Indicia Worldwide ★ 4.0

Purpose of the role

As a Production Manager (PM), you will work within your team to provide excellent production delivery services for our clients.

• Vision: The PM manages the production of all level spend and strategic projects, to ensure the highest satisfaction of Indicia Worldwide’s clients.
• Mission: To activate the proposition of Indicia Worldwide through clients delivering both the best quality and price for our clients´ needs.
• Approach: To establish excellence in production delivery through our values - Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, Pioneering, and Accountability.

The PM manages the end-to-end production of low and medium-level spending and standard projects. The PM will also be expected to mentor and upskill the Production Executives and, at specific moments, face the client directly in the Senior PM's absence.

You will work within your team and other relevant departments on the delivery of client production activities with the highest compliance and quality standards.

You will have accountability for the accuracy, quality, timeliness, and profitability of multiple campaigns and projects by managing the briefing, scheduling, and delivery process on behalf of the client.

You will help drive the effectiveness of our internal delivery processes and by doing so maintain client profitability.

Key responsibilities:

• Create a collaborative environment with the client and vendors and stimulate discussion on upcoming projects and requirements in the production space to ensure meeting the expectations of on time in full (OTIF).
• Advise and collaborate with the client for the structural design of displays in terms of raw materials uses, safety, and functional aspects. Confidently demonstrate your knowledge as a subject matter expert and are happy to field questions and find solutions. Make recommendations about alternate print and displays specifications that deliver either a cost, quality, or timeliness benefit to the client.
• Proactively provide visibility on day-to-day topics to your line manager and wider team in the spirit of finding synergies and opportunities for further collaboration and harmonisation.
• Ensure to tailor your messages to your respective audience to get feedback and output you require.
• Be comfortable with managing low to medium-complexity briefs and be comfortable questioning a brief to ensure you can effectively deliver it.
• Provide regular campaign updates and proactively communicate next steps to the SPM in advance.
• Produce clear campaign plans and manage client expectations confidently throughout the delivery of a project.
• Proactively check the supplier’s progress on the different steps of the production process and keep everything under tight control.
• Manage supplier conversations to find mutually beneficial outcomes, be it in terms of savings, value engineering, quality, etc.
• Ensure all activities are properly updated in the IWW system and all steps are followed so orders can be closed in a timely manner to process billing.
• Ensure all activity reports are accurate and deliver value to your client based on their reporting requirements.
• Provide adequate support to the Client Services team when required from thorough spec completion and follow the required ways of working.
• Understand the importance of data quality and its business impact – follow compliance processes to ensure data accuracy at all times.
• Understand why savings are up/down and proactively take steps to collaborate with key stakeholders to improve performance and ensure data accuracy and completeness.

Skills, knowledge, experience, and exposure

• The Production Manager will likely have 2-3 years of print/POS production management experience in FMCG setting or in supporting FMCG clients. Relevant project management and supplier liaison experience will be also considered positively.
• Able to communicate in English.
• Passion and interest in sustainability and circular business model initiatives.

Mindset to navigate the role

Managing production projects requires:

• Clear and effective communication skills with clients, vendors, and colleagues.
• A solution orientated and resolution mindset, where problems are just the starting point for finding solutions.
• A problem-solving mindset, as the nature of the role will require to navigate different types of challenges and new scenarios.
• A technology-oriented mindset, as you will have to use different technologies in your daily job
• Attention to detail is critical in the Production Managers role
• Good mediation skills, as you will act as one of the links between Indicia Worldwide and the suppliers

The softer skills that we believe, will help you thrive in this role

Production manager work in a very fast, changing, and ambiguous environment. For the PM to succeed, we expect:

• Demonstrate a positive ‘can-do’ attitude at all times to manage end-to-end process administration (Ideation, Implementation, QC).
• A high level of energy when delivering and the ability to face challenges in a serene and collaborative manner.
• A curious mind, i.e. wanting to know all about internal operations and processes, aiming for continuous improvement.
• Accountability: you are a professional and we will treat you as such. You will be expected to manage your workload and raise your hand when you need team support.
• Collaborative spirit: use we, not me. If someone is in trouble, you will do your best to support.
• A good communication skillset with both internal and external teams

Role Requirements

• Work-from-office in District 1, HCMC.
• Willing to handle any clients in different industries and locations.

We are an equal opportunities employer and as such, will make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate the needs of all candidates. If you have any such needs or requirements in the context of your interview, please notify us so that we can make the appropriate arrangements.