Fast-growing materials innovation company focused on replacing materials like plastic and leather with plant-based alternatives. We innovate industry-defining chemistries in our Los Angeles lab and create low-carbon materials made from plants, supplying them to large companies within industries like automotive, fashion, furniture, and beyond. Using a two-pronged business model, we create both materials as well as our own consumer goods and provide solutions for companies looking to incorporate sustainable materials into their products.
Material Production Manager to work on all aspects of our material development and production from day to day operations to helping build material concepts to supporting mill relationships, to sourcing, manufacturing and quality control to ensure that programs are executed to the highest level of quality and design integrity.
REQUIREMENTS:
● A minimum of 5 years of experience in artificial leather, coated textile, or rolled goods manufacturing.
● Deep knowledge of material substrates such as: knits, wovens; non-wovens.
● Good understanding of materials engineering, materials science, textile science, or equivalent professional experience.
● Knowledge of chemical procurement, and secondary processing such as flame lamination, perforation, and embroidery.
● A foundation in manufacturing for large scale production programs and the automotive PPAP process.
● Experience in quality control at scale.
● Knowledge of sustainable materials such as bio-based and recycled content
● Willing to relocate to Los Angeles
● Is willing to travel to our manufacturing partners in Asia, North America, and Europe.
● Upholds high integrity especially with regards to vH and vH Clients’ Intellectual Property
● Is hyper detail-oriented with exceptional organizational and communication skills
● Existing relationships with artificial leather mills is a plus.
● Proficient in Excel, Word, Gmail, Adobe Acrobat
RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Manage material design developments and production programs.
● Propose material construction and design solutions to solve for issues like pricing, performance and design.
● Handle the day-to-day sample shipments, management, and reviews to the internal team and clients.
● Organize in-house inventory and archive materials and samples.
● Provide support to mill partners for material development to meet program deadlines and performance specifications.
● Liaise with mill partners to communicate daily tasks.
● Assist with raw material sourcing for material componentry.
● Coordinate with nominated third-party laboratories to facilitate performance testing needed by client.
● Collaborate with project manager to address all material production open items to ensure all tasks are completed within deadlines
● Support lab dip creation and sample yardage creation for color, gloss, and haptic matching to masters before shipping to clients
● Uphold calendars by monitoring production and development to ensure all projects are on time
● Help manage all material workflows to ensure tasks are being addressed.
Industry
- Textile Manufacturing
- Polyurethane Production