DESIGN AND PRODUCTION COORDINATOR // SUNSHINE STATE
Join a Leading Fashion Brand: Senior Production Coordinator Role with Exciting Growth Opportunities!
About the Client:
Our client is a prominent Queensland based Australian brand celebrated for their exquisite designs and high-quality garments. Since 2012, they have crafted stylish and flattering clothing for women, using premium fabrics like specialty silks and linens. Their collections, ranging from everyday essentials to elegant special occasion wear, blend timeless elegance with contemporary style, ensuring comfort and confidence for all body types and ages.
About the Role:
Are you ready to take your career to the next level with a leading Australian fashion brand? Our client, known for creating exquisite and high-quality women's fashion, is looking for a dynamic Senior Production Coordinator to join their team. This is your chance to become an integral part of a company known for its timeless elegance and contemporary style, where your expertise will drive the production of exceptional garments that inspire confidence and comfort for women of all ages.
Why This Role Is For You:
As a Design Assistant & Production Coordinator, you'll be at the forefront of fashion production, managing critical paths, schedules, and costs while collaborating with a team that values innovation and excellence. This role offers not only the chance to showcase your skills but also to grow within a thriving company that has been setting trends and standards in the fashion industry since 2012.
Responsibilities:
Critical Path Management: Review and manage the critical path before each seasonal development begins, ensuring timelines are realistic and key dates are noted.
Schedule Planning: Plan and maintain development and production schedules. Update key due dates in the Production Tracker.
Cost Management: Prepare seasonal costing sheets and input AUS RRP based on historical data. Negotiate style costs with factories and update costing sheets accordingly. Conduct costing meetings for RRP and margin approvals.
Order Management: Raise and place seasonal and recut purchase orders, ensuring timely placement with factories and confirming ex-factory dates. Check factory packing lists against purchase orders and address any quantity variances.
Invoice and Payment: Check and approve factory invoices, manage payment schedules, and follow up to ensure timely payments.
Supplier Relations: Manage and nurture relationships with existing suppliers, resolve production issues, and source new suppliers as needed.
Production Tracking: Create and maintain Production Tracker, and present updates in fortnightly Production Meetings. Oversee protos, SMS, PPS, and shipment samples, ensuring fit changes are noted and managed.
Quality Control: Monitor and address post-production faults, returns, and repairs. Implement procedures for improvements with factories.
Local Production: Coordinate sampling and costings with local makers, manage local bulk production, and oversee the logistics of courier packages.
Requirements:
Experience: Proven experience in a similar role within production, ideally in womenswear.
Knowledge: Strong understanding of the production cycle, product development, operations, technical aspects, fabric, garment construction, and quality control.
Skills: Excellent attention to detail, self-motivated, autonomous, and reliable with a strong sense of responsibility.
Attributes: Flexible, approachable, honest, and trustworthy with a customer-focused approach. Passionate about the fashion industry and committed to excellence.
If you're interested in hearing more about this position please send your CV to jade@whointhezoo.com.au to organise a confidential chat.
Hiring Consultant: Jade
Job Code: 677111
Please note only those applicants who fit the brief will be contacted in relation to their application.