Job Description:
To support our product development and ensuring compliance with our quality standards, you will work alongside buying teams, suppliers, and stakeholders to establish best practice.
Your role will involve understanding and supporting the delivery of the departmental and quality strategy to meet customer expectations.
You will demonstrate technical knowledge of footwear and accessories to develop safe, legal, and fit-for-purpose products.
Additionally, you will build and develop capability to assess commercial quality and testing requirements.
The successful candidate will assist with product development and adhere to sample process flow.
You will investigate all Gold Seal rejections and communicate quality issues to buying teams and suppliers.
Furthermore, you will build competitor awareness to enable quality, fit, and performance benchmarking of our products versus key competitors.
Working with the Compliance team, you will ensure that Quality Standards are in line with industry standards (Value/Volume retail).
You will also demonstrate an understanding of the legal/product/retail requirements for labelling.
Skill and Qualification Requirements:
* Demonstrates technical knowledge of footwear and accessories
* Understands business need for flexibility
* Prioritises and manages own activities in a structured, independent and timely way
* Communicates and interacts clearly and concisely to ensure that information is understood by buying teams, retail and external contacts
* Related industry experience required
Benefits:
This role offers opportunities for professional growth and development within a dynamic environment. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to achieve common goals.
The ideal candidate will have a strong focus on delivering high-quality results while maintaining effective communication and teamwork skills.
Working with Others:
You will work effectively with others to deliver common goals, readily offering support. The ideal candidate will respect the ideas and contributions of others and be open to learning and stretching opportunities to support their development.
Requirements:
A technical background with a focus on footwear is essential. Related industry experience is also required. A strong understanding of business needs, prioritisation, and time management is also necessary.
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