Area Manager-Costume Production
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10103808 Location Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States Business Walt Disney Imagineering Date posted Oct. 22, 2024Job Summary:
Through innovative storytelling and collaboration, Disney Live Entertainment crafts, produces, and delivers remarkable and engaging entertainment experiences! From the intimate to the spectacular, our work can be seen at Disney theme parks, resort hotels, cruise ships, and other locations the world over. This diverse team – representing a wide variety of fields and talents from technical directors, writers and lighting designers to choreographers, cosmetologists, and music producers – brings magical worlds to life through technical expertise, performance excellence, incomparable ingenuity, unparalleled spectacle… and a dash of pixie dust!
The Area Manager is responsible for leading salaried, hourly union, and hourly non-union cast with specialized skills in technical design and pre-production of garment manufacturing. This role will be instrumental in providing guidance and feedback that promotes development and inclusion. The Area Manager-Costume Production focused on pre-production and will be responsible for garment estimation, resource planning and workflow for multiple teams to achieve on time and on budget product delivery.
This position report to the Manager-Costume Production & Sustainment
This is a full-time position.
What You Will Do
Provide daily leadership, coaching, and mentoring to team of direct reports, including ensuring team receives accurate training, and they understand their role and how to perform it properly
Lead Costume Teams that meet or exceed the expectations of Partners/Guests, ensuring a consistent product as well as a high level of customer service
Monitor, analyze, and take action on costume inventory quantity, costume show quality, operating labor, and expenses affecting annual financial targets using programs that include but are not limited to SAP, Maximo, and YuniquePLM.
Continually seek innovative ways of doing business
Build and maintain strong working relationships with partners and support business requests in a fast paced environment
Ensure division and segment strategies are being achieved
Look for areas of opportunity to improve efficiency and strive for consistent processes within the Costuming organization
Partner closely with other Area Managers to maintain hiring consistencies
Oversee and establish process and Operating Guides
Improve Guest service in this Cast-serving-Cast environment by communicating new and innovative ideas to help drive the Costuming organization to new heights.
Participate in annual budget planning.
Lead replenishment planning sessions or work in tandem with operational teams for annual costume production and replenishment planning
Prepare cost estimate and the ability to fulfill project management function
Partner with Operational Costuming areas for the procurement and disposition of Entertainment Costumes
Understand fabrics, manufacturing, and cleaning processes as related to Entertainment Costumes
Establish and maintain partnerships that support the implementation of new product
Required Qualifications & Skills
5+ years experience in a leadership role with direct and indirect reports
3+ years experience in Costuming, Theater, Garment Manufacturing, Fashion, or other related field
Experience delivering feedback, mentoring, and providing re-direction to salaried and hourly cast
Experience solving conflict and gaining consensus in a way that all partners feel heard and understood
Experience with influencing and negotiating
Experience communication (both written and verbal) with all levels of partners
Experience building strong, mutually beneficial relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Able to work around all types of fabrics, fibers, and synthetic furs
Able to be flexible with work schedule, including extended hours, holidays, and weekends
Able to travel domestically and/or internationally up to 10% of the time
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with electronic work order and planning software such as Maximo and Yunique PLM
Experience working with a collective bargaining agreements and unionized Cast
Experience in Textiles or the Apparel industry
Knowledge of international shipping processes and global sourcing
Experience with garment specification or technical specification writing
Education
High School diploma or equivalent is required
Advanced degree in Fashion, Apparel, Theatre, Merchandising, Costuming, or related fields is preferred
Additional Information
Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
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About Walt Disney Imagineering:
Founded in 1952 as WED Enterprises to design and build the world’s first theme park — Disneyland — Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) is where imagination and creativity combine with cutting-edge technology to create unforgettable experiences. WDI is the creative force that imagines, designs and builds all Disney theme parks, resorts, attractions and cruise ships worldwide. Imagineering’s unique strength comes from its diverse global team of creative and technical professionals, who build on Disney’s legacy of storytelling to pioneer new forms of entertainment. The Imagineers who practice this unique blend of art and science work in more than 100 disciplines to shepherd an idea all the way from “blue sky” concept phase to opening day.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with Disney Entertainment Productions, which is part of a business we call Walt Disney Imagineering.
Disney Entertainment Productions is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.