
Planning, Production & Logistics Manager
Lacoste
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Job Description
Reporting to the Head of India Sourcing Office, the Manager – Planning, Production & Logistics is responsible for overseeing production planning, factory follow-up, and export coordination with Indian vendors.
This is a hands-on, execution-driven role requiring strong factory engagement, structured follow-up, and proactive issue resolution.
The Core Objective Is To
- Secure production capacity
- Monitor execution discipline
- Protect delivery timelines
- Support operational performance
- Production Planning & Monitoring
- Communicate forecasts and seasonal volumes to suppliers
- Support capacity booking and production allocation
- Validate production launch plans with Regional Planning
- Create and release production orders in systems
- Define and monitor critical path milestones
- Track production progress through regular supplier reviews
- Identify potential delays and implement recovery actions
- Challenge lead times and production minimums where relevant
- Factory Follow-up & Operational Coordination
- Maintain regular follow-up with factories (travel across India required)
- Ensure alignment between suppliers, Sourcing, Development, and Quality teams
- Monitor adherence to confirmed delivery dates
- Escalate risks in a timely and structured manner
- Support resolution of production or warehouse discrepancies
- Reconcile production invoices with negotiated prices and received quantities
- Logistics & Export Management
- Oversee shipment readiness and export documentation
- Coordinate preferential origin declarations with Customs teams
- Ensure documentation accuracy and compliance
- Monitor On-Time Delivery performance
- Communicate delivery updates or delays to internal stakeholders
- Systems & Reporting
- Integrate negotiated prices and production data into systems
- Ensure data accuracy (quantities, dates, minima)
- Support suppliers on Lacoste IT and logistics tools
- Update and share KPIs related to production and delivery performance
- Supplier Performance & Improvement
- Monitor supplier execution performance
- Conduct structured performance reviews
- Train suppliers on Lacoste logistics processes and operational standards
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and reliability
- 10–20 years of experience in production planning, factory operations, or supply chain within apparel/textile industry
- Strong understanding of garment manufacturing processes and Indian factory ecosystem
- Experience in export operations and international shipments
- Good analytical and organizational skills
- Structured and solution-oriented mindset
- Strong coordination and communication skills
- Advanced Excel and ERP knowledge (SAP, OrliWeb)
- Fluent in English (Hindi required; additional regional languages are a plus)
- Willingness to travel frequently to vendor locations
- Execution discipline
- Proactive problem-solving
- Attention to detail
- Supplier coordination
- Ownership mindset
- Team collaboration
About The Company
Lacoste
At the crossroads of fashion and sport, Lacoste liberates and creates movement. Both universal and timeless, it crosses cultures, oceans and generations to inspire each and every person. Two Lacoste items are sold every second in the world. As a global brand, our 8 500 team members are present in more than 100 countries, on all continents. We offer a wide range of jobs, from manufacturing to omnichannel distribution. We provide to our customers a complete range of products: apparel, footwear, leather goods, underwear, fragrances, eyewear and watches, all of them being developed with a unique “savoir faire”, in the most qualitative, responsible and ethical way. Working at Lacoste is belonging to a community of talents on the move to build the future. We foster equal opportunities to gather promising people regardless of their differences. Together we can make our crocodile always greater to have a meaningful impact: on the fashion industry and on society. Lacoste is one of the inspiring brands driven by passionate people of the MF Brands Group, alongside with Aigle, The Kooples, Gant, Tecnifibre (https://mf-brands.com/).
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