Job Title: Stitiching Manager
Location: Eugene, OR
Reports to: Production Manager
The ideal candidate will embrace our core values of caring (for our team, our clients, and our vendors), being service-oriented, and solution-focused. Moss Inc. is a people-first business where we all work together to create and maintain a culture based on trust, authenticity, and responsibility. We are looking for a team player whom we can trust and who trusts others.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Supports hiring and training new team members, ensuring they understand quality standards and procedures.
- Supervises and coordinates daily activities of sewing and kitting, ensuring tasks are prioritized and deadlines are met.
- Serves as a liaison between the sewing team and production management, facilitating effective communication and workflow.
- Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations in accordance with company policy.
- Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
- Lead, coach, and develop production staff to meet performance goals and maintain a positive work environment.
Stitching Manager:
- Participates in daily planning meetings with other production departments to align priorities.
- Conducts afternoon handover meetings with the swing shift to ensure project transitions.
- Execute the sewing and kitting production schedule as set by Production Manager with a focus on schedule completion and quality product output.
- Monitor and manage real-time production tracking software to ensure accurate project status throughout the facility.
- Monitor critical control points to ensure products are up to standards and minimize errors.
- Identifies production process improvement opportunities and communicates these insights effectively.
- Provides timely updates on critical details and potential obstacles to the Production Manager.
- Identifies and facilitates training opportunities, enhancing team skills and performance.
- Conducts regular check-ins at least twice per month with each team member.
- Collect timing and quality data as required by the Production Manager, contributing to continuous improvement efforts.
Other:
- Maintains a safe, clean, and ergonomic work environment, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards (OSHA).
- Contribute suggestions for continuous operational improvements.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) required
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Proven ability to bridge the gap between floor staff and technology systems.
- Must have a strong understanding of sewing operations including stitch types, seam construction, and the ability to identify quality defects at each stage of production
- Comfortable learning and working within new production management or ERP software
- Thorough understanding of quality control standards and methodology.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience and confidence with administrative software such as Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience with fabrics/sewn products is a plus.
- Experience working in an MRP environment is a plus