Senior Production Coordinator – Handbags + SLG

Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Production Coordinator with strong production expertise and experience in handbags and accessories to join our team. This role will play a key part in managing the end-to-end production process—from initial order placement through final delivery—while ensuring adherence to timelines, quality standards, customer requirements, and private label standards. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has a proven track record of managing high-volume private label production with overseas factories and customers.

Responsibilities

• •Manage daily correspondence and production coordination with overseas factories.
• •Liaise cross-functionally with design, sales, technical design, traffic, and accounting teams to ensure a seamless production workflow.
• •Maintain and monitor time and action (T&A) calendars and production WIP reports, ensuring accuracy and timely updates.
• •Track and follow up on all production orders to ensure on-time execution, proactively identifying and resolving delays or potential production issues.
• •Ensure bulk deliveries meet customer requirements, timelines, quality standards, and private label standards; communicate production updates and issues promptly to the sales team.
• •Coordinate with traffic and accounting to ensure timely payment releases and on-schedule arrival of goods at the warehouse.
• •Review and approve/comment on shipping marks, packaging layouts, hangtags, labels, cartons, and other production-related materials.
• •Ensure handbags and accessories meet customer and private label standards, including applicable testing, packaging, labeling, quality, and compliance requirements.
• •Partner with overseas factories to monitor product quality and address production issues, ensuring final goods meet approved samples and specifications.
• •Review production samples and documentation to identify potential quality, construction, or execution issues prior to bulk production.
• •Proactively troubleshoot production challenges and communicate solutions to internal teams and overseas vendors.
• •Maintain accurate production records and provide timely status updates on order and delivery progress.

Requirements

• •Minimum 5 years of production experience, with handbags/accessories experience strongly preferred.
• •Strong understanding of handbag construction, materials, trims, packaging, testing, and production processes.
• •Experience managing production with overseas factories and coordinating high-volume orders.
• •Willingness to travel overseas to work with overseas office and factories.
• •Experience identifying and ensuring compliance with customer-specific and private label requirements.
• •Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel; experience with PLM systems is a plus.
• •Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, production calendars, and deadlines.
• •Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to liaise effectively across teams and with overseas vendors.
• •Extremely detail-oriented, resourceful, and adaptable to shifting priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• •Strong understanding of production timelines, quality requirements, testing, packaging, and compliance standards.
• •Ability to proactively identify issues, follow through on solutions, and ensure production remains on track.

Hybrid Work Schedule

4 days a week in the office, Friday work from home

New York Pay Rate $70,000.00 - $95,000.00

We strive to hire and nurture amazing talent. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to experience, specialized skills, and internal alignment.

Company Overview

Golden Touch is a family owned and operated wholesale apparel manufacturer with a mission to deliver trend focused products for nearly 50 years. We produce private label brands for large mass market retailers across the globe specializing in children’s, junior, missy and women’s apparel.

Diversity Vision Statement

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we live and conduct business. We are an equal employment opportunity for minorities, females, protected veterans, and the disabled.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and treating our associates and applicants without discrimination based on their race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.