Job Description

Company Description

Dezine News Accessories (DNA) is a leading fashion accessories supplier to the nation’s largest retailers. Founded in 2006, DNA has established itself as the go-to resource for private label accessories programs. Our team creates not only trend-right women’s, men’s and kids’ fashion accessories and gift items that drive sales, we also provide core volume accessories we replenish to stores on a weekly basis. The company boasts a savvy team of creative designers and experienced merchants who specialize in handbags, small leather goods, belts and gift programs for our retail partners. DNA has an impeccable market reputation for high quality, value, integrity, dedicated customer service, and state-of-the-art distribution – all leading to profitable results for retailers.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Production and Supply Chain Manager located in Dallas, TX. The Manager will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of the manufacturing process, ensuring smooth management of orders, managing production schedules, ensuring quality control, and optimizing production efficiency to meet company goals and customer requirements. This role involves close collaboration with both internal teams and external partners.

Essential Functions

• Manage daily management of production orders for factories ensuring smooth and accurate order passing for on-time production. Collaborate with Account Managers to ensure accuracy of all orders.
• Oversee the collection and review of approval, pre-production and top of production samples to ensure quality and specifications are met. Provide factories directly with all sample approval/rejections with deadlines of corrections.
• Prepare regular reports (daily, weekly, monthly) summarizing production progress, identifying any timeline deviations, and suggesting corrective actions to maintain deadlines.
• Drive solutions to production issues or delays in collaboration with internal teams and external overseas partners, identifying root causes and implementing solutions to minimize disruptions.
• Oversee and ensure proper execution of testing requirements for every order within acceptable production timelines, delegate testing tasks to overseas teams, manage and resolve any testing failures, ensure testing protocols are followed, documented and meeting customer requirements.
• Follow up on packaging timelines, samples and approvals to ensure timely production.
• Monitors the progress of various projects, ensuring timely completion and resolving any issues or delays as they arise.
• Initiate, review, and approve packing specifications for all orders, ensuring they meet customer requirements, including standardization of packing specs when applicable.
• Build and maintain strong relationships internally and key suppliers to ensure clear communication, problem resolution, and continuous improvement in production processes.
• Develop optimal operational processes by identifying inefficiencies, recommending improvements and coordinate execution.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure the smooth execution of new product launches and ongoing production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, merchandising, supply chain, design or other closely related degree.
• 4+ years’ production management, tech pack review, preferably in the manufacturing or fashion industry. 
• Strong understanding of accessories or apparel manufacturing processes, technical design, with knowledge of construction methods.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with internal teams, but especially overseas partners, ensuring clear, timely, and accurate exchange of information.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook) is preferred. Demonstrated ability to leverage Excel and other Microsoft applications for effective data analysis, reporting, and process optimization
• Certifications in production management or quality control are a plus.
• Conversational Mandarin is a plus.
• Potential travel 10 - 15% domestic and international travel subject to business needs.

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