NYC Home textile & Furniture Company seeking an experienced Production Assistant .
Seeking an individual to assist the production division and work closely with the design team and sales team.
Experience in knowledge of specking product development would be an advantage.
Must have knowledge of Home Industry
To lead and enhance the workflow from development to production and delivery.
Individual must have strong management and communication skills and experience with production workflows
Position will be in-office in our beautiful nyc office
Responsibilities:
Manage all incoming production samples and prototypes and monitoring timely arrival of production shipments from Overseas.
Working with team to ensure proper time and action of development and production samples that are executed correctly and within timelines and keeping teams always updated.
All technical comments and changes to be communicated to vendors / offshore office and ensuring all changes are incorporated
Fabric approvals
lab dip approvals
review all QC reports and give comments / approvals
Have knowledge about Lab testing
Review Buyer Routing guides and ensure guidelines are followed
Issue PO to vendors
Creating, updating, and managing cost sheets
Tracking and updating Production Flow charts daily
Daily production needs that comes up on day-to-day basis
Daily calls to vendors / buying office to troubleshoot production and delivery issues
Sourcing skill to negotiate costs and knowledge about fabrics and processes.
Bringing New Vendors to the table with competitive price points
Requirements:
Must have reliable transportation
Minimum 5 years' experience in Fashion, Home Textile, furniture or Apparel industry
Self-Motivated, Highly Organized.
Microsoft Excel experience required. Must be able to process and create charts
Work on ERP system
Job Type: Full-time