Senior Production Manager (Leather Goods)

<p><span><span><b><span><span>About the job</span></span></b></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span>Reporting to the Industrial Director, as Production Manager you will be responsible for all planning, and production activities linked to Montblanc Leather Goods. With the support of his team, s/he assures that operations objectives, regarding production capacity, delivery rate and cost efficiency, are met or puts in place action plans to reach them.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span>The Production Manager is in charge of manufacturers relationship and will collaborate with them on a daily basis.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><span>HOW WILL YOU MAKE AN IMPACT?</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span>As Production Manager, you will be in charge of:</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><b><span><span>Production performance management</span></span></b></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span>Build and maintain good relationships with vendors.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>With the support of his team, monitors production performance at each step of the process. Defines and edits Performance KPI, with Vendor Rating, for manufacturers.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Animates regular meetings with each partner for performance review and follows, with his team, implementation of action plans.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span>Supports operationally his team with prioritization for capacity allocation at manufacturers, and manages priorities or action plans at the Pelletteria Richemont logistic center for shipments to the Montblanc logistic center.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>In coordination with continuous improvement teams, leads improvement actions to reduce production lead-times.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span><span><b><span><span>Guaranteeing the success of the Maison’s launch plan for novelties, with deliveries in time, meeting the requested profitability and the quality requirements</span></span></b></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span>Gets a deep understanding of Maison’s culture and major challenges</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Assures efficient coordination between purchasing, industrialization and production phases, in order to guarantee novelties in time, at the right price and appropriate quality. Prepare with operational teams alerts / reports if discrepancies</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span>Follows the milestones of novelties projects on weekly base. Participates actively to the weekly novelties meeting and provides corrective actions to eventual production/purchasing issues.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span>Works with the Industrialization &amp; Purchasing Team to shorten the Time To Market of novelties or identifies process bottleneck and implement solutions in a timely manner</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span><span><b><span><span>Managing mid and long term planning activities for LG</span></span></b></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span>Runs with his team the monthly cycle of planning in PRF, in collaboration with manufacturers and Maison’s Operations teams. Prepares, with his team, workload analysis for mid/long term horizon and validates with the Montblanc development team manufacturer allocations.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Proposes to Montblanc Operations teams alternatives in case of overload or potential lack of production. In collaboration with the Industrial Director, researches new partners (if need) and defines ramp-up plans. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Synthetizes the agreed plan for the whole horizon after MPS meeting. Communicates to all PRF departments major changes vs. previous cycles.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span><span><b><span><span>Products cost efficiency</span></span></b></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span>Monitors material consumptions on a monthly basis. Ask for Adjust consumption when needed or defines action plans with PRF departments and manufacturers to reduce consumptions. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>In collaboration with Costing department, implement actions to reduce COGS on a regular basis, while assuring quality standards.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>HOW WILL YOU EXPERIENCE SUCCESS WITH US?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span>Degree in Engineering/Business Management or equivalent is preferred</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><b><