Quality Assurance Engineer - Textiles industry

Company Description

About QIMA

At QIMA, we’re on a mission to help our clients make products consumers can trust.

Working with over 30,000 global brands, retailers, manufacturers and food growers, and operating in more than 95 countries, we are on the ground wherever products are made. We help businesses secure every step of their supply chain with quality inspections, supplier audits, certifications, and laboratory testing across consumer products, life sciences, and food - all powered by our intelligent digital platform.

Our team of 5,000 Qimates (and counting) across 40 offices and laboratories are guided and make decisions every day by our QIMA values. We believe in the work we do, and in making a positive difference in the world. Does this sound like something you’d like to be a part of?

Job Description

Key Purpose of the Job:

Understand the Quality Management vision, strategic goals and fully aware of its respective roles & responsibilities as relate to QM. Execute continuous improvement plans at the factory through proper quality initiatives, prevention, and risk management. Must be able to directly influence factory QMS through a close working relationship with key vendor and factory quality personnel. Be accountable for delivering consistently high-quality product as measured through all QM KPIs/Metrics. 

Key Area of Responsibility:

• Objectively evaluate and analyze the quality KPIs of the factories, monitor and support the VCP. Identifies and implement best practice improvements within process, equipment and manufacturing requirements.
• Provide guidelines and conduct audit for the factories on process improvement such as Mold Prevention audit, factory process audit etc.
• Perform product quality audit such as final quality audit, product correlation audit and shadow audit etc and provide SOP for the factories on product improvement.
• Offer support and supervision to factory quality team on quality improvement with best practice, related SOP and case study etc.
• Validate test reports and follow failure closure processes
• Problem solving & Technical support: any problem found or receipt of any technical enquiry, prompt response with professional assistance offered to get it solved.
• Provide constructive feedback, suggestion and sharing ideas, to drive continuous improvement.
• Attend preventive process related meeting such as pre-production meeting/ tear down meeting and risk-based program etc to mitigate potential product risk.
• Connectivity with cross functional team to ensure quality related issues are address and collaborate with required personal on resolving issue together.
• Implement project or piloting for process/ product improvement
• Support and monitor factory accredited lab testing SOP against Brand standards and Industrial/Country requirements

Strategic Role Relationship Building

• Openly seeks out individuals at the factory level and internally to share relevant information that benefits the customer, business and associates.
• Debates and provides authentic dialogue with stakeholders to achieve the shared goal.

Qualifications

Required Competencies:

• Continuous Improvement
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Results Oriented
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint
• Good analytical and problem solving skill
• Familiar with 5S / ISO 9001 / 8D problem solving
• Sewing, Construction and Factory Operations Knowledge

Additional Information

We offer an inclusive workplace that rewards achievements.

Does this describe you? Then we want to hear from you as soon as possible! Apply now and we can write the next chapter of the QIMA story together.