Category: Softhome

Responsibilities:
? Conduct all necessary QA activities prior to and during product selection, product development, production in order to identify quality issues early and ‘build in’ right quality at the beginning of a products life cycle.
? Proactive involvement in factory audit / selection / improvement; in the production and agreement of specifications; reviewing performance, compliance with Wal-Mart’s standards, and testing certification.
Provide technical support to WGS for a varied range of products, suppliers & factories, in multiple locations.
? Responsibility for managing the quality of products in technical area of responsibility from ‘end-to-end’ of the development and manufacturing process.
? Responsible for ensuring products are safe, meet the legal requirements of the country it is being shipped to and meets country performance requirements.
? Products under area of responsibility to be correctly assessed, certified, specified (including sealed samples & product specifications) and Inspection criteria to be available prior to shipment.
? Responsible for working with factories and suppliers to improve factory operations, capability and product quality.
? Carry out factory pre-audit visits to review factory capability, suitability and capacity.
? Carry out returns and complaint analysis, including investigating specific quality issues, identifying risk, root cause and putting in place corrective actions and future preventative measures where necessary. This includes producing concise management reports and Wal-Mart communication.
? In conjunction with buying country Associates prepare standard operating procedures, process and protocol documents.
? Review buying briefs with sourcing and merchandising Associates
? Conduct pre-production meetings with suppliers and factories for major projects and whenever possible.
? Guide Senior Merchandise Quality Engineers through projects and processes
? Assume additional responsibilities and perform special projects as needed or directed

Requirements:
? Technical expertise in area of product responsibility and able to learn other technologies to broaden capability and product knowledge.
? Analytical and problem solving ability.
? Business and commercial understanding.
? High integrity and business ethics.
? Excellent communication skills.
? Good spoken and written English.
? Able to manage complexity and multiple tasks / projects.
? Team Player
? Able and willing to travel as required.


*WMGS doesn’t charge any recruitment or similar fee in the recruitment process including but not limited to interview, offering and onboarding.