Trims Manager

**Position Summary**

The Trims Manager will be responsible for the timely delivery of all trims and packaging materials within their scope of responsibility, to ensure customer-specific requirements, per vendor guidelines, are properly sourced and facilitated to the print contractors.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**
- Coordination with cross-functional teams (i.e., Account Management, Production, Printers, and Trims Teams) to ensure all trim and packing components required by the contractor are delivered on time to meet production deadlines
- Responsible for managing the Trims Work in Progress (WIP) report to ensure timely communication regarding trim status and work in progress orders
- Responsible for sourcing trim for new production orders and reworks and confirming execution and delivery by the requested dates
- Responsible for issuing Trim Purchase Orders (POs) to trim suppliers and confirming execution and delivery by the requested dates
- Developing and maintaining partnerships with strategic trim suppliers that include price negotiation, supplier onboarding and approval processes, and adherence to all customer specific trim, labeling, and packing requirements
- Responsible for issuing Trim Pull Sheets to Mad Engine Mexico and Fortune Trims Teams and confirming execution and delivery by the requested dates
- Identifying and maintaining trim inventory levels that align with company goals
- Ensuring accuracy of information received from cross-functional teams and communicated to print contractors to prevent packing errors
- Correspondence with all print contractors to ensure proofs of delivery (POD’s) are being provided to the Inventory Control Team
- Responsible for communication of pending orders or potential issues that would prevent timely shipment of finished goods caused by trim challenges
- Trouble shouting issues related to packaging and trim
- Supervision of Mad Engine Trims Team and daily coordination with Mad Engine Mexico and Fortune Trims teams who are responsible for storage, movement and production of specific trims
- Other duties assigned as needed

**Minimum Qualifications**
- Either associates or bachelor’s degree from accredited college, or equivalent related work experience
- Apparel industry or related field preferred
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication
- Strong English language communication (written/verbal)
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Time management experience managing multiple tasks is required

**Working conditions**
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Office with open floor plan
- Business casual office attire
- Work is performed inside a temperature-controlled office building

**Other duties**

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

**Competencies**

Our Trims Manager must thrive in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment who is highly organized, can multi-task, and has the capacity to work in ever changing/increasing volumes of tasks and daily workload. They must also demonstrate the ability to operate and communicate inter-departmentally, whether written or verbally.

**Language**:

- English in a fluent Way (required)

Work Location: In person