margin
- Select and allocate vendors based on cost, quality, capacity, capability, and delivery performance; reallocate work when needed.
- Deliver accurate quotations, negotiate pricing, and identify savings through product, material, packaging, and tooling analysis.
- Maintain current quote revisions and agreed pricing and quantify specification changes before approval.
Product Data, Samples and Approvals
- Maintain accurate specifications, vendor details, costs, packaging, milestones, quotations, approvals, and production documents across systems.
- Control versions, resolve data gaps, document decisions, and ensure each handoff uses approved information.
- Keep samples and reviews on schedule; drive vendor follow-up and complete products, material, artwork, packaging, and preproduction approvals.
- Update final specifications and confirm production readiness before release.
What You’ll Bring:
- 3-5 years Production experience in a trend-forward industry (impulse, seasonal, fashion, accessories, home goods, etc.) required
- Strong knowledge of vendor costing, margin targets, product specifications, production approvals, and risk management required
- Proficiency in Excel required; product data or product lifecycle management systems highly preferred
- Ability to manage a very high SKU count & tight production timelines required
- Organization and attention to details as key strengths
- Ability to occasionally meet off-hours with our Shanghai based team
- Ability to work from our New Providence, NJ office 2-3x/week