(Salary up to 70K + bonus)
Our client has a strong brand presence and a flat organizational structure. Excellent, collaborative work environment.
Be a key liaison between design, technical design, merchandising , product development and sourcing to ensure quality integrity of all products!
Must have branded soft lines or accessories category experience.
Summary:
Lead and coordinate the quality process to assure raw and finished goods product quality standards are met both domestically and internationally.
Job Description:
• Direct responsibility for product returns and assigned personnel
• Provide dotted line support and direction to staff in offshore offices
• Establish and maintain supplier requirements internationally
• Evaluate suppliers internationally for conformance to established brand requirements.
• Work closely with international office general manager to provide tools for quality staff.
• Provide supplier qualifications, material issue resolution, drive supplier corrective actions
• Establish and maintain acceptable quality standards for raw materials and finished goods
• Insure consistency of on-going product receipts with original samples/standards from suppliers
• Log and follow-up on quality complaints as reported by customers
• Provide necessary quality reporting for effective supplier selection and product assignments
• Track, analyze, and report on quality performance and trends
• BOM/component validation and maintenance of approved supplier/parts lists
• Drive quality with assigned suppliers and accelerate improvements in supplier quality and delivery of value
• Drive supplier selection through qualification process
• Drive corrective and preventive action program, from initiation to resolution of items; collect and analyze data to track the improvements
• Develop positive relationships and work closely with Purchasing Departments (Domestic and International) to manage and implement supplier engineering changes, and part introductions
• Deliver results as measured by key metrics such as defect rates, total supplier cost and corrective action closure
• Drive improvement through supplier auditing and supplier scorecards
• Understand and drive Lean supply chain internally and with suppliers; ensure that all purchased part documentation and products meet quality system requirements
• Develop and implement plans of action/systems to continually improve the quality of raw and finished goods
• Lead identification, communication and resolution of product quality issues
• Coordinate the receipt, tracking and disposition of returned products
• Maintain current and historical files on raw and finished product specifications, returns and all other quality issues
• Document and maintain Quality procedures
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in business or related field or equivalent experience
• 3-5 years supplier quality experience
• Strong team player
• Strong data analysis, problem solving and project management skills
• Must be comfortable with rapidly changing priorities
• Experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment is highly desirable
• Must be detail oriented and possess excellent time management and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills to interact with diverse individuals and groups at all levels Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to work independently in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Thorough understanding of MS Office applications including Word and Outlook, and strong skills in Excel.
• Ability to read product specifications
• Flexible, adaptable with the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines in a fast paced office environment
TO APPLY:
Send your resume with salary requirements to Sue at Midwest Personnel Resource, LLC:
e mail: sue@mpresource.com
phone: 262.681.3727
Job Code:
Please include Job Code QE – MPR0311 in the subject line of all emails.
