Key Responsibilities:

• Managing a large team.
• Dealing directly with both buyers and planners within the retail team.
• Dealing with both Fabric and Trims suppliers. 
• Managing the workflow within the team to ensure that product is delivered on time to the Retailer.
• Managing cost centres and budgets to insure best use of company funds. 
• Constantly improving costs and efficiencies to insure the best possible service to the Retailer.

Qualifications and Experience:

• The successful candidate must have at least 5 years’ experience in the Design and Manufacturing of High Fashion apparel. 
• They need to have had experience in managing a Team across various job functions. 
• They must have dealt directly with major fashion retailers within the South African market.
• They need to have had direct dealing with Buyers, Planners, Fabric Suppliers and CMT factories.
• Design/Trend background is essential as the candidate needs a clear understanding of trends to influence product development and insure good rate of sale.
• Experience in dealing with performance management, timekeeping and general conduct within a team is required.
• Worked with a manufacturing system, centric preferable