Production Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

PRODUCTION MANAGER – GARMENT MANUFACTURING

Department: Production & Manufacturing

Designation: Production Manager

Location: Kolkata

Experience: 5–10 Years in Garment Manufacturing

Industry: Nightwear / Women's Apparel / Readymade Garments

1. JOB OBJECTIVETo take complete responsibility for the company's day-to-day production operations, starting from raw material procurement coordination to cutting, stitching, ironing, finishing and final stock readiness.

The Production Manager will ensure timely production, proper utilisation of materials, quality control, cost efficiency and effective management of in-house workers and outsourced job workers.

2. KEY RESPONSIBILITIESA. Raw Material & Fabric Management

• Coordinate with the procurement team for fabric and raw material requirements.
• Monitor daily fabric receipts and verify quantity, quality and specifications.
• Ensure proper fabric inspection before issuing it for production.
• Maintain fabric stock, consumption and wastage records.
• Plan fabric requirements according to production orders.
• Ensure proper utilisation of fabric and minimise wastage.
• Coordinate the availability of accessories, labels, tags, elastic, buttons and other trims.
• Maintain proper records of raw material issued and received.

B. Production Planning & Cutting Management

• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly production plans.
• Plan cutting schedules based on orders, stock requirements and delivery deadlines.
• Ensure cutting is carried out according to approved designs, sizes and patterns.
• Monitor fabric consumption and cutting efficiency.
• Ensure proper bundle numbering and size-wise segregation.
• Maintain cutting registers and production records.
• Coordinate with the sampling and design teams whenever required.

C. Stitching & Job Work Management

• Manage all outsourced stitching and garment manufacturing activities.
• Allocate production quantities to different job workers.
• Ensure job workers receive the correct fabric, accessories, designs and specifications.
• Follow up with job workers daily regarding production progress.
• Establish clear delivery timelines and production targets.
• Monitor pending quantities and identify delays in advance.
• Conduct regular follow-ups and visits to job workers whenever required.
• Maintain job-work challans and records of material issued and received.
• Ensure proper reconciliation of fabric, stitched garments and leftover materials.
• Negotiate and monitor job-work rates in coordination with management.
• Develop and maintain a reliable network of job workers.
• Ensure timely completion of production without unnecessary delays.

D. Ironing, Finishing & Packing

• Manage ironing and finishing activities.
• Ensure garments are properly ironed and finished.
• Monitor thread cutting, stain removal, measurement checking and final presentation.
• Coordinate with finishing units and outsourced vendors.
• Ensure garments are properly folded, tagged and packed.
• Maintain daily records of finished quantities.
• Ensure finished goods are transferred to the warehouse on time.

E. Quality Control

• Maintain quality standards at every stage of production.
• Check fabric quality before cutting.
• Monitor stitching quality and measurement accuracy.
• Identify stitching defects, fabric damage, stains and finishing issues.
• Ensure proper quality checking before accepting job-work deliveries.
• Take corrective action to minimise rejection and rework.
• Maintain quality inspection and rejection records.

F. Job Worker & Outsourcing Management

• Manage relationships with all external job workers and vendors.
• Track work allocated, work completed and pending quantities.
• Ensure timely delivery from outsourced units.
• Monitor job-work quality, rates and productivity.
• Resolve daily production-related issues.
• Coordinate job-work payment verification with the accounts department.
• Ensure no material is lying unnecessarily with job workers.
• Maintain an updated job-worker performance record.

G. Daily Production Monitoring & Reporting

• Prepare and monitor daily production targets.
• Track cutting, stitching, ironing and finishing quantities.
• Maintain daily production registers and reports.
• Prepare pending production and job-work reports.
• Monitor order-wise production status.
• Report delays, shortages, wastage and quality issues to management.
• Provide daily updates on production completed versus targets.
• Maintain proper documentation of material movement.

3. DAILY PRODUCTION REPORTINGThe Production