Quality Director - Global Sourcing Office | Cookware & SDA

Ambition; Hong Kong; Presencial; HKD 700.000 - 1.100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Ambition seeks a Quality Director to lead the quality function for its global sourcing and product portfolio, focusing on cookware and small domestic appliances, and to set strategic quality direction across suppliers and markets.

You will build a high-performing team, drive QA and QC, oversee audits, and collaborate with sourcing, product development, and engineering to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.

Formación

• Bachelor’s or higher in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or related field.
• Proven leadership of sizeable quality/technical teams in global sources or consumer goods.
• Strong knowledge of QA/QC, testing, supplier quality, and manufacturing processes.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the overall quality function with strategic direction across sourcing teams.
• Develop and implement quality strategies, policies, standards, and processes.
• Oversee QA/QC across product lifecycle from development to production.
• Drive quality and regulatory compliance for cookware and small domestic appliances.
• Partner with sourcing, product development, merchandising, engineering, and supply chain.

Conocimientos

Quality leadership

Supplier quality management

Quality systems

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Multicultural collaboration

Educación

Engineering/Quality management degree

Descripción del empleo

Our client is a well-established global sourcing office with an extensive international supplier network and diverse consumer product portfolio. They are seeking an experienced Quality Director to lead their quality function and drive best-in-class quality standards across the sourcing and supply chain operations.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an accomplished quality professional with strong expertise in cookware and small domestic appliances, combining technical knowledge with the ability to lead teams, influence suppliers, and partner with key stakeholders across international markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall quality function, providing strategic direction and leadership to quality teams across the sourcing organization.
• Develop and implement quality strategies, policies, standards, and processes aligned with business and customer requirements.
• Oversee quality assurance and quality control activities throughout the product lifecycle, from product development through mass production.
• Drive product quality and compliance across cookware and small domestic appliance categories.
• Partner closely with sourcing, product development, merchandising, engineering, supply chain, and other key stakeholders.
• Manage supplier quality performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives with manufacturers and strategic vendor partners.
• Establish robust quality metrics, reporting, and governance to identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Ensure products meet relevant international quality, safety, regulatory, and customer requirements across different markets.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective action initiatives for significant product quality and supplier performance issues.
• Build, coach, and develop a high-performing quality team while fostering a strong culture of quality and continuous improvement.
• Support new supplier evaluation, factory capability assessment, quality audits, and supplier development initiatives.
• Act as a senior quality partner to management, providing insights and recommendations on quality risks and operational improvements.

Requirements

• University degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Manufacturing, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Extensive quality management experience within a global sourcing, buying office, trading, manufacturing, or consumer products environment.
• Strong hands-on product knowledge and quality experience in cookware and small domestic appliances is essential.
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing sizeable quality or technical teams.
• Strong understanding of quality assurance, quality control, product testing, supplier quality, and manufacturing processes.
• Sound knowledge of international product safety, regulatory, compliance, and quality standards.
• Demonstrated experience managing suppliers and driving quality improvement across an international manufacturing network.
• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to balance product quality, cost, delivery, and business requirements.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, multicultural, and matrixed global organization.
• Fluency in English and Chinese is essential.