Essential Function

Direct the production of finished goods for Klim and other assigned brands with industry leading quality through committed, transparent partners. Support partner relationships that support strict commitments. Managing Director of production allocation, strategic costing, quality of product, and timeline for on time delivery of quality products.

Benefits & Perks

In addition to the great brand, team, and culture that we have at (Klim/509), here are some additional perks and benefits of working at Teton Outfitters:

• Vehicle use program: Snowmobiles, ORV (ATV, RZR, or Ranger) and Indian Motorcycles - Polaris provides programs that allow employees to purchase or use company products.
• Big company discounts for Klim, 509, and Polaris.
• Health benefits include dental, vision, prescription, HSA, life & disability insurance.
• 401 K contribution matching up at 5%
• Paid holidays
• Immediate PTO available with 2 weeks of annual vacation accrual
• Annual profit-sharing bonus
• Relocation assistance available

Duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for year over year improvement in quality of finished goods which encompasses the evaluation of prior statistical product data and managing quality control. This also includes managing a team of production professionals that ensure all factories have complete and accurate data to produce the world class garments that are required.
• Accountable for managing and training a team to ensure actual cost savings year over year through allocation of product to factories that creates breadbasket cost savings, process, and efficacy improvements, and finished product negotiations.
• Evaluation of capabilities and intimately understanding capacity constraints of each partner factory will be required to find arbitrage opportunities that allow purchase orders to be placed as close to the market demand as possible while ensuring product will arrive on time for all launches.
• Must have the ability to build long term strategic plans and relationships with the business acumen that can see macroeconomic swings and understand the long-term effects on production and the implications to our long-term strategic partners.
• Responsible to use data to formulate and measure business strategies with ability to change plan as inputs and outputs of the factories and our business change.
• In control of managing KPI’s and adding new measurables as needed then is responsible to ensure subordinates clearly distribute KPI’s to factory to ensure expectations are clear and plans for improvement can be extended in a timely manner.
• Need to understand what it takes to actualy manufacture our goods so reasonable expectations can be managed with partner factories and by the same token understand enough to be able to push for the results that are required for continued growth and success.
• Responsible to understand internal department needs (sales, marketing, product line mangers, development, warrantee, demand planning, leadership) and supply needed information in a timely manner while brokering competing interests within the organization.

• Team is responsible to manage production of raw material supply chain from greige forecasting to finished garments for quality and on time delivery
• Manage Quality Control Manager regarding inspection approvals for on time exit factory date

• Prepares, recommends, and tracks operating and personnel budgets for approval.
• Monitors spending for adherence to budget, recommends variances as necessary.

• Alerts departmental leaders regarding timeline requirements for Final Production TDP, Marketing POP and packaging requirements are ready in time for PO placement.
• Ensures all Timeline Milestones are met by other departments to ensure production happens in an efficient and timely manner.
• Special Projects as required.

General:

• Understand and recognize quality and effect changes as needed to improve product
• Follow strict timeline procedures
• Strength in delegation and follow-up
• Leadership measurables
• Deliver on time world class quality products

Qualifications

• Microsoft, PLM and ERP software knowledge required
• Heavy emphasis in Excel Workbooks, coding and formulas
• Experience 8 to 10 years’ experience in production and manufacturing
• Some product development experience required
• Valid Passport and Visas required

Education/Experience.

• Bachelor’s Degree Required
• MBA or Advanced Degree preferred

• Manufacturing

• Negotiation
• Project Completion
• Proven Delivery
• Factual/numbers driven/measurable
• Communication
• Global and Internal Relationships

Working conditions

Responsibilities will require working evenings and weekends, sometimes with little advanced notice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requires domestic and international travel

Physical requirements

Able to travel 2-3 weeks at a time.

Able to travel multiple times a year.

Able to lift 25-50 lbs