Production Manager

Pippa Small is looking for a dynamic and highly motivated jewellery professional to join our Notting Hill team as a Production Manager. Strong interpersonal skills are a must to work closely with our global production teams in India, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Palestine, Colombia & Bolivia.

Pippa Small is a boutique luxury and ethical jewellery brand based in Notting Hill. Pippa works with both charities and directly within diverse communities to set a new standard for ethical jewellery practices, the brand enables the creation of sustainable jobs and supports cleaner, fairer mining practices, always putting people first.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for liaising with all production suppliers to ensure production is carried out to appropriate quality and in a timely manner.

• Overseeing the entire critical path of the jewellery, from design development and manufacture to pricing and delivery.

• Quality Control of all production, assisted by Wholesale & Production Assistant.

• Assisting Creative Director in developing, pricing, and preparing seasonal collections for market, at least twice annually.

• Working closely with the Wholesale Manager to ensure timely production for stockist deliveries.

• Responsible for overseeing custom orders, from quotes through to delivery.

• Working closely with Creative Director on stone approvals pre-production.

• Responsible for pricing all jewellery.

• Processing purchase orders, allocating jewellery to the various locations/stockists, uploading jewellery to the system.

• Assisting with stock management.

• Analyse the current market, identify gaps and needs notable competitor price positioning in order to provide suggestions for new product launches.

• Shared management of Wholesale & Production Assistant with Wholesale Manager.

• Negotiating costings and systems with suppliers as and when necessary.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years’ experience working in jewellery.

• Knowledge of working with coloured gemstones & diamonds.

• Experience working with factories remotely.

Skills

• Possess an eye for detail, inherent interest in jewellery and a strong product sensibility.

• Ability to work flexibly among quickly-changing priorities and consistently deliver to tight deadlines.

• Attention to detail.

• Problem solver.

• Highly organised

• Excel experience essential.

Reporting to Sales & Marketing Director and Pippa Small.

Please apply with a cover letter and CV.