Key Responsibilities

1. Production Planning & Execution

- Plan and manage production schedules across multiple footwear styles and quantities.
- Coordinate the complete production cycle from sampling and material sourcing to bulk production and final dispatch.
- Track production timelines and ensure orders are delivered as per committed deadlines.
- Identify potential delays early and proactively resolve them.

2. Vendor & Factory Management

- Manage day-to-day communication with footwear manufacturers, factories, and material suppliers.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing vendors.
- Identify and evaluate recent manufacturers and suppliers when required.
- Negotiate production timelines, MOQs, pricing, and other commercial terms.
- Ensure vendors follow agreed production and quality standards.

3. Sampling & Product Development

- Coordinate prototypes, samples, size sets, and pre-production samples.
- Work with the design team and manufacturers to translate designs into commercially viable footwear.
- Identify production challenges in the sampling stage and suggest practical solutions.




- Ensure approved samples are followed accurately during bulk production.

4. Quality Control

- Establish and maintain quality standards across all footwear production.
- Conduct or coordinate quality checks at different stages of production.
- Identify issues relating to fit, finishing, construction, materials, colour, sizing, and overall workmanship.
- Work with manufacturers to correct quality issues before dispatch.
- Ensure consistency across batches.

5. Cost & Material Management

- Track production costs and work towards maintaining target margins.
- Monitor material consumption, wastage, and production losses.
- Coordinate procurement and availability of footwear components and raw materials.
- Ensure materials are available in time to avoid production delays.

6. Inventory & Dispatch Coordination

- Coordinate finished-goods movement from factories to the warehouse.
- Maintain accurate production and dispatch records.
- Track quantities produced, rejected, pending, and dispatched.
- Coordinate with the operations/warehouse team to ensure timely inwarding.

📌 Footwear Production Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Pimalsi Fashions
📍 Mumbai