东莞招聘

The work location is Putian, Fujian.

  

PRIMARY FUNCTION

  

• Deep knowledge of product compliance, quality & regulatory requirements with a focus on product
• Responsible for proactive and preventive quality assurance and control, delivering end to end result through QMS activities

  

• Factory elevation through technical support to drive for continuous improvement of manufacturing processes.

• Ensure vendors deliver safe and quality owned brand product.

• Leverage analysis and reporting on vendors & factories performance with a feedback loop.

• Actively influence decision-making and address business needs through active engagement with CFT/business partners.

        

• Conduct calibration activities on process and product for 3rd parties, vendors and factories

  

 

  

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  

1. Key Competency Expectation

  

• Product and Technical knowledge

  • Category level product knowledge; understand the guest expectation/brand expression through product standards, specification, approved samples and testing requirement/protocols to support field operations

  • Ensure Target products are good & healthy, safe to use, guest friendly and durable & functional through product lifecycle

  • Knowledge of product and manufacturing process risk assessment and mitigation to support product development - Identify and validate key quality and capability callouts (e.g., manufacturing variability, critical to quality, manufacturability to scale) from product development stage through a robust MCP

  • Deep understanding of capacity analysis – annually as well as during production readiness to ensure appropriate capacities are allocated, both holistically and at a program level.

  • Ability to understand diverse and ever evolving manufacturing processes

  • Understand process management - able to determine the critical processes to quality and its controls to prevent or mitigate potential issues/risks

  • Knowledge of tools from Lean/6 Sigma/TOC/SPC to assess factory's performance to support OBSD strategy

  • Technical ability to assess and resolve product and inspection issues

  • Build one's own technical expertise in a structured and systematic way

  • Understanding of cost engineering to support factory’s drive towards efficiency and right first time quality

• Quality Strategy and Management

  • Understand and be able to assess the effectiveness of a factory’s preventive QMS and its sustainability, across diverse manufacturing processes

  • Drive continuous improvement of a factory’s quality management system, shifting focus from detection to prevention.

  • Plan for quality through preventive product risk mitigation, factory capability assessment and capacity validation prior to production.  

                              

o    Strategic overview of the factory’s performance in order to prioritize and identify areas of opportunity to drive elevation

  

• Evaluate the health of the factory’s QMS

• Support 3rd party escalation, disposition and CAPA reviews for continuous improvement

• Understand the guest expectation through voice of the guest

• Support ME initiatives focusing on efficiency and right first time quality

        

• Data/Reporting and Analytical thinking

  

• Ability to review data and conduct statistical analysis

• Leverage data to identify opportunities for calibration, continuous improvement and problem-solving

• Drive cost of poor quality reduction with a focus on greater efficiency and right first time quality

• Understand industry and share business intelligence with CFT teams when needed

• Engage in proactive sourcing and category management from technical, quality and engineering perspective to drive robust business placement decisions

• Extensive use of quantifiable data and KPIs in decision-making; to provide performance feedback to vendors/factories.

            

2. Communication/CFT Collaboration/Training

  

• Share lessons learned in quality planning activities and core processes

• Support calibration activities for 3rd parties, vendor and factories

• Act as technical liaison between HQ PSQA, Vendor/Factory partners and cross functional teams

• Ensure transparency and adherence to escalation process when required

• Provide ongoing support to PSQA HQ for continuous improvement, issue resolution and problem solving

• Successfully navigate through tough choices and be able to articulate a strong point of view both internally and externally - to leaders, peers, team members and vendor/factories.

            

• Engage in factory matrix optimization and influence business decisions through CFT collaboration based on business needs and quality performance

  

• Steer decision effectiveness and efficiency; take smart risk based on facts, figures and guest insights through critical thinking

• Provide expertise to validate CFT’s business decision and increase supply matrix visibility through factory assessment

• Engage in new vendor/factory vetting and exploration process that supports sourcing decision-making and long-range business plan

      

3. Operational Excellence and Brand Reputation

  

• Adapt to change and adhere to Target strategy, direction and business goals

• Continually focus on and demonstrate commitment to concepts of value creation through COQ/Lean/Six Sigma tools/efficiency

• Ensure transparency and adherence to escalation process when required

• Demonstrate the highest level of ethics; make ethics a mantra for TGT and supply chain

• Escalate critical issues concerning ethics, through the proper channels

• Provide ongoing support to PSQA HQ and PSQA QMS Team for continuous improvement, issue resolution and problem solving

• Support HQ through product investigations and activate on guest data analysis appropriately.

• Investigate quality issues, ensure effectiveness of CAPA and validate vendor/factories are driving toward continuous improvement.

  

JOB REQUIREMENTS

  

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:                                                                                                                                 

  

• Bachelor degree in engineering

• Technical disciplines equivalent in retail compliance/manufacturing

• Quality management, raw material, product, and manufacturing industry experience/knowledge

• Minimum 5-8 years’ experience in industry

• Background in quality and technical/engineering perspective

• Knowledge of quality tools RCA/Fishbone/Lean/Six Sigma/Industrial Engineering Experienced in line setup

• Good communication skills and strong interpersonal skills

• Collaborative focus and ability to work successfully across functional areas

• Language: fluent in English and local language

• Working Knowledge of Technology, Data and analytics including Microsoft windows and Office software applications

• Knowledge of Statistical analysis

  DESIRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience in retail purchasing operations or support (Sourcing, procurement, QA, development, etc.)

• Certified Quality Engineer

• Six Sigma or Lean certified preferred
  

About Target
Expect the Best. At Target, we have a vision: to become the best – the best culture and brand, the best place for growth and the company with the best reputation. We offer an inclusive, collaborative and energetic work environment that rewards those who perform. We deliver engaging, innovative and on-trend experiences for our team members and our guests. We invest in our team members’ futures by developing leaders and providing a breadth of opportunities for professional development. It takes the best to become the best, and we are committed to building a team that does the right thing for our guests, shareholders, team members and communities.

Target Sourcing Services, a global sourcing organization, is a subsidiary of Target Corporation, the second largest discount retailer in the United States. The company is ranked No.122 on the Fortune 500 as of 2019.

Join a team that is passionate about quality and committed to enhancing our Guest experience. You will be part of a team validating that our vendor partners operate efficient, safe and ethical factory environments; producing safe and reliable quality product in line with the most current Target; US Safety and Regulatory requirements in order to enhance the Guest experience.

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