Fabric Sourcing/Production Manager, Novelty

The role

You will own novelty material on-time delivery performance and manage production schedules. You will work with suppliers, manufacturers, and internal teams to ensure material availability and quality.

What you will do

• Own novelty material OTD performance and track delivery timelines.
• Manage production schedules to ensure novelty materials are available.
• Resolve supply interruptions by expediting shipments or reallocating inventory.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for supplier lead times and delivery reliability.
• Partner with suppliers and manufacturers to ensure technical specifications and quality.
• Monitor novelty material consumption to identify discrepancies or quality deviations.
• Work with suppliers to align lot sizing, specifications, and traceability.
• Maintain documentation of novelty material lots, test results, and production flow.
• Coordinate with planners and production teams to align material availability with demand.
• Collaborate with R&D, Product Development, and Sourcing teams.

Required qualifications

• Degree in Textile Engineering, Material Science, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Proven experience managing raw materials in a textile or apparel production environment.
• Strong ability to assess novelty material quality and enforce standards prior to production.
• Demonstrated skill in tracking inventory levels and driving on-time delivery performance.
• Ability to use data to monitor material usage, identify yield issues, and improve production flow.
• Experience working with vendors, suppliers, planners, and internal production teams to resolve issues quickly.
• Knowledge of fabric manufacturing operations and raw-material-to-finished-good conversion.
• Familiarity with inventory management systems or ERP tools.
• Understanding of sustainable material sourcing and production practices.

Nice to have

• Experience with novelty fabric grading, testing, or lot management.
• Experience with novelty materials or specialty fabrics.

Before you apply

• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

About the company

Quince is a destination for builders, creators, innovators, and operators. They use a manufacturer-to-consumer model to deliver high quality essentials for low prices.