Director - Quality Control

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Champion continuous improvement efforts and defect reduction initiatives.

• Drive continuous improvement strategies across manufacturing partners and logistic operations.

• Establish, measure and validate quality metrics then consolidate data sources to streamline critical quality improvement initiatives.

• Prepare and manage factory assessment/audit, qualification and Work closely with Sourcing and Merchandising teams on product launches, continuous improvement and support ongoing production.

• Ensure unwavering compliance with all regulations and company requirements.

• Leveraging experience and knowledge of the sourcing base, ensure that they are socially complied

• Always keep abreast on latest regulations and implement necessary adjustments for compliance

• Lead root-cause analysis; identify effective corrective actions / preventive actions and process improvements.

• Lead and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on product quality improvement.

• Develop, implement and manage CA/PA program, and share the learning for process improvement.

• Establish solid working connections with key internal and external partners to guarantee all quality systems, best practices and tools are properly rolled out and utilized

Culture & Characteristics:

• Data driven, analytical
• Entrepreneurial and intellectually agile
• High performing, efficient
• Low ego, fair
• Test, learn, and adjust quickly
• Heads down, fast moving
• Relentless, rigorous and scrappy
• Operationally focused - knows how to operate, understands the potential “land mines” to plan for
• Firm first