Producti Manager

**SWIM USA is the premiere designer and manufacturer of women's swimwear with offices located in New York, NY. We are 84 years young and seeking a dynamic, organized and talented Production Manager to join our team.**

**Job Summary**

To coordinate and manage product needs between sales, design, and manufacturing entities overseas

**Primary Duties and Responsibilities**
- Sourcing of fabric and trims per design requests
- Create and manage Time and Action Calendars for all accounts, or lines, each season
- Attend production planning meetings. Actively participate, if not lead in the discussions arising from the plan, (problems and solutions.)
- Issue purchase orders to the sourced factories and supply the necessary data into Blue Cherry
- Costing: negotiate and find prices from vendors that fit into the margin goals set by the VP of Operations
- Review and approve customer compliance requirements, which include labels, tickets, packaging, QC requirements etc.
- Reports: issue reports to managers and agents to communicate work in process in order to ensure that schedules are met
- Blue Cherry: input data to maintain style data base
- Review and approve vendor invoice payment
- All other duties as assigned by Senior Product Manager

**Qualifications/Requirements**
- Education: _Bachelor's degree preferred, however, will consider job experience.
- Experience: _A minimum of 5 years' experience in production with participation in sourcing process
- Skills:_
- Must be organized, detail oriented and follow up skills
- Must possess strong computer skills (i.e. Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
- Must be able to work with numbers
- Experience in swimwear or intimate apparel a plus
- Working Conditions: _office
- Travel: _Negligible
- Physical Demands: _
- Must be able to stand, sit, and walk 8 hours/day

**_ Note: _**Manager reserves the right to modify job description base on business need**

SWIM USA is an EOE