What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Manager Production - Handbags position at Madewell?
The Role Purpose:
- Attend in-season Production and related meetings, and communicate any product-related information to all internal teams and vendors from initial concept stages through delivery.
- Collect and manage time and action information to ensure adherence to the corporate Product Development Calendar.
- Maintain seasonal cost charts, communicate initial projections and cost targets to vendors. Engage in cost negotiations as needed.
- Manage sample requests and track samples to ensure deadlines, quality standards and design aesthetics are being met.
- Attend fit sessions to ensure proper measurements are being met and sample corrections are being made within our fit process guidelines.
- Maintain line of communication between internal teams, vendors and factories to communicate and track style detail information and calendar deadlines.
Qualifications:
- 2-3 years of experience in production/product management
- Experience in garment costing
- Knowledge of time and action calendars
- Excellent communication, organizational and follow-through skills
- Experience in PLM and Microsoft Suite