Production Manager, Beauty & Wellness

Position Overview

The Production Manager, Beauty & Wellness serves as a key operational partner to the Senior Manager, Production, supporting day-to-day production execution across the Beauty & Wellness portfolio while helping operationalize broader production strategies and business initiatives. This role is responsible for managing production workflows, vendor execution, supply continuity, and cross-functional coordination to support operational readiness across domestic and international markets.

Production Strategy & Execution

• Partner closely with the Senior Manager, Production to support execution of production strategies and key business priorities across the Beauty & Wellness portfolio
• Manage day-to-day production execution across contract manufacturers, ensuring alignment to launch timelines, inventory objectives, and business priorities
• Translate business demand and planning inputs into actionable production plans, balancing capacity, lead times, service levels, and operational constraints
• Support production readiness and execution for new launches, reformulations, rebrands, retailer expansions, and global market initiatives
• Ensure operational continuity across core business, replenishment, promotional, and launch-related production activities

Global Expansion & International Distribution

• Support production execution and operational readiness for international launches across domestic and emerging global markets
• Cook up regional requirements related to packaging, labeling, testing, compliance, and launch timing in partnership with Regulatory, Logistics, and Product Integrity teams
• Partner cross-functionally to support international inventory flow, distributor readiness, and cross-border shipment execution
• Coordinate production timelines and supply continuity across multi-region launches, ensuring alignment to market-specific requirements and go-live milestones
• Support onboarding and operational integration of new manufacturing and distribution partners to enable scalable global growth

Integrated Planning & Cross-Functional Alignment

• Partner closely with Planning team to support monthly demand-to-supply alignment, translating receipt recommendations into executable production plans across the manufacturing network
• Collaborate directly with external manufacturers to assess lead times, capacity constraints, component readiness, and operational feasibility, ensuring production plans are grounded in real-time supply chain conditions
• Align finalized production plans, timing adjustments, and identified risks back to Planning teams to support inventory, service level, and business objectives
• Collaborate closely with Product Development, Product Integrity, Logistics, Regulatory, and Finance to ensure production readiness and executional alignment
• Proactively surface risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs with clear recommendations to support timely business decisions

Vendor Management & Network Performance

• Own day-to-day relationships with contract manufacturers, driving accountability across production timelines, quality, responsiveness, and execution
• Lead production conversations with confidence and professionalism, effectively managing prioritization, tradeoffs, and shifting business needs
• Negotiate production timelines and order prioritization in alignment with inventory and business objectives
• Maintain strong manufacturing partnerships while balancing urgency, accountability, and long-term operational effectiveness
• Support inventory strategies across Web, Retail, Wholesale, and International channels, including launch readiness and Minimum Presentation Quantity requirements

Costing & Financial Visibility

• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of COGS, including turnkey manufacturing costs, freight, duties, and landed cost components
• Review production costing and shipping assumptions to help identify risks, variances, or opportunities that may impact margin or inventory decisions
• Partner cross-functionally with Planning, Logistics, Finance, and external manufacturers to support accurate landed cost visibility and operational decision-making

Operational Excellence & Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve production processes, reporting visibility, operational scalability, and cross-functional workflows
• Lead implementation of process improvements with clear ownership, timelines, accountability, and measurable outcomes
• Maintain accurate production reporting, WIP tracking, Purchase Orders, and operational documentation in alignment with Production standards and calendar cadences
• Ensure production data integrity and visibility across systems, trackers, and planning tools
• Drive disciplined execution, escalation management, and operational follow-through across all assigned workstreams

Leadership & Communication

• Serve as a trusted operational extension of the Senior Manager, Production, reinforcing Production priorities, communication standards, and executional accountability across the organization
• Demonstrate strong ownership, sound judgment, and leadership presence across cross-functional initiatives and high-priority business needs
• Communicate clearly and effectively with internal stakeholders, executive leadership, and external manufacturing partners
• Lead through influence in fast-paced or ambiguous situations, aligning stakeholders and driving solutions without direct authority
• Support onboarding, development, and mentorship of junior team members as the Production organization scales
• Model operational excellence, professionalism, accountability, and a solutions-oriented mindset across all aspects of the role

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience in production, supply chain, sourcing, or operations within beauty, wellness, CPG, or other regulated consumer product categories
• Demonstrated experience managing day-to-day production execution across external manufacturing partners, including scheduling, capacity planning, issue resolution, and launch execution
• Experience supporting global launches and international distribution across multiple markets required
• Familiarity with cross-border logistics, international compliance requirements, regional labeling/testing considerations, and global supply chain operations
• Strong vendor management experience, including negotiating timelines, prioritization, and resolving escalations with professionalism and sound judgment
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional partners and drive alignment across complex operational workflows
• Strong operational and business acumen, with the ability to connect supply chain decisions to inventory health, service levels, cost, and business impact
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to operate with clarity, professionalism, and executive presence
• Advanced Excel and ERP/system proficiency required; experience with PLM, FDM4, or related supply chain systems preferred
• Bachelor’s degree required; APICS or related certification a plus