Area Manager - Costume Production - Disney Cruise Line

Through innovative storytelling and collaboration, Disney Live Entertainment creates, produces, and delivers remarkable and engaging entertainment experiences! From the intimate to the spectacular, our work can be seen at Disney theme parks, resort hotels, cruise ships, and other locations the world over. This diverse team – representing a wide variety of fields and talents from technical directors, writers and lighting designers to choreographers, cosmetologists, and music producers – brings magical worlds to life through technical expertise, performance excellence, incomparable ingenuity, unparalleled spectacle… and a dash of pixie dust!

The Area Manager is responsible for leading salaried, hourly union, and hourly non-union cast. This role will provide guidance and feedback that promotes development and inclusion. The Area Manager must also understand how to balance creative needs with budgetary constraints that all collaborators find agreeable.

This position reports to the Senior Manager - Costume Production & Sustainment.

This role is a Full-Time role.

What You Will Do:

Lead a Costumer team that meets or exceeds the expectations of Partners/Guests, ensuring a consistent product as well as a high level of customer service

Provide daily leadership, coaching, and mentoring to theteam, including ensuring theteam receives accurate training and understands how to perform their role

Monitor, analyze, and take action on costume inventory quantity, costume show quality, and expenses affecting annual financial targets using programs that include but arenot limited to SAP, Maximo, and Yunique PLM

Build and maintain strong working collaborations and support business requests in a dynamic environment

Ensure division and segment strategies are being followed

Look for areas of opportunity to improve efficiency for the organization and strive to make processes consistent within Disney Live Entertainment (DLE) Costuming

Lead all aspects of and establish process and Operating Guides

Improve Guest service in this Cast-serving-Cast environment by communicating new and innovative ideas to help drive the Costuming organization to new heights

Participate in annual budget planning

Lead replenishment planning sessions or work in tandem with operational teams for annual costume production and replenishment planning

Prepare cost estimates and the ability to fulfill project management function

Partner with Operational Costuming areas for the procurement and disposition of Entertainment Costumes

Understand fabrics, manufacturing, and cleaning processes as related to Entertainment Costumes

Establish and maintain partnerships that support the implementation of new product

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in a leadership role with direct and indirect reports

3+ years of experience in Costuming, Theater, Live Entertainment, Garment Manufacturing, Fashion, or other related field

Skilled in garment construction and performing fittings

Experience mentoring and providing direction to salaried and hourly Union Cast

Proficient in solving conflict and gaining consensus in a way that all partners feel heard and understood

Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage partners at all levels both internally and externally

Prior experience working with a collective bargaining agreement and unionized cast

Willing to travel between various work locations in a given day

Ability to work around all types of fibers, fabrics, and synthetic furs

Schedule availability to work flexible hours including weekends, nights, and holidays

Ability to travel domestically & internationally up to 10% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous experience in Textiles or the Apparel industry

Knowledge in various purchasing software Maximo, GUS, & Yunique PLM

Experience working on a cruise ship for the installation of new entertainment offerings

Skilled in international shipping processes and global sourcing

Proficient in garment specification or technical specification writing

Education:

High School Diploma or equivalent required

Advanced Degree in Merchandising, Costuming,…