[HCM] Production Director

PURPOSES

Production Director will plan, lead, direct, develop, and coordinate the process, activities, and staff of departments including of Design, Technical, Quality and Production in order to ensure product development, timeline of produce and quality with effective costs (for both domestic and oversea customers)

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead Design team, Technical team, Quality team, and Production team to fulfill production plan in accordance with business plan;
• Develop effective production system/processes to create strategic production plan
• Build up strategy/optimal systems to effectively supervise product quality
• Develop people to fit in the system
• Liaise with cross-functional departments and improve internal processes to optimize buying quantities
• Build up strategic production partners;
• Oversee all product-related queries and deliver maximum cost efficiencies
• Manage buying plan to ensure timely delivery for each season
• Update new product ideas and advance technology to increase competitive advantages

DUTIES

1. Main Duties of Production:

• Strategy duty:
  • Perform business direction for developing product
  • Liaise with Commercial Director/team to develop strategic products as business plan required
  • Develop effective internal system and strategic partners
  • Create strategic buying and pricing plan to maximize profit margin
  • Control collection’s timeline to optimize business opportunities
  • Develop appropriate people to fit in system and perform smooth operation
• Lead Design team
  • Provide product direction for seasonal collections
  • Perform approval on idea, concept, style proposal, fabric/color/artwork
• Lead Technical team
  • Develop effective working processes to catch up product development plan
  • Oversee issues in product development and enhance team’s efficiency 
• Lead Sample team
  • Optimize working process of sample room for timely developing sample
• Lead Production team
  • Create optimal buying plan including of buying price, quantities to optimize profit margins as target
  • Develop strategic production partners
  • Control production timeline to ensure timely delivery to customers (domestic and overseas)
• Lead Quality Control
  • Build up Quality Control system to monitor quality works of factory and production partners for final target of minimizing defects
  • Continuously improve efficiency of Quality Control processes

​​​​​​2. Main duties on Trading:

• Create trust in product quality to overseas customers
• Provide production competency to overseas customers to attain buying requests and manage team to complete these customer requests
• Oversee production issues, effectively improve internal processes and provide solutions to overseas customers 
• Control production progress with high quality to timely fulfill customer orders
• Optimize wholesale prices and production costs to maximize profit margins
• Liaise with IT team to set up wholesale app including of working process and placing order from overseas customers

​​​​​​​​​3. People management

• ​Design Manager and team members
• Merchandising Manager and team members
• Technical Manager and team members
• Quality Manager and team members

4. Other tasks which are related to the above listed responsibilities.

RELATIONSHIPS

• Internal:
  • Direct report to CEO
  • Work closely to Head of Departments
  • Design, Technical, Quality, and Production team members
• External:
  • Strategic partners
  • Outsource agencies
  • Oversea customers

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Excellent communication, delegation, and team-building skills
• Strong planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to multitask and meet multiple deadlines
• Strong knowledge of garment development, global production, and factory Work-In-Progress (WIP) follow-up
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office tools, Product Life-Cycle Management (PLM), and Supply Chain Management (SCM)

STANDARD OBJECTIVES 

• Successfully create cross-functional processes of production
• Successfully create a strong culture in teamwork and leadership
• Effectively build succession workforces, develop employees on their career map
• Successfully control cost of goods as target
• Successfully develop strategic outsource partners 
• Successfully meet timeline of produce and quality
• Smooth daily operation

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCES 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Production Management, or equivalent s
• At least 5 years at the same level 
• Able to travel domestically and internationally