QA/QC Manager
lovepop
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- Own overall factory quality performance, ensuring finished products consistently meet Lovepop’s quality, safety, and customer standards.
- Lead and maintain compliance systems including SMETA, ISO (9001), and FSC, ensuring audit readiness at all times.
- Establish, document, and continuously improve quality standards, inspection criteria, SOPs, and control plans across all production stages.
- Build and operate an effective Quality Planning process for new products, ensuring risks