Production Manager

Job Description

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Support the Senior Footwear Manager and Country Manager to manage the daily activities and routines in the assigned factories.
• Supervise and evaluate the competencies of team members under his/her structure on a regular basis and provides prompt feedback and guidance to drive high performance and improvement in competencies
• Work closely with Timberland Planning to validate product allocation, factory capacity booking and production plans to ensure that they are viable and realistic
• Supervise the Commercialization process within his/her assigned factories to ensure Timberland standards and requirements for the engineering and manufacturing of footwear are adhered to with regards to product quality, integrity and Commercialization Calendar timelines
• Review all transfer-in tech packages to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Manage all pre-production and production related activities within his/her assigned factories to ensure that production quality is being maintained to Timberland standards and that “On Time Performance” obligations are being met
• Work independently and have strong communication skills to deal with all departments within VF/Timberland, including materials, development, quality/Lab along with factory teams to execute the buys & mass production, helping to resolve problems during WIP process to achieve on-time delivery performance
• To lead the communication with China product development, product engineer, planning and material departments when dealing with pattern, construction, material and factory capacity issues.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Commercialization

• Supervise and coach all team members who conduct commercialization and production trials under his/her structure to ensure an efficient process flow and adherence to Timberland commercialization policy. Provide guidance for improvements in personal skills and technical procedures
• Work with assigned factories and Timberland planning/technical team to review monthly buy, to evaluate the pattern complexity against factory capacity and capability, making suggestions to maximize factory efficiency and delivery continued performance
• Resolve technical-related problems which occur during the process of Commercialization and communicate these issues to TBL Management and staff as well as the factory, and if applicable, material vendor management team(s) to ensure follow-up of action items.
• Review and identify potential Commercialization or Production issues and provide viable options or solutions to solve these problems. Communicate technical issues to Timberland HQ suggesting possible solutions which may require their approval.
• Oversee full size grading done by factories for all new footwear models, achieve model & extreme fit approval and confirm the technical execution against specifications, blue prints and gauges

Production & Quality

• Manage all pre-production and production related activities to ensure that production quality is being maintained to Timberland standards and that “On Time Performance” obligations are being met
• Liaise with Timberland's Quality Assurance management team (USA) to ensure that production footwear meets Timberland’s quality standards
• Nurture a close working relationship/partnership with assigned factories delivering exceptional results against the Scorecard metrics.
• Manage and develop all members of his/her QA team to ensure all Timberland Key initiatives are met in all areas related to factory continuous improvement programs such as Code of Conduct, TQS, VOC, CSR, PRIDE, etc.
• Collaborate with other Timberland PM’s to develop and implement Best Practices across the entire Timberland Factory base.
• Support Timberland's Quality systems to stabilize and optimize the Timberland Quality process within assigned factories
• Work with Factories, material vendors and Timberland materials team to ensures timely delivery of quality materials.
• Work with the Timberland planning team to ensure on time delivery and reliability targets are met and factory daily throughput activities are kept on time.
• Work with development, materials, engineering, Timberland HQ and Factories to prevent potential quality problems and to ensure the product is meeting Timberland standards.
• Make day to day decisions within defined scope, account for production area with defined scope of responsibilities.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Support the Senior Footwear Manager and Country Manager to manage the daily activities and routines in the assigned factories.
• Supervise and evaluate the competencies of team members under his/her structure on a regular basis and provides prompt feedback and guidance to drive high performance and improvement in competencies
• Work closely with Timberland Planning to validate product allocation, factory capacity booking and production plans to ensure that they are viable and realistic
• Supervise the Commercialization process within his/her assigned factories to ensure Timberland standards and requirements for the engineering and manufacturing of footwear are adhered to with regards to product quality, integrity and Commercialization Calendar timelines
• Review all transfer-in tech packages to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Manage all pre-production and production related activities within his/her assigned factories to ensure that production quality is being maintained to Timberland standards and that “On Time Performance” obligations are being met
• Work independently and have strong communication skills to deal with all departments within VF/Timberland, including materials, development, quality/Lab along with factory teams to execute the buys & mass production, helping to resolve problems during WIP process to achieve on-time delivery performance
• To lead the communication with China product development, product engineer, planning and material departments when dealing with pattern, construction, material and factory capacity issues.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Commercialization

• Supervise and coach all team members who conduct commercialization and production trials under his/her structure to ensure an efficient process flow and adherence to Timberland commercialization policy. Provide guidance for improvements in personal skills and technical procedures
• Work with assigned factories and Timberland planning/technical team to review monthly buy, to evaluate the pattern complexity against factory capacity and capability, making suggestions to maximize factory efficiency and delivery continued performance
• Resolve technical-related problems which occur during the process of Commercialization and communicate these issues to TBL Management and staff as well as the factory, and if applicable, material vendor management team(s) to ensure follow-up of action items.
• Review and identify potential Commercialization or Production issues and provide viable options or solutions to solve these problems. Communicate technical issues to Timberland HQ suggesting possible solutions which may require their approval.
• Oversee full size grading done by factories for all new footwear models, achieve model & extreme fit approval and confirm the technical execution against specifications, blue prints and gauges

Production & Quality

• Manage all pre-production and production related activities to ensure that production quality is being maintained to Timberland standards and that “On Time Performance” obligations are being met
• Liaise with Timberland's Quality Assurance management team (USA) to ensure that production footwear meets Timberland’s quality standards
• Nurture a close working relationship/partnership with assigned factories delivering exceptional results against the Scorecard metrics.
• Manage and develop all members of his/her QA team to ensure all Timberland Key initiatives are met in all areas related to factory continuous improvement programs such as Code of Conduct, TQS, VOC, CSR, PRIDE, etc.
• Collaborate with other Timberland PM’s to develop and implement Best Practices across the entire Timberland Factory base.
• Support Timberland's Quality systems to stabilize and optimize the Timberland Quality process within assigned factories
• Work with Factories, material vendors and Timberland materials team to ensures timely delivery of quality materials.
• Work with the Timberland planning team to ensure on time delivery and reliability targets are met and factory daily throughput activities are kept on time.
• Work with development, materials, engineering, Timberland HQ and Factories to prevent potential quality problems and to ensure the product is meeting Timberland standards.
• Make day to day decisions within defined scope, account for production area with defined scope of