Overview
Assistant Production Manager Jobs in Vernon at Styles on Demand
Assistant Production Manager
Location: Vernon, CA (On-site)
Company: Styles on Demand, Inc. (The Workroom LA)
About Us
We are a growing Los Angeles-based apparel company with multiple established fashion and lifestyle brands serving wholesale, private label, and direct-to-consumer markets. Our team is passionate about creating quality products, building lasting partnerships, and continuously improving the way we operate.
As our business continues to grow, we’re looking for an organized, proactive, and detail-oriented Assistant Production Manager to support our Production team and help ensure products move efficiently from development through final shipment.
If you thrive in a fast-paced apparel environment and enjoy solving problems, coordinating with overseas factories, and keeping complex production schedules on track, we’d love to hear from you.
Position Summary
The Assistant Production Manager supports the Production Manager in coordinating the day-to-day execution of apparel production. This role works closely with overseas factories, internal departments, and logistics partners to ensure products are delivered on time, meet quality expectations, and remain on schedule throughout the production lifecycle.
Success in this role requires exceptional organization, strong follow-through, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced apparel environment.
What You’ll Do
Product Development & Calendar Management
- Own the seasonal development and production calendar, ensuring all milestones remain on schedule from concept through production.
- Partner closely with the Design, Product Development, and Production teams to coordinate deadlines and keep projects moving forward.
- Drive accountability across cross-functional teams by proactively following up on deliverables, identifying bottlenecks, and escalating potential delays before they impact launch dates.
- Coordinate key milestones including design completion, tech packs, fabric and trim approvals, sample submissions, fit sessions, costing, purchase order issuance, and production handoff.
- Lead regular calendar reviews to ensure priorities remain aligned and deadlines are met.
Product Development Coordination
- Serve as the operational link between Design, Product Development, Production, Sales, and overseas factories.
- Coordinate development requests with overseas vendors, including fabric sourcing, trim development, sample requests, wash developments, color approvals, and construction updates.
- Track product revisions and ensure all approvals, comments, and changes are communicated accurately to factories.
- Help ensure all styles are production-ready by verifying specifications, bill of materials (BOM), measurements, labeling, and product information are complete before bulk production begins.
Sample Management
- Own the end-to-end coordination of all development and sales samples, including proto, fit, salesman, pre-production (PPS), TOP, and marketing samples.
- Partner with Design, Product Development, and overseas factories to ensure samples are completed, shipped, and received on schedule to support development milestones, customer meetings, market appointments, and trade shows.
- Review incoming samples for accuracy, confirming garments reflect approved specifications, construction details, measurements, colors, trims, labeling, and overall quality expectations.
- Prepare all sales samples to be showroom-ready by ensuring garments are pressed, tagged, labeled, steamed, organized, and presentation-ready prior to line reviews, photography, customer appointments, and trade shows.
- Maintain organized sample inventories and coordinate sample distribution across internal teams.
Production Coordination
- Monitor production from purchase order issuance through shipment.
- Maintain and update Time & Action calendars for all active production orders.
- Communicate daily with overseas factories to monitor production progress and resolve issues.
- Coordinate production approvals, shipment schedules, and final inspections.
- Identify production risks early and work with internal teams and vendors to maintain on-time deliveries.
Product Data & ERP Management
- Maintain accurate product information within the company’s ERP and product management systems.
- Ensure style details, costing information, specifications, BOMs, purchase orders, and production documentation remain accurate and current.
- Organize approvals, sample history, production files, and vendor communications to maintain complete product records.
Cross-Functional Communication
- Provide regular updates on development, sampling, and production status to Design, Sales, Logistics, Customer Service, and Leadership.
- Coordinate launch readiness by ensuring products, samples, and production timelines remain aligned across all departments.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to streamline development and production processes.
Cross-Functional Coordination
Work closely with:
- Design
- Product Development
- Sales
- Logistics
- Warehouse
- Customer Service
Provide timely communication regarding production status, shipment updates, and potential issues.
Qualifications
- 3–5 years of apparel production or production coordination experience
- Experience working with overseas garment factories
- Strong understanding of apparel production timelines
- Knowledge of garment construction, fabrics, and trims
- Excellent organizational and project management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Workspace
- Experience with AIMS360 or other apparel ERP systems is a plus
We’re Looking For Someone Who Is
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Proactive and solutions-focused
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
- Calm under pressure
- A strong communicator
- Accountable and dependable
- Motivated to continuously improve processes
Pay: $35.00 – $40.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
Title: Assistant Production Manager
Company: Styles on Demand
Location: Vernon
