Production & Sourcing Director

Company Overview

Established in 1975, Delta Galil Industries is a global manufacturer and marketer of Private Label apparel products for men, women and children, as well as owner of leading fashion brands such as 7 For All Mankind, Schiesser, PJ Salvage, Eminence, Delta and more.

With an eclectic offering of made‑to‑order products, Delta Galil’s range includes intimate apparel for men & women, active wear, socks, kids & baby wear. We are proud to have contributed to the success of Walmart, Target, and Marks & Spencer, as well as leading fashion brands such as Calvin Klein, Nike, Victoria’s Secret and many more. Delta Galil also sells its products under brand names licensed to the company including Adidas, Wolford, Polo Ralph Lauren, Wilson, Maidenform, Tommy Hilfiger and others.

The Production leader will lead Sourcing and Production functions, as well as cross‑functional collaboration to drive right product, at the right cost, delivered on time.

• Proactively communicates to mills and factories seasonal projections, negotiates required key delivery dates, and generic TNA early in the season to ensure the proper planning and staging of the programs, ahead of order placement.
• Responsible for costing negotiation at program level, and for driving best costs, to ensure the department meets or exceeds seasonal margin goals.
• Establish a strong vendor matrix to support long term business needs.
• Responsible for program placement with overseas mills, factories, and offices in a timely manner, with proper program specific TNAs and with the right capacity allocation and production planning, to meet contracted deliveries.
• Leads the cross‑functional team in the execution and adherence to program specific TNAs. Responsible for the follow through of the approval process from completed BOM handoff from design, color and components approvals, technical follow up, fit approvals, pre‑production, testing and TOP approvals. Collaborates with stakeholders to address and resolve issues with product approvals and / or testing failures. Proactively elevates issues to supervisor as needed.
• Partners with Planning Team to ensure proper support of the business at the right level of stock. Owns updating and communicating monthly program specific capacity plans to factories and mills, addressing and elevating issues with factory loading or capacity issues as needed.
• Evaluates production issues to determine possible impact to deliveries. Facilitates and leads the cross‑functional decision‑making required to evaluate quality levels found during production, and required changes to ship modes to support customer deliveries.
• Partnership with Domestic and Offshore QA Teams. Proactively communicates intended program allocation before placement, and champions the adherence to critical QA steps before, during and at the end of production, to ensure products arrive at the Distribution Center with “no” quality control issues thus enabling all customers orders to ship “ON‑TIME”.
• Responsible for the timely update of POs in the system. Enforces the practice of timely bookings by factories, and responsible for the approval of correct vessel schedules, in line with customer deliveries.
• Works with Management on improvement of process flow, and implementation of new initiatives.
• Create and maintain delivery reports for weekly review with team.

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in apparel Product Development, Production, QA and Testing.
• Experience working with a big box mass market retailer (ie: Target, Walmart).
• Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing, testing and quality control.
• Must be a Team Leader.
• Exceptionally strong problem solving and negotiating skills with factories and materials supplies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills a must.
• Detail oriented with strong follow‑up skills and sense of urgency.
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple projects.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and work with multiple teams.
• Ability to communicate well with Factories as well as suppliers at all levels and all levels of internal teams within DGUSA.
• Understanding of fabrics and trims, YY, CM, AU Cost Component in a…