Supply Chain and Production Manager
Haddad is a privately held family business with over 100 years of experience in the children’s apparel & accessories industry. A leader in the industry, Haddad Brands is the exclusive global licensee for the most iconic brands in the world, including Nike, Jordan, Converse, Hurley, Levi’s, Polo, Abercrombie and Fitch, Lacoste, and Huggies. Supported by a team of professionals skilled in design, sourcing, production, sales, marketing & distribution of premium quality children’s wear, Haddad distributes globally to 100+ countries and maintains sales and sourcing offices in 22 cities globally, including New York, Paris, Hilversum, Shanghai, Egypt, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Montreal.
Overview:
The Supply Chain and Production Manager will evaluate and prioritize factory capacity and delivery requirements and ensure on-time delivery.
Key Accountabilities:
- Work closely with the Sales and Demand Planning teams to coordinate sales needs against available capacity
- Partner with Value team to identify opportunities for key categories to maximize available capacities in overseas factories
- Plan and prioritize customer orders to support each factory’s capacity
- Manage the customer delivery deadlines seasonally against the buys as they are placed, making sure production is shipping with enough time to achieve them
- Work closely with overseas teams on USA and global delivery tracking to communicate with sales teams accordingly
- Prioritize and problem solve any issues that arise in production calendars relating to deliveries and communicate with proposed solutions to both management and sales teams
- Manage container allocation to ensure customer needs are being met
- Train/guide staff and overseas teams with best practices and proactive checkpoints to help maintain and track production deliveries
- Supervise staff and provide direction and management to identify and resolve opportunities and challenges on deliveries/production/systems
- Special projects as assigned