Manage the product quality process to ensure support for the Merchant strategy and store customer satisfaction
Ensure that products shipped are safe, legal, meet buying country specifications, and are ‘fit for purpose’.
Total Quality Assurance of products supporting factory selection through to shipment
Analysis and improvement actions from feedback on customer returns and ‘in store’ product assessments
Production capability and capacity checks to support on-time delivery
Support sustainable improvement of the production base wherever applicable
Requirement
Relevant Experience: 8-12 years
Understand and contribute towards achieving or exceeding the agreed yearly Goals and Objectives
Support the Sr Manager – QA to organize and manage the QA Team workload
Check factories we are working with are audited, capable and meet Wal-Mart’s quality, product compliance and safety requirements
Work with factories to ensure shipped product quality meets or exceeds WM agreed standards • Identify product risk levels and take actions to minimize product instore and customer challenges
Carry out the QA/QC process of pre-production, ‘in-line’, final product reviews, and system audits as needed.
Work with factories to help them continuously improve product quality.
Carry out continuous improvement projects both internally within Walmart Sourcing, and externally with the Supply base • Actively contribute ideas and best practices to the Manufacturing Excellence/ QA Manual/ Inspection protocol etc.
Essential Functions of the Job
Work with the Sr Manager – QA to contribute to completing or exceeding agreed yearly Goals and Objectives
Develop and manage the factory DQA and Quality Team to consistently meet and improve product quality, process execution, and get product right first time
Use the global QA standard operating procedures and data analysis to identify and resolve production quality issues early in the product life cycle
Understand the QA Process to be able to mentor new Associates and support new Supplier and factory onboarding
Carry out product Risk Assessment to identify and carry out timely pre-production and in-line inspections, to support Wal-Mart’s quality, product compliance and safety, and delivery objectives
Provide feedback to QA Management on factory capability, audit and improvement
Provide support to WMGS and factory management for products technical challenges.
Support the Manager – QA in data analysis for the country/region and creating action plans for improvement
Actively link with other regional QA Teams to complete projects that provide benefit across all regions
Lead and participate in QA Team Projects and Cross Functional Team Project Groups