Sr. Production Manager

About the role

The Sr. Production Manager – Women’s Intimates will oversee and execute production for Savage X Fenty's women’s intimate products. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Production, this role is crucial for ensuring timely delivery, quality, and cost alignment.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead end-to-end production execution for the Women’s Intimates business
• Drive production readiness and manage vendor performance
• Maintain visibility to risks and partner cross-functionally to support successful commercialization and delivery
• Create, manage, and drive the production calendar for Women’s Intimates
• Monitor pre-production schedules, key milestones, and delivery dates
• Ensure production tasks remain on track from buy placement through delivery
• Track monthly projections versus actual units placed to support vendor capacity and the growing business
• Serve as the primary production contact for vendors and agent offices
• Oversee day-to-day vendor communication related to production status, issues, and delivery
• Oversee the vetting and support onboarding of new vendors and factories, including required setup and documentation
• Ensure manufacturing partners consistently meet Savage X Fenty standards for delivery, quality, cost, and operational reliability
• Partner closely with Product Development, Design, Tech Design, Fabric, and other internal teams to support production readiness
• Participate in global sourcing strategy and factory allocation decisions
• Work cross-functionally to support factory capacity booking and production planning
• Build strong working relationships with internal and external partners to ensure alignment and speed in decision-making
• Analyze cost and margin implications where needed to support informed production decisions
• Monitor vendor terms, invoicing, and payment-related issues as applicable to production execution
• Manage production chargebacks and extension requests
• Partner with Design and Technical teams to confirm readiness of technical specifications, garment construction details, grading, and measurement requirements
• Manage bulk fabric approvals and garment testing processes
• Review and approve in-line and final inspection reports
• Analyze development samples to ensure alignment to quality expectations, fit intent, construction, and customer experience
• Troubleshoot quality issues with cross-functional partners, drive resolution, and document learnings
• Track delivery status of orders and ensure communication of any timing risks
• Monitor shipping and import coordination with third-party partners as applicable
• Support visibility to goods pickup and delivery milestones
• Lead regular communication with overseas partners and vendors, including weekly status calls
• Proactively identify, communicate, and escalate risks related to timing, quality, cost, and delivery
• Provide clear updates and recommendations to leadership and cross-functional teams
• Support production-related coordination for sample sets needed by cross-functional partners such as marketing and influencer teams

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will bring foundational AI literacy, including experience using generative AI tools, and a proactive mindset to experiment with new technologies to drive productivity and innovation.