Director of Production

What You’ll Do

• Lead efforts of the production team whose responsibility is to outsource manufacturing of fixtures and printed materials.
• Department tasks include estimating, supplier selection, quality assurance, on-time delivery, and budget management for a variety of simple to complex projects.
• Work closely with sales, design, project management, installation, logistics and client relations, assuring project budgets, schedules, and quality targets are achieved.
• Act as a technical resource to team members, addressing and resolving inquiries and problems.
• Provide training within the company.
• Mentor and develop department team members and manage employees.
• Supplier Management
• Maintain a supplier base which creates and sustains a competitive advantage, drives innovation, and meets the needs of DCI clients.
• Establish, build, and maintain relationships with key suppliers.
• Review and assist in resolving any supplier grievances, claims, conflicts, or quality issues.
• Production and Estimating
• Responsible for total cost, quality, warranty, and on-time delivery of all production projects.
• Estimate costs of fixtures and components. Includes development costs, tooling, overhead, supplier costs, margins, packaging, quantities, etc.
• Prepare final quotes from the data collected to meet the specified timeline and budget.
• Management
• Serve as a technical resource on materials, estimates, scheduling, and production needs.
• Work closely with cross functional teams to assure timely project deliverables.
• Develop and track KPI’s, driving the team toward continuous improvement.
• Training, development of others, and leading and building strong stable teams
• Directly manage the Manager of Graphic Production, and Director of Global Supply Chain(?)
• Provide project support as needed.

What You’ll Need

• 10+ years of related experience and a bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Manufacturing preferred.
• Knowledge and understanding of the manufacturing of retail fixtures and point of purchase displays.
• Effective communicator across multi-functional teams and suppliers.
• Familiarity with a variety of manufacturing processes, printing, and related materials.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, and ERP systems.
• Strong negotiation, written and oral communications skills.
• Passionate about work and success, energetic and engaging, assumes ownership of work.
• 10-20% travel may be required.
• Organized, detail orientated, good at follow-up.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills across a wide spectrum of teams and situations.
• High aptitude for mentoring.