KEY Apparel is a clothing company located in Fort Scott, Kansas. Key’s focus is on work, industrial and outdoor related apparel. Key is searching for a Director of Operations to manage and execute the product development and procurement strategy of the company by analyzing the product and inventory needs of the company to meet sales and budgetary goals, to monitor and maintain the production process, including the identification, development and oversight of factory partners and the timely receipt of inventory that meet or exceed Key’s quality standards at competitive prices.
Primary Responsibilities Include
Strategic Planning
- Coordinate with Finance and Sales Departments to assess the business strategy of the Company to enhance the Company’s competitive position and promote sales, profitability and growth in a sustainable manner that will meet future objectives;
- Identify new areas of production opportunity for short and long-term change to improve profitability;
- Take ownership in the implementation of the company’s operational and supply chain strategy;
- Coordinate directly with Sales to assess specialized inventory needs, including the timely disposition of slow-moving and obsolete product.
Contractor Management
- Overall responsibility for the Contractor Management function and contractor relationships;
- Responsible for the designation of factories for appropriate product placement;
- Responsible for international contractor review and management;
- Responsible for costing process with each factory and maintaining costing for each product;
- Maintain and routinely update Key Vendor Manual to ensure best practices.
Product Development
- Overall responsibility for Product Development function
- Responsible for adherence to line development calendar;
- Responsible for monitoring and maintaining product additions and removals;
- Coordinating product additions and removals with VP of Sales.
Forecasting / Planning
- Responsible for ensuring the appropriate amount of inventory is on hand at all times to meet budgetary requirements.
Quality Assurance
- Responsible for ensuring that incoming inventory receipts meet or exceed Key’s quality standards.
Embellishment
- Overall responsibility for Embellishment process
- Oversee Embellishment department and staff ensuring orders are embellished (screen printing, embroidery, ect.) on time and accurately.
- Have a clear understanding on how equipment functions and help staff troubleshoot and issues that may arise.
Training
- Develop and communicate training programs to help subordinates meet their job expectations and to grow professionally within the company through training and ongoing feedback;
- Conduct annual (or more frequently if necessary) performance evaluations of subordinates.
For more information about KEY, please visit our website at www.keyapparel.com Interested applicants please send resumes to hr@keyapparel.com