Senior Sweater Factory Manager

I. KEY ROLES:

Manage all production activities of the sweater factory from Raw materials → Knitting → Linking → Finishing → Packaging → Shipping, ensuring targets for progress, quality, cost, safety, and compliance with laws and customer standards.

II. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Production Planning & Scheduling

Develop weekly/monthly production plans based on purchase orders (POs) and machinery capacity.

Coordinate with the Merchandising department on shipping plans.

Balance knitting machines according to gauge (3G – 20G) and type of Stoll/Cxing machine for each product code.

Reduce changeover time and optimize OEE.

2. Technical & Process Management

Supervise key stages:

Knitting (panel, full garment with pockets, seamless)

Linking – manual or automatic machine splicing

Mending & Stitching

Washing/Bleaching – anti-shrinkage treatment, softening, drying

Ironing/Form pressing

QC & Packaging

Control yarn tension, stitch density, and standard gauge.

Manage yarn inventory: cotton, acrylic, wool, recycled, blended.

3. Quality Assurance

Supervise on-line inspection: weaving defects (holes, loose stitches, oil/grease, uneven yarn tension).

Apply AQL standards as required by customers.

Analyze the root causes of major defects: incorrect color, shrinkage, pilling.

Ensure finished products are the correct size, weight, label, and packaging.

4. Manpower & Production Management

Directly manage department managers: knitting, assembly, finishing, quality control, IE, and maintenance.

Plan manpower according to orders – reduce absenteeism and manage overtime appropriately.

Train workers on machine operation, occupational safety, and productivity improvement skills.

Resolve conflicts and maintain labor discipline.

5. Cost & Inventory Control

Control CM (processing costs) – reduce yarn waste, downtime, and recycling time.

Monitor WIP (work-in-process), raw materials, and finished goods inventory.

Reduce the rate of defective/poor quality products.

Optimize electricity, water, and chemicals in the washing and finishing stages.

6. Reporting & Coordination

Daily production reports: output against plan, efficiency, machine downtime, error rate.

Coordinate with IE to build SMV and line balancing.

Coordinate with warehouse & import/export to ensure on-time delivery (OTD).

• Giờ làm việc: 9:00 - 18:00 • Cấp bậc: Giám đốc trở lên