About the Company:
Established in 2014, Faithfull is an International Fashion label, which fuses Scandinavian simplicity with Australian laid-back spirit, created within the island life ambience of Bali. Our pieces are designed with the modern traveller in mind. We are committed to creating thoughtfully produced, socially responsible garments and aim to minimise our environmental footprint and maximise our positive social impact.
Faithfull is committed to creating thoughtfully produced, socially responsible garments. From our manufacturing choices and commercial practices to our organisational culture, community investment, environmental footprint and social impact, we ensure that each step is positive one and one that falls in line with our brand's value's.
Faithfull has been proudly B-Corp Certified since 2021 and was recertified at the end of 2024.
About the Role:
Faithfull is looking for a Head of Production and Development to join our team, specialising in women's ready-to-wear within the contemporary resort market. Reporting to the CEO, this senior role will lead end-to-end production and development, ensuring seasonal collections are delivered on time, on cost, and to Faithfull's quality and sustainability standards.
Based in Bali, you will oversee production, development, fabric, technical, AQL, and sample room teams, working closely with global suppliers across Indonesia, China, and beyond. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise, commercial acumen, and proven leadership, with the ability to manage critical paths, margins, and supplier performance in a fast-paced, international fashion environment.
This is a key leadership opportunity for a hands-on operator who is passionate about responsible production, continuous improvement, and building scalable processes aligned with Faithfull's BCorp values.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the production team in the execution of on-time delivery of seasonal ranges
- Assess the production team's seasonal allocations to suppliers after sales pivot received.
- Responsible for production critical path and drafting yearly CP - with final sign off from CEO
- Constantly assess and review supplier performance and capacity to ensure Faithfull's growth plans and quality levels can be achieved.
- Manage the team to achieve AQL self and in-person inspections are within the critical path timeframes.
- Establish methods to continuously improve current system towards the goal of self AQL with most suppliers.
- Manage the senior production planner, ensure the workload of development and production tech packs are achieved within the critical path dates.
- Oversee the design room to develop capacity plans and schedules for the cutters and machinists, accounting for periods in between SMS making for minimise down time.
- Oversee the management of the internal processing list in a timely manner to prepare for the Production department to create a final margin cost report.
- Development Team - Work collaboratively with the creative and development assistant manager to ensure the smooth operation of seasonal sample ranges from concept to production in the design room and external suppliers (e.g. China).
- Monitor fabric purchasing to ensure it matches production requirements.
- Responsible for left over fabrics to be relocated to the Kedampang fabric warehouse and accurately recorded.
- Understand compliance throughout the supply chain including but not limited to: Sedex, BSCI, BWI, OKEO-TEX 100 reports and protocols, updating and checking where necessary.
- Responsible for overseeing COGS (cost of goods sold), working with finance and ensuring it comes in at budgeted amount as well as hitting margin targets.
- Work with CFO on budgeting within this role's responsibilities.
- Maintain good relationships with the supply base in the line with Faithfull's BCorp ethos.
- Work with CFO to understand BCorp principles and help in the recertification process in areas such as compliance, circularity and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)
What we are looking for :
- Minimum 10 years experience in the garment or fashion industry, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role, ideally within women's apparel.Strong end-to-end technical knowledge of garment production, including development, manufacturing processes, garment construction, textiles, and quality standards.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop multi-disciplinary teams, including production, technical, AQL, development, and sample room functions.
- Solid understanding of compliance and ethical manufacturing standards and related audits and protocols.
- Strong capability in critical path management, supplier performance evaluation, and capacity planning across multiple regions.
- A collaborative leadership style
