[Hiring] Production Manager @Advoc8

Role Description

The Production Manager leads brand merchandise projects from proposal through delivery. You source product and negotiate with vendors on pricing and timelines, build product presentations that match the ask and the brand, build and manage estimates and budgets, and coordinate warehouse, logistics, creative and account teams to get the program executed.

Most of the time you'll be working on larger integrated programs led by account managers, where you work across a team and own specific projects within it. On small and medium projects, you lead end-to-end and handle client communication directly.

You think like a creative partner, not a commodity promotional products distributor. That means proposing products that fit the client's brand and culture instead of what's easiest to source, caring whether the finished thing is good enough that someone keeps it, and handling the operational reality behind timelines that don't move. We're a small team. What you own, you own.

This role reports directly to the Director of Production.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in project coordination, production, promotional products, or a related field, with exposure to vendor management and order execution
• Working knowledge of printing and decoration methods, vendor sourcing, and production workflows
• Experience with order management systems and e-commerce platforms (e.g., CommonSKU, SAGE, Shopify)
• Strong financial acumen, including comfort with pricing, margins, and sales math
• Proficiency in Google Workspace (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar) and comfort navigating new systems and tools, including familiarity with integrating AI tools into your workflow

Requirements

• Lead small and medium merch programs from estimate through fulfillment
• Manage workstreams across sourcing, production, decoration, fulfillment and delivery
• Keep projects on schedule and on budget, and flag slippage before it becomes a client problem
• Keep order management and project systems reflecting actual status
• Source products and decoration methods that fit the creative intent and the budget
• Manage product sourcing, vendor and decoration research, and pricing development by gathering quotes and organizing vendor information
• Coordinate with vendors on production updates, samples, order status, and maintain accurate vendor database records
• Review proofs, mockups, and production samples to support quality control
• Own estimates, sales orders, purchase orders and invoicing on your projects
• Review profitability and flag risk early
• Communicate scope, timelines, deliverables, and status without being chased for updates
• Lead client communications for small projects and support larger projects under account manager supervision
• Coordinate with warehouse team on inventory management and fulfillment

Benefits

• Work with some of the most innovative brands in tech and entertainment
• Small team, direct access to leadership, creative freedom
• Flexible work schedule
• Fully remote company