Production Manager (Maternity Cover - 12 months) in London

Role Overview

You will manage the Production team to ensure the smooth running of all production areas across women's, men's and swimwear. This is a fixed-term contract for 12 months to cover maternity leave.

Reports To: Co-founders

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Managing a team of four.
• Working across menswear, womenswear, and swimwear, ensuring all product is made and delivered on time.
• Managing factories and production - key point of contact for factories based in China and Turkey.
• Overseeing the end-to-end production process, from fit sessions to final production. Ensure adherence to strict timelines and delivering exceptional quality.
• Collaborating closely with all teams including design, technical design and garment technology to ensure seamless coordination and execution.
• Working closely with merchandising and wholesale to ensure goods are delivered to wholesale customers.
• Managing the production critical path, liaising with factories and suppliers to place POs and ensure timely delivery.
• Staying abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and sustainable practices, integrating them into our sourcing and production strategies to drive innovation and social responsibility.
• Full responsibility of QC testing across factories.
• Capacity planning with factories to ensure goods are delivered on time.
• Leading the team in making critical decisions on garments.
• Attending weekly fit sessions to help elevate garments, ensuring teams are keeping to strict deadlines to hit delivery dates.
• Negotiating on factory costs ensuring to hit the margin target across all products.
• Reviewing the overall margin of a collection to ensure the correct margin is being hit, aiding to KPIs.
• Monitoring Purchase Order progress with regular Supplier meetings including Factory visits.

Requirements:

• You’ll be a real people person, on top of the details with a proven track record of successful account management.
• Have experience working in Fully Factored / Finished Good production processes.
• Previous Fashion Production Management experience of min 3 years.
• Targets oriented, highly motivated, organised and driven for success.
• Previous experience using stock management systems and Shopify would be desirable, alongside good Microsoft Office skills with the ability to create presentations and impactful sales material.
• A cross-functional collaborator, with experience building collaborative relationships.
• Excellent stakeholder influencing, management, and communication skills.
• Strong project management - ability to drive small scale projects from concept to realisation.
• Strong prioritisation skills with absolute attention to detail.

Benefits:

• 50% Employee Discount.
• 24 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays).
• A paid day off on your birthday.
• A paid moving day per year.
• Hybrid Working Arrangements - 1 day per week WFH after 6 month probation.
• Pension Scheme.
• Bonus Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
• £500 employee referral bonus scheme.
• Local Business Discounts (cafés, fitness, beauty etc).
• North-West London office location directly located next to good transport links.
• Casual office dress code (your style of dress is up to you, wear what you feel best in).
• Fully-stocked kitchens and fridges (hello endless brekkie and snack supply, see ya afternoon munchies).
• Regular Office Social Events (e.g. payday socials).