Production Manager

Role Overview:

As a Production Manager, you will play a central role in delivering key programs beyond Left On Friday’s core seasonal line, including uniforms and merchandise for global volleyball events and national teams, brand collaborations, and limited-edition runs. You will build and manage project plans, coordinate vendors and printers, and bring Product Engineering, Graphic Design, Raw Materials Planning and Logistics together at the right time to meet fixed delivery dates.

This role is ideal for a highly organized, proactive individual who thrives on cross-functional collaboration and fast-moving timelines. When project cycles allow, you will also support the Production team with order tracking, costing and quality approvals.

Key Responsibilities:

Special Projects Management

• Build and own project plans, workflows and timelines for each project, align stakeholders and vendors in the plans, manage project milestones, and proactively resolve issues. .

• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and decision-making accountability

• Support sourcing of new uniform, merchandise and print vendors by coordinating RFQs and gathering quotes, samples and compliance documents for decision-makers. 

• Submit special project POs to vendors, and update internal trackers with relevant information 

• Coordinate specs, artwork and colour approvals with cross functional teams

• Collect product information, including costing, for special projects work with team to maintain data accuracy within PLM and other tools

• Lead cross-functional update meetings with clear agendas, notes and action items to ensure deliverables are being met and any issues resolved 

• Maintain risk trackers and action item registers and escalate roadblocks and delays to leadership

• Lead post-project reviews to refine tools, processes and templates 

Production & Costing Support

• Assist with the preparation and organization of PO documentation, On Order production trackers, and vendor communication

• Support Hand Over Date (HOD) tracking and change communication across vendors and internal teams.

• Coordinate photo sample requests issuing POs and tracking on time delivery and coordinating with Brand team to support photoshoot timing.

• Support the production team with document uploads, naming conventions, and data accuracy within PLM and internal tools.

• Collect seasonal vendor cost sheets and support maintenance of the Product Costing Master to ensure up-to-date accuracy across all programs.

• Create and/or Review UPC sticker submissions from factories for accuracy before production approval.

Quality Support

• When needed, support TOP (Top of Production) sample approvals, reviewing TOPs next to approved PP samples to ensure they meet all specifications and quality expectations.  Record any variances and provide feedback to the product team and factories to  release shipments.

Qualifications & Skills

This is a great opportunity for those that love working with a diverse range of stakeholders, such as design, product engineering &  merchandising, and can bring together everyone to meet a shared goal. If you work well with others,  you have excellent organizational skills and are highly adaptable, you will thrive in this role. In addition to working on special projects, we need someone with strong attention to detail who can work with the broader Production team on maintaining clear production information and assist with TOP inspections, production tracking and costing. 

• 3-5+ years of experience in production product operations, project coordination or a related field.

• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail. Accuracy is your superpower.

• Highly adaptable to change and ability to adjust priorities 

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams and vendors

• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with a willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment

• Experience building and improving scalable production processes, project management tools, and cross-functional workflows.

• Comfortable working with numbers, costing sheets, and product data; strong Excel/Google Sheets proficiency.

• Ability to effectively facilitate cross-functional meetings with clear agendas, defined objectives, and actionable next steps.

• Experience developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and project documentation to ensure consistent and clear execution

• A continuous improvement mindset for refining internal processes, tools, and workflows.

Interested?
Submit your application here. Posting closes November 30, 2026.