Quality Assurance Technician

Burberry; Marche; In loco; EUR 35.000 - 45.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A luxury fashion brand in Italy is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to ensure products meet high quality standards. The role includes coaching vendors, conducting inspections, and ensuring compliance throughout production. Frequent travel to vendors is required, making strong knowledge in product manufacturing and quality assurance essential for success in this role.

Competenze

• Experience in quality assurance or production in a related field.
• Ability to perform statistical analysis and use AQL audit techniques.
• Knowledge of defect trend analysis and product testing processes.

Mansioni

• Offer coaching and support to prevent quality failures.
• Conduct pre-production meetings to assess risks.
• Perform product inspections to ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Review accountability and drive corrective actions with vendors.
• Carry out Factory Assessments to improve quality systems.

Conoscenze

Product and Manufacturing knowledge

Understanding of QA process

Raw material and finished product testing

Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Proficient level of numeracy

Available for frequent travelling

Descrizione del lavoro

INTRODUCTION

At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.

We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.

JOB PURPOSE

In this role, you will work at vendors and factories to make sure that products being produced meet the highest possible quality standard.

The role is based in Piacenza, where we have a Burberry location, but with frequent travelling to vendors in Marche and Umbria regions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Offer coaching, support and guidance where required to prevent quality failure or improve operational competence
• Conduct handover/pre-production meetings with Product Engineering team & vendors to risk-assess styles
• Perform in-line and final AQL product inspections to assure product complies with Burberry quality standards
• Review Field & Hub NC reports and drive Vendor/Factory accountability to corrective and sustainable action plans
• Carry out comprehensive Factory Assessments of the manufacturing facilities and determine opportunities for improving their quality system and liaise with the vendor to initiate corrective actions
• Work closely with Vendors’ Internal QA Managers to ensure all due diligence activities are executed prior to dispatch
• Train Third Party, Vendors and associated sub-contractors QC’s to Burberry Quality standards and ways of working
• Visit external partners (printer, embroidery etc.) to check the production and investigate problem root causes where needed
• Support Product Engineering team in the field; review and approve TOP samples
• Support Global Sourcing team by providing production information when needed
• Communicate and resolve issues with cross-functional teams, vendors and suppliers as necessary. Participate in projects to improve QA processes
• Ensure vendors and business partners are accountable and align with the Burberry understanding of luxury. Support and identify opportunities for elevation and improvement where required.

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Product and Manufacturing knowledge as relevant to area of responsibility
• Understanding of QA process; statistical analysis including AQL audit techniques, traceability controls, defect trend analysis & product testing process controls/tools.
• Raw material and finished product testing knowledge
• Proven experience in quality assurance /production experience in a related field of similar scope and complexity.
• Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools
• Proficient level of numeracy
• Available for frequent travelling
• Preferred: Printing expertise and Knitwear specialist

FOOTER

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.