Manufacturing & Product Quality Management - SoftGoods
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Operations and Supply Chain
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Apple Softgoods team is looking for a creative and passionate manufacturing/products quality engineer who can help managing an amazing product quality to our customers. The team’s mission is simple; “ We Deliver” the best product to delight our customers. Our work will be critical to our success.
Are you passionate about creating beautiful products to enrich user experience? Do you want to work hand-in-hand with great and dedicated people across different functions. If so, we want you to join our diverse team!
Key Qualifications
- BS in Engineering (Mechanical and Manufacturing preferred), proven experience in manufacturing and product quality is a plus.
- Demonstrated an ability to adapt solutions to always-changing conditions.
- Ability to develop cross-function partnership to address complex problems.
- Strong written communication skills in English, including functional requirements and management presentations
- Experience in working with high volume manufacturers.
- Nice to have:
- Data driven and results oriented approach to problem solving, quality data analytical skills (Minitab/JMP).
- Project management experience and ability of influencing others.
- Softgoods (Leather, Textile & etc) manufacturing process knowledge and quality familiarity.
- Willing to travel.
Description
- Closely work with quality counterpart and cross-functional team on quality readiness and deliverables (quality docs, deliver quality data, metrology development, develop cosmetic specifications, Packout line qualification & etc) in different stage of development and ramp.
- Drive ongoing yield improvement and product sustainability with OEM partners.
- Conduct factory and periodic quality data audit with OEM to ensure adherence to Apple products quality standard.
- Lead quality escalations to closure by applying a balance of technical and program management skills
- Prepare informations for final decision to mass production and release a new product (OK2xx).
- Ability to drive solution across multiple cross-functional team, and the supply chain.
- Drive for ongoing supplier quality development, support PRQ evaluation and qualification.
- Ability to travel to manufacturing sites.
- Support early field return failure analysis (EFFA) and drive the closure of customer complaint and RMA returns.
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