Apparel Production Manager Resume
Summary : Apparel Production Manager fluent in English, Spanish, and Catalan and am passionate about politics, social justice, and quality of life. Seeking a position that uses language abilities, organization skills, and project management and operations experience.
Skills : Management, Customer Service.
Description :
- Redesigned the company's order workflow to improve turnaround time and minimize missing orders.
- Managed a team of three people handling in-house production of apparel, shipping, and inventory.
- Supported a network of 1,100 clients, placing orders and ensuring customer success.
- Coordinated between suppliers and producers to generate SOs, POs, and work orders.
- Provided administrative support to the Vice President including email/phone, travel logistics, and scheduling.
- Collaborated with associate director of sales to launch UC Davis in-house heat press production system creating more campus jobs, greater sales margins, and lowering cost of goods for the student body.
- Trained a team of 10 to safely operate a commercial heat press and Produced hundreds of garments daily.
Experience
10+ Years
Level
Senior
Education
Bachelor Of Science
Apparel Production Manager Resume
Summary : Seeking an Apparel Production Manager position to make the most of extensive management, apparel production, and embroidery skills in order to benefit the organization. Worked closely with maintenance technicians to overcome production hold ups, such as machine faults.
Skills : Efficient, Organized, Detail oriented with strong time management skills.
Description :
- Developed and executed in partnership with designer styles from initial concept to production.
- Developed and sourced in partnership with designer fabric and trims.
- Managed all samples to ensure their movement through the product development process in coordination with the development calendar.
- Worked with factories to achieve desired costing and margin goals without compromising design.
- Travel to factories as needed to review seasonal development progress.
- Managed vendors to make sure sample deadlines are met.
- Strategically managed in partnership with design bill of material (BOMs), fabric and trim, issuing trials, tests, and color approvals.
Experience
7-10 Years
Level
Management
Education
Bachelor Of Science
Apparel Production Manager Resume
Summary : As an Apparel Production Manager, communicated with workers to ensure that they understand their tasks, are comfortable with their working conditions, and are treated fairly by management.
Skills : Knowledge of apparel merchandising, Teamwork, Communication.
Description :
- Maintained files that support all product record-keeping.
- Reviewed weekly purchase order change notice charts and ensure timely updates.
- Assisted in monitoring deliveries and updating the wholesale tracking charts with shipping details.
- Communicated with all related departments to ensure product details are consistent with the adopted style profiles.
- Worked with vendors to send product specs and description sheets for wholesale products.
- Interfaced with the testing department on all bulk test reports and approvals.
- Drove quality standards throughout production stages, including incoming materials to shipped products.
Experience
7-10 Years
Level
Management
Education
Bachelor Of Science
Apparel Production Manager Resume
Summary : As an Apparel Production Manager, responsible for the execution of all production work of converting inputs into outputs as per Apparel buyers instructions and thus making value additions.
Skills : Interpersonal, Creativity, Analytical, Problem solving.
Description :
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Supported the production manager in implementing ME Key initiatives and quality tools in daily production operations.
- Drove suppliers to meet all key milestones & KPIs including monthly analysis of quality performance, with clear action plans and follow-up.
- Managed relationship with factory top management (Head of Production & Head of Quality) with support from Production Team Leader, Senior Production Manager, and ME team in implementing ME key initiatives and quality tools in daily production operations.
- Managed junior team members and contribute considerably to the achievement of team objectives ensuring that quality is the paramount priority and focus.
- Made day-to-day decisions within defined scope with limited support on the resolution of complex production issues.
- Drove effective communication with Creation Centres, Development, Material and Production, external suppliers, and internal business partners in collaboration with the Senior Manager of Technical Services, Director, and Technical Service to resolve quality problems, including timely communication of delivery risks.
- Built and maintained development calendar, and cost charts for all categories.
Experience
7-10 Years
Level
Management
Education
Bachelor Of Science
Apparel Production Manager Resume
Headline : As an Apparel Production Manager, I Audited and confirmed sample quality in terms of workmanship, specifications, and other technical details to ensure all requirements are being followed correctly. Audited and confirmed current bulk production and solved problems that may arise during the production process.
Skills : Strong sense of team spirit and Accountability.
Description :
- Handled E2E process for LO SMV costing alongside our supplier to create the most efficient, competitive, and standardized approach for labor cost.
- Worked closely with the Manufacturing Excellent (ME) Team and Apparel Sourcing Operations team to understand objectives, goals, and expectations and apply steps locally to achieve our goals.
- Trained and supported LO teams and T1s in the understanding and application of the SMV framework.
- Analyzed sewing machine operators' skills and provides sewing techniques training where necessary.
- Kept track of the production targets and allocation of machinery, provides insight if any machinery is causing any quality defect or under break down condition.
- Evaluated orders and works with other departments to ensure materials are organized on time for production activities, including coordination between the production line and cutting department.
