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Director of Manufacturing
3 weeks ago
Catalyst Creative Group is a trend-leading Men's apparel Design and Manufacturing company based in Irvine, CA. In addition to designing our own brands and licenses (Ezekiel, Party Pants, Dockers), we have become a dominant player in private label apparel design and manufacturing because we help provide solutions to our customers' most fundamental needs—to elevate their brands, products, margins, and sell-through performance at retail. We are market leaders in men's swimwear, casual woven tops and bottoms, and casual knit tops and bottoms. Our customers rely on our exceptional apparel products to help them gain more market share.
Our customers include many of America's most successful brands and retailers, including Nordstrom, Levi’s, Target, Tilly's, Buckle, Zumiez, PacSun, Costco, Sam's Club, Kohls, Walmart, TJMaxx, Ross, Dockers, etc. We attribute much of our success to our strong team of "A Players," which we define as those having passion, a positive attitude, excellent judgment, strong initiative, and ownership of their responsibilities.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
We are looking for someone to join our Leadership Team as the Director of Manufacturing. This position not only oversees the Production & Technical Design teams, but also manages the overseas Quality Assurance teams. The ideal candidate would have strong leadership skills, 15+ years of apparel import manufacturing experience; experience in private label production is a must; Walmart, Target, big-box retailer experience highly preferred. This position requires working with cross-functional leads including sourcing, product development, operations, compliance and sales. Overseas travel required.
Position reports into VP of Operations.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Managing Production, Quality Assurance, and Technical Design teams.
Enforce, refine and implement continuous improvement in manufacturing SOP.
Responsible for ensuring adherence to quality standards in all manufacturing including company and retailer specifications.
On-time delivery of all goods to achieve confirmed dates.
Work cross-functionally with Sourcing, Sales, and Operations teams for capacity planning, risk management, vendor negotiations, etc.
Collaborate with department heads on strategies to align company goals for margin, productivity and efficiency.
Oversee and lead overseas Quality Assurance team. Manage and create QA SOPs as needed.
Review and oversee all risk assessments, inspection, testing reports.
Own production and delivery related communication with retailer teams including QA, buyers and other teams as needed to effectively address any issues.
Manage and improve vendor and customer relationships.
Ability to own department specific reporting and utilize these tools to communicate, problem-solve, and involve cross functional team members as necessary.
Can-do attitude with the ability and drive to proactively foresee potential risks, problem solve, and elevate issues appropriately when necessary.
Participate in Leadership Team meetings to continually improve, strengthen, and move the business forward.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
- 15+ plus years in apparel manufacturing with 10+ years in a role managing a team; proven ability to own, lead and grow a diverse team including leading Sr. Management level team members.
- Proven and effective communication and negotiation skills especially from a production management role; communicating needs and managing issues with overseas teams.
- Experience working with overseas factories and a background working directly with apparel manufacturers; understanding of apparel production process and ability to communicate effectively with overseas teams including client factory and company QA teams.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as experience communicating appropriately and professionally with large retailers required.
- Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook as well as ERP system proficiency a must.
BENEFITS:
Employees receive two weeks of paid vacation, one week of paid sick leave, and ten paid holidays (8 days + 2 floating). Employees may elect to participate in our health care plan (health, dental, or vision) with 100% of the employees’ costs paid by Catalyst (dependents may also join the plan with their premium paid by the employee). Catalyst offers a 401k match and reduced Friday hours during the summer months.
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