A British luxury clothing brand known for producing stylish, quality-driven men's and women's wear is recruiting a Factory Supervisor to join their team in Nottinghamshire.

Reporting to the Factory Manager, the Factory Supervisor will oversee the manufacturing process, coordinating all production activities and operations, and maintaining exceptional quality levels within their UK Factory.  This includes planning and organising daily workflow to meet required delivery dates, and resolving daily QC and work issues in a timely manner.

Factory Supervisor – Responsibilities:

• Responsible for raising cutting controls on the in-house system for the Factory.
• Manage fabric deliveries from the warehouse into the cutting room and fabric usage for all orders.
• Organise the daily workflow of all operations from the cutting room, through sewing, to press and pack, ensuring all day-to-day issues in the production line are resolved.
• Ensure all QC issues are resolved efficiently, ensuring that Purchase orders are put through the production line efficiently.
• Supervise the QC process and review all issues so they are resolved quickly; ensure QC reports are delivered on a weekly basis.
• Work closely with the Factory Manager on improving sewing methods in production.
• Work closely with the Senior Product Developer on new sample developments. Help with lay plan ratings and costings, also effectively supervise the sewing line for seasonal sample sets.
• Responsible for all stock levels of WIP, trims and consumables; perform stock takes.
• Scan in and monitor all daily worksheets from all factory operators, and analyse daily performance.
• Produce weekly production reports to monitor factory output and performance.
• Implement training for new starters and new operations as and when required.
• Ensure machinery is safe and well maintained. Liaise with outside contractors to attend to machine/equipment breakdowns.

Factory Supervisor – The Person:

Essential:

• Proven supervisory experience in garment or sewn product manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of sewing operations, machinery and garment construction, ideally including jersey and knitwear.
• Experience of line balancing, work allocation and managing output against targets.
• Confident leading and motivating a team, with a positive, solutions-focused attitude.
• Highly organised, with good IT skills (including Excel)
• Clear communicator, able to work closely with all teams across the business.

Desirable:

• Experience of Vertex or a similar production system.
• Knowledge of work study, SMV and labour costing.
• Experience of continuous improvement to manufacturing methods.
• Ability to operate a range of machines and demonstrate methods to operators.