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About the Role

We are seeking a highly technical, hands-on Pre-Production & Production Manager to lead fabric development, garment engineering, and production execution across a fast-paced, multi-business-unit lounge and athleisure organization. This role requires deep expertise in cut-and-sew construction, knitted fabrics, dyeing and washing, and the ability to translate a creative vision into commercially viable, reproducible fabric and garment specifications. The ideal candidate has direct manufacturing experience in both China and India and can confidently communicate with mills, dye houses, laundries, and garment factories.

Responsibilities

Own the transition from concept and development through pre-production approvals, bulk production, and final quality delivery across multiple business units and overlapping calendars.
Lead product costing and cost engineering for diverse customer needs, target price points, and business-unit margin requirements.
Develop and validate detailed garment and fabric cost breakdowns, evaluate alternative yarns, fiber blends, constructions, washes, trims, and manufacturing methods, and partner with mills and factories to achieve target costs without compromising critical quality, fit, color, or performance standards.
Develop original knit fabrics from physical reference garments, verbal concepts, descriptive briefs, hand-feel goals, performance needs, and available knitting machinery.
Technically specify and explain knit structures, machine gauge, yarn count, stitch length, fabric tension, fiber content and blends, weight (GSM), stretch and recovery, shrinkage, drape, and finishing requirements.
Partner with mills to engineer fabrics for desired aesthetics, performance, cost, lead time, and production consistency.
Evaluate lab dips, hand looms, knit-downs, and bulk submissions.
Lead fabric and garment dyeing, including pigment and reactive dye processes, wash development, enzyme/softener treatments, and garment finishing.
Articulate how time, temperature, dyestuff selection, chemical use, liquor ratio, and process sequence affect color, hand feel, appearance, and durability.
Apply a strong eye for color to shade development, lab-dip evaluation, color continuity, and approval of fabric and garment-dyed production.
Troubleshoot shade variation and wash inconsistency.
Oversee cut-and-sew execution, including patterns, fit, construction, seam selection, stitching, trims, tolerances, and wash-related measurement changes.
Manage tech packs, bills of materials, sample comments, testing standards, pre-production samples, size sets, pilot runs, TOP samples, and production approvals.
Identify and resolve technical issues with fabric stability, pilling, spirality, crocking, colorfastness, dimensional change, seam performance, and production yield.
Drive factory and mill timelines, capacity planning, costing, risk mitigation, quality standards, and on-time delivery.
Communicate clear decisions and escalation paths across design, sourcing, merchandising, and operations.

Requirements

5+ years of relevant experience in apparel pre-production, production, fabric development, or textile manufacturing, with meaningful ownership of knit cut-and-sew programs.
Demonstrated hands-on experience working with manufacturing partners and production processes in both China and India.
Advanced technical understanding of knit fabric engineering, fiber content, yarns, knitting machinery, fabric tension, and fabric finishing.
Practical expertise in fabric and garment dyeing, wash chemistry, process parameters, shade control, and bulk reproducibility.
Ability to translate both physical garment references and abstract verbal direction into actionable fabric development instructions and measurable specifications.
Strong color judgment, troubleshooting ability, factory communication skills, and comfort managing multiple deadlines in a fast-moving environment.

Skills

Cut-and-sew construction
Knitted fabrics
Dyeing and washing
Fabric development
Garment engineering
Production execution
Product costing
Cost engineering
Knit structures
Yarn count
Stitch length
Fabric tension
Fiber content
Weight (GSM)
Stretch and recovery
Shrinkage
Drape
Finishing requirements
Lab dips
Hand looms
Knit-downs
Bulk submissions
Pigment dye processes
Reactive dye processes
Wash development
Enzyme/softener treatments
Garment finishing
Color judgment
Shade development
Color continuity
Fabric stability
Pilling
Spirality
Crocking
Colorfastness
Dimensional change
Seam performance
Production yield
Timelines
Capacity planning
Risk mitigation
Quality standards
On-time delivery
Communication
Troubleshooting
Textile Science
Textile Engineering
Apparel Production
Fashion Technology
Premium lounge
Athleisure
Jersey
Fleece
French terry
Rib
Interlock
Performance knit categories
Textile testing protocols
Garment testing protocols
Chemical compliance
Responsible dyeing
Responsible finishing practices

Location

New York City

Work Type

Hybrid
4 days onsite per week

Experience Level

5+ years of relevant experience

Education Level

Degree in Textile Science, Textile Engineering, Apparel Production, Fashion Technology, or a related field
Minor in Textile Science

Salary/Compensations

$95,000-$115,000/yr.

Benefits

Multi-brand merchandise discount, including Splendid, 7 For All Mankind, and PJ Salvage
Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance, as well as Basic Life/Voluntary Life/Disability/Critical Illness
Financial Wellness: 401(k) Retirement Program with Company match and 529 College Savings Plan, as well as Tax-Advantage Health & Transit Accounts
Personal and sick time off, vacation time, floating days, and company-observed holidays
Paid Volunteer Time Off
Weekly breakfasts
Monthly milestone celebrations
Leadership-led panels
Team-building events

About the Company

Delta Galil USA, Inc. is a global manufacturer and marketer of branded and private label apparel products for men, women, and children.
Since its inception in 1975, the company has continually endeavored to create products that follow a body-before-fabric philosophy, placing equal emphasis on comfort, aesthetics, and quality.
Delta Galil develops innovative seamless apparel, including bras, shapewear and socks; intimate apparel for women; underwear for men, including under its owned brands Schiesser, Eminence, Organic Basics and Athena; babywear, activewear, sleepwear and loungewear, including under its owned P.J. Salvage and Delta brands.
Delta Galil also designs, develops, markets, and sells branded denim and apparel under the brand 7 For All Mankind®, and ladies’ and kids’ apparel under the brand Splendid®.
In addition, it sells its products under brand names licensed to the company, including adidas, Wolford, Wilson, Columbia, Tommy Hilfiger, and others.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we live and conduct business.
We are an equal employment opportunity for minorities, females, protected veterans, and the disabled.
We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and treating our associates and applicants without discrimination based on their race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.