Sourcing and Production Associate Manager - Licensed Apparel

Company Description IsaacMorris (Isaac Morris Limited), founded in 1989, is a leading licensed apparel manufacturer serving the retail market for over 35 years. The company specializes in Boys, Girls, Young Men’s, and Juniors’ clothing, distributing to specialty stores, department stores, and mass market retailers. Based in New York City, IsaacMorris offers in-house licensing and art capabilities to create trend-right, high-quality designs. The team is committed to delivering top-tier artwork, product execution, and service tailored to each retail partner’s needs.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the relationship with vendors and mills.
• Works with the Director of Sourcing
• Develops fabric and production capacity reservations and liabilities ensuring the consumption or resolution of outstanding liabilities to minimize financial exposure.
• Develops and executes the development and communication of seasonal time and action calendars for the business and ensures teams are in compliance to required dates.
• Negotiates the best costs without compromising the brand’s quality or on-time deliveries.
• Daily communications direct with factories. Communicate with design team to ensure final product comes out correctly
• Follow up on time and action calendars
• Experience with domestic mills, blank suppliers and screen printing required
• Update WIP reports daily and track of all submits
• Log all packages
• Review Carton marking, upc’s, etc.
• Review PP’s/TOP samples with design team
• Negotiates the best costs without compromising the product quality or on-time deliveries.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3 years of experience in apparel production
• Organized self-starter
• Exceptional follow-up skills
• Very detail-oriented, flexible, able to multi-task
• Spanish language is a plus
• Experience with garment construction, production timelines and garment testing
• Proficient in MS Office and MS Excel