Position : Production Manager

Report to : Country Manager- ( Expatriate)

Main Purpose:  To manage the production quality control process, ensuring that delivered product consistently meets brand expectations for visual quality, product durability and fit.

Requirements:

• Detailed understanding of footwear factory operation.
• Familiar with footwear production in terms of best practices
• Ability to evaluate production volume capability
• Familiar with all aspects of quality control related to footwear production.
• Lab Test procedures
• Understanding of factory production capacities based on product type/number of people/equipment etc.
• Understanding of Leather
• In depth knowledge of shoe making from start to finish
• Interpretation of Lab results and testing methods
• Experience of Man management
• Excellent Communication

Accountabilities:

• To manage the Q.C. team, ensuring that shoe inspections, process checks and product tests are carried out in accordance with the Brand ’ policy and standards.
• To monitor factory production performance by volume and style content and advise the Brand ’ planning teams of potential delays against delivery timetables.
• To regularly evaluate the performance of the Brand s’ Manufacturing suppliers with regard to their manufacturing methods and quality control systems
• To take responsibility for key decisions on quality at a senior level on any issues which cannot be resolved by the team, managing the appropriate communication of these decisions with key contacts in the Brand and the supplier management team.
• To analyse Q.C. reports issued from HQ and act accordingly to make improvements.
• To ensure that the factory and the the Brand QC team is properly prepared for commercialization meetings, and that the meetings are conducted professionally in order to maximise the effectiveness of the meeting.
• To work directly with tannery and other component suppliers to resolve issues when required.
• To manage the recruitment, training and career development of the quality control team to ensure that the Brand maintain the skills necessary to effectively control supplier production standards\
• To schedule the movements and day to day activities of the quality control team, ensuring that we have adequate resources in each factory to meet the company’s inspection needs without causing delays to order shipments
• Career paths are in place for talented individuals
• Factory order levels are reviewed on a regular basis and inspectors are given clear direction about how to manage their time and movements to ensure that orders can be inspected without delay to shipping schedules
• For more information please contact Ms Susan 0906316839, 0839154343 ext 115 - email: susan.ho@firstrecruitment-asia.com
   

Position : Commercialization Engineer

Report to : Lead Commercialisation Engineer

Purpose: 

successful transfer of new product ideas from the approved sample stage to bulk production. Agreeing work schedules and test deadlines to meet customer delivery commitments, and ensuring that brand standards for aesthetics, quality assurance and fitting integrity are achieved by the production factory prior to authorising work to start on bulk orders.

Requirements:

• Thorough understanding of shoemaking processes and shoemaking machinery
• Detailed knowledge of shoe construction test standards and material performance requirements
• Detailed understanding of shoe fitting principles and standards
• Detailed understanding of pattern grading principles and practices
• Detailed understanding of cementing systems and cement application processes
• Basic understanding of leather grading and leather cutting practices
• Basic understanding of shoe finishing techniques
• Detailed understanding of footwear factory operation.

Accountabilities:

• To review new style ideas in advance of handover for commercialisation, advise on areas where production problems could be expected and work with the Brand and Factory technicians to resolve the problems
• To manage the progress of approved styles from handover through to the start of bulk production ensuring that agreed timetables for production start up are communicated effectively and achieved
• To manage the technical approval of new styles after the handover and in preparation for production, ensuring that prompt and effective action is taken to resolve any problems
• To approve the pattern and component grading plan for a new style, ensuring that the sample size design characteristics are faithfully represented in the full size range of shoes intended for bulk production
• To approve the intended production process for a new style, agreeing the key quality control points and the quality control measures that will be used
• To establish the quality control references needed for each new style and arrange for these references to be available in the production factory
• To arrange for the punctual release of tooling orders (new sole moulds and upper tooling on small volume styles etc) where the Brand has cost responsibility
• To establish shoe packaging methods and specifications that will prevent shoes from being damaged during transit and storage
• To authorise bulk production to start following a successful pre-production testing process

• For more information please contact Ms Susan 0906316839, 0839154343 ext 115 Email : susan.ho@firstrecruitment-asia.com