Vacancy title:
Quality Assurance Auditor

Jobs at:
Children's Place

Deadline of this Job:
1st November 2018

Duty Station:
Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 18th October 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

The Children’s Place is the largest pure-play children’s specialty apparel retailer in North America. The Company designs, contracts to manufacture, sells and licenses to sell fashionable, high-quality merchandise at value prices. As of January 28, 2017, the Company operated 1,039 stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, an online store at www.childrensplace.com, and had 150 international points of distribution open and operated by its 6 franchise partners in 17 countries.

JOB DETAILS:

Job Summary:

To drive the successful transformation of the business in becoming a world-class sourcing organization by providing technical garment/apparel expertise and recommendations to vendors/factories and internal sourcing teams. To develop and drive the implementation of new apparel technical programs across the region. To effectively lead a team of remote Quality Assurance Auditors in conducting inspections and training with vendors/factories.

Key Accountabilities:

• Networks with vendors/factories and the Sourcing/Merchandising teams to conduct a preliminary inspection on the products at the pre-production stage
  
• Participates in Pre-Production Meetings to review Tech. Packs and Ticketing Reports
  
• Good prevention, problem solving skill; a solution provider
  
• Skills in risk assessment, factory evaluation and effective CAP follow-up to help factory improve their system
  
• Provide answers to queries from colleagues and vendors in professional manner, and conducts follow-up work promptly
  
• Addresses any issues promptly pertaining to product safety, engineering or technology and prevents confirmation of bulk production
  
• Supports the department’s change of focus from Quality Control to Quality Engineering and Product Technology
  
• Conducts factory visits to provide guidance and counseling as required
  
• Diligently conducts follow-ups with factory production supervisors to check on the status of corrective action
  
• Promptly advises necessary Product Technology & Quality Assurance colleagues of any suspected non-compliances with vendors/factories
  

Education and Experience:

• 3-5 years working experience in Apparel Industry: Manufacturing, Product Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Inspection, Factory Audit, or similar field
  
• With 2 years of related education or training experience
  
• Comprehensive background in factory or apparel inspection
  
• Comprehensive knowledge of Product Technology and Safety Standards for children’s apparel
  
• Ability to quickly identify production, product technology, or product safety problem areas and quickly recommend solutions
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
  
• Good command of both verbal and written English and local language
  
• Possess a strong attention to detail and time management