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Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Work Schedule
Standard Hours
Benefits
competitive compensation plan
base salary
Annual incentive
Medical
Dental
Vision
short term disability
long term disability
wellness programs
401-k plan with company match
Comprehensive paid time off
Holidays
collaborative work environment
innovative work environment
Job Description
Vantage Apparel is a distinguished global leader in the custom logo apparel industry, renowned for its extensive selection of high-quality garments and accessories tailored to meet corporate, promotional, and teamwear needs. The company boasts a rich heritage of over four decades and has solidified its position as a top-awarded decorator for 30 consecutive years. Vantage's portfolio includes exclusive rights to esteemed brands such as Greg Norman, POLO Ralph Lauren, Xtreme Visibility, Redwood Classics, and Lane Seven Apparel. Since its strategic alliance with Lynka in 2021 to bolster its European footprint, Vantage Apparel has continuously expanded its global reach, earning accolades... Show More
Job Requirements
- Demonstrate forward-thinking leadership with strong organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and a respectful coaching approach
- Manage operating budgets, drive cost efficiency, labor productivity, and margin growth
- Oversee workforce planning, labor allocation, and organizational efficiency to meet current and future demand
- Build and develop plant leadership teams, fostering accountability, transparency, and collaboration
- Proven ability to scale operations effectively in high-volume, fast-paced environments
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence, and safety across all facilities
- Experience in apparel, decoration, print-on-demand, or customized manufacturing operations
- Financially disciplined, driving cost efficiency, labor productivity, and margin growth
- Maintain a solid understanding of ERP systems and operational technology platforms
- Serve as an operational strategist with strong execution capability
- Make data-driven decisions to optimize productivity, resource allocation, and operational outcomes
- Experience supporting eCommerce or integrated order workflows
- Strong expertise in capacity planning, forecasting, labor modeling, and demand management
- Technologically literate and automation-aware, streamlining processes and reducing manual touchpoints
- Collaborative and accountable leader, fostering cross-functional alignment and building high-performing teams
- Manage multi-site production environments, ensuring consistent performance and service excellence
- Demonstrate success improving service levels and SLA performance across customer segments
- Effectively prioritize and manage multiple projects, solving both simple and complex operational challenges
- Exhibit outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Job Qualifications
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Textile Engineering, or related field
- Minimum of 7-10 years of management experience in apparel manufacturing production management or related field
- Background in Lean or Six Sigma methodologies
- Demonstrated high proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Proven ability to scale operations effectively in high-volume, fast-paced environments
- Experience in apparel, decoration, print-on-demand, or customized manufacturing operations
- Maintain a solid understanding of ERP systems and operational technology platforms
- Serve as an operational strategist with strong execution capability
- Make data-driven decisions to optimize productivity, resource allocation, and operational outcomes
- Experience supporting eCommerce or integrated order workflows
- Strong expertise in capacity planning, forecasting, labor modeling, and demand management
- Technologically literate and automation-aware, streamlining processes and reducing manual touchpoints
- Collaborative and accountable leader fostering cross-functional alignment and building high-performing teams
- Manage multi-site production environments ensuring consistent performance and service excellence
- Demonstrate success improving service levels and SLA performance across customer segments
- Effectively prioritize and manage multiple projects, solving both simple and complex operational challenges
- Exhibit outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Job Duties
- Lead all U.S. decoration facilities including embroidery, screen printing, digital, DTF, and related production methods
- Standardize operating procedures across facilities to ensure consistency, quality, and operational excellence
- Drive Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and optimize production flow
- Establish and manage KPIs tied to productivity, quality, cost performance, and operational outcomes
- Own on-time delivery and SLA performance across all customer segments, implementing proactive monitoring systems for service levels and turnaround times
- Partner with Customer Experience, Sales, and Digital teams to align production with customer commitments
- Manage operating budgets across all facilities to ensure financial discipline and resource optimization
- Drive cost-per-unit improvements, labor productivity, and margin enhancements through operational discipline
- Oversee workforce planning, labor allocation, and efficiency to meet current and future organizational demand
- Build, mentor, and develop strong plant leadership teams to ensure accountability, transparency, and cross-functional collaboration
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence, and safety compliance across all facilities
- Develop short- and long-term capacity models, forecast labor, equipment, and space needs across facilities
- Balance production loads to maximize efficiency and create peak-season readiness and contingency plans
- Lead capital planning decisions tied to growth, expansion, and operational scalability
- Maintain a strong working knowledge of ERP, production management systems, and workflow tools to support accurate scheduling, visibility, and reporting
- Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce manual touchpoints
- Partner with IT and Digital teams to align operational processes with eCommerce and API-driven order flows
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