Lifetime Brands Inc., -- Seattle Division is seeking for a Project Manager, Asia with quality, compliance and regulatory background to support Asia Category team in project management, timeline management, customers compliance management, including product quality, compliance and regulatory requirements to our Lab921 Asia Pacific team.
This role will require you to be excited about the product development cycle, prioritize your workload and have a proven track record of on-time delivery with projects. In addition, we are looking for you to document, expand, and become a subject matter expert in compliance, regulatory and customer requirements for Asia Pacific markets.
Key Responsibilities
Project Management
61 Partners closely with key stakeholders to ensure that project timeline, quality, compliance and regulatory requirements are factored in to product development and production and proactively provides solutions to remove product development bottleneck to ensure PO ships on-time.
61 Actively engages with Lifetime stakeholders and vendors in China to ensure deliverables and new compliance or regulatory requirements are communicated and being met.
61 Must consistently report on and communicate timeline, compliance and regulatory changes across all parties.
Compliance & Regulatory
61 Develop a deep system and knowledge of Compliance, regulatory, import/export, tariffs, testing requirements and certificates to successfully deliver products to customers.
61 Lead in testing execution and timeline for product delivery.
61 Manage customers quality, compliance and regulatory claims, including leading communications at the customers end and leading problem solution with vendors and internal team.
61 Build up a database of testing requirements, labs, and compliance for each customer account / market by reaching out to customers, vendors, and internal teams.
61 Build up database of regulatory requirements for each customer account/market.
61 On-site visits to factories to ensure production is manufactured against approved sample and customers quality standards, including but not limit to product’s execution, product’s safety, packaging and labelling.
Skills
61 Proven ability to problem solve and find resolutions quickly and efficiently.
61 Proven ability to organize large sets of data and build out processes and databases.
61 Experience in Hardline and Softline goods including: development cycle, regional compliance and regulatory requirements
61 Ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure greater success with accountability towards project deliverables.
61 Clear and concise communicator.
Qualifications
61 College education required (BA/BS preferred)
61 5+ years’ experience working with teams in wholesale, manufacturing or retail with an affinity for consumer products
61 2-3 years of Project Management experience
61 3-5 years of Consumer Product development experience
61 3-5 years of Compliance, quality control experience
61 Highly organized and resourceful