- Monitored daily activities by managing direct reports, and guiding team cells to achieve optimal workflow.
Experience
5-7 Years
Level
Executive
Education
Bachelor Of Science
Apparel Production Manager Resume
Headline : As an Apparel Production Manager, managed production & operation, Formulate strategies, identifying and developing new avenues, Conceptualized and implemented systems and operating procedures, Designing operations , quality management, process strategy and capacity planning.
Skills : Effective project management, Problem-solving, and Negotiation skills.
Description :
- Managed labor costs by reviewing employee performance and terminating poor performers while encouraging high performers to stay with the company.
- Reviewed production schedules to determine whether they can be met by the factorys current production capacity.
- Established relationships with vendors and suppliers in order to obtain materials needed for new product lines.
- Ensured quality control by inspecting finished products for defects or flaws that may need to be corrected.
- Ensured that production runs smoothly by providing guidance to employees on time management and task prioritization.
- Coordinated with marketing staff to determine seasonal trends that may affect production needs.
- Communicated with clients to ensure that they are satisfied with the final product.
Experience
5-7 Years
Level
Executive
Education
Bachelor Of Science
Apparel Production Manager Resume
Objective : As an Apparel Production Manager, collected reports from the heads of the departments, compiled all those reports and make one report that is to be submitted to the corporate office.
Skills : Printing, Embroidery, Garment dying etc.
Description :
- Handled all types of production issues, and section-by-section coordination, especially focusing on the sewing and finishing section.
- Dealed with garment mills, vendors, buyer QC, and laundries for product improvement and took on-site training to related partners to accomplish the wash approval process and standard.
- Worked closely with the production team from the development stage in order to foresee production bottlenecks and quality problems. And troubleshoot them.
- Flowed suppliers final piece-by-piece garment checks and ensures conformity with the buyer quality requirements and checks the level of garments being prepared for QCC 1 checks.
- Made reports and upgraded them as per company standards and SOPs.
- Upgraded the technical data sheet and work on different projects and present those to stakeholders timely manner.
- Controlled the audit assessment process of the washing units.
Experience
2-5 Years
Level
Executive
Education
Bachelor Of Science
Apparel Production Manager Resume
Objective : As an Apparel Production Manager, supported the creation of individual vendor action plans to improve costing performance enabling successful achievement of milestones and business goals.
Skills : Strong proficiency in Excel & G Suite.
Description :
- Made risk analysis of new wash effects in order to foresee potential problems. Work on an alternative solution on recipes/work methods/suppliers in order to achieve the best wash results within the best quality/lead-time/price.
- Prepared a schedule and plan the daily work for the wet and dry process and delegate the work depending on the workload and priority requirements.
- Conducted Pre-production meetings with merchandising team, Buyer representative, and QA department to take over the job as per the style.
- Effective follow-up on materials inventory, production process, quality standards & team performance & Finlay making sure that products and procedures are on time and of good quality.
- Responsible for bulk approval, bulk production, coordination, and sampling.
- Controlled two franchises including marketing, selection and release of new products, and promotional specials.
- Met customer delivery dates, implement and focus on customer requirements.
Experience
2-5 Years
Level
Executive
Education
GED
Apparel Production Manager Resume
Objective : As an Apparel Production Manager, responsible for constantly studying product competition and look for flaws in their design. Observations and analysis, the apparel production managers then design better and more appealing products, advertise the product with the goal to sell their apparel.
Skills : Extreme attention to detail, Excellent communication skills.
Description :
- Analyzed the operators skills. Monitored hourly production.
- Kept track of the production targets and allocation of machinery
- Analyzed each order individually with another department to ensure the new materials were organized on time for production activity.
- Monitored whether these activities are done on a regular basis so that the flow of work for any particular order run smoothly.
- Followed up with the marketing department to get the work order package and forward the same to start the production process.
- Screened the document before sending it to the factory for clarity of information.
- Developed and executed in partnership with designer styles from initial concept to production.
Experience
2-5 Years
Level
Executive
Education
GED
Apparel Production Manager Resume
Objective : As an Apparel Production Manager, worked with suppliers to agree on quality standards, price, delivery times and ethical production issues. Planned and monitored production schedules and altering them when necessary.
Skills : Fast-paced environment, Driven by teamwork and collaborative innovation.
Description :
- Ran through the daily status reports and updated the management about the production progress on a day-to-day basis by following up with the factories.
- Controlled the factories in ensuring that the production process is going as per the target plan.
- Reset the plan in case of any deviations in the actual production instead the said targets taking into account the timely delivery.
- Coordinated between the production line and cutting department.
- Managed all communication with vendors to ensure daily clarity and product status updates.
- Developed and managed processes for ordering bulk fabric and trim to ensure orders can be cut and made.
- Built strong relationships with mills to obtain care, content, sample yardage requests, and bulk minimums, and negotiate prices, lead times, and delivery.
Experience
0-2 Years
Level
Entry Level
Education
GED
