Who We Are Looking For
Seeking a skilled and motivated individual to join our Product Integrity team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in managing quality within an apparel retail or manufacturing environment, advanced presentation skills, and the ability to influence and collaborate across diverse teams.
This role puts the consumer at the center of every decision, delivering solutions that elevate the consumer experience and ensuring accountability for meeting consumer needs across the team. The successful candidate will apply a broad understanding of apparel manufacturing, business priorities, and marketplace operations to guide strategic decisions, educate others on industry fundamentals, and foster a consumer-focused environment that drives innovation and results. You will be a champion of quality, driving continuous improvement and delivering results that elevate the consumer experience.
What You Will Work On
As an Apparel Product Integrity Engineer, Principal you will:
- Provide direction and mentorship to the team of apparel quality engineers and work with leadership to align their work with organizational priorities and business objectives.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and accountability, ensuring the team leverages diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
- Oversee investigations and manage non-conformance for apparel.
- Implement Apparel Product Integrity (API) procedures and tools.
- Deliver formal, quantitative and qualitative feedback to internal and external partners to drive decision-making and quality improvements.
- Curate metrics and KPIs for quarterly business reviews.
- Aid in the development of dashboards and reports for actionable insights.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across Consumer Creation and Global Sourcing & Manufacturing.
- Drive issue management strategy and execution.
- Ensure accountability throughout the E2E supply chain by identifying root causes and ensuring proper corrective action plans are aligned with resolution of issues.
- Partner with management to uphold quality standards and continuous improvement goals.
- Provide critical data on product and factory non-conformance to Standards & Governance.
- Facilitate understanding of product quality issues across departments.
- Apply engineering skills and knowledge to enable data-driven decision making.
- Lead ad hoc projects as required.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in apparel product integrity, product development, quality assurance, or manufacturing operations.
- Experience working with international manufacturing partners.
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing cross-functional teams.
- Proficiency in project management and reporting tools (Tableau, Power BI, Smartsheets, Excel )
- Six Sigma or Lean certification preferred.
- Additional certifications in Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP), or Supply Chain a plus
The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or , so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.
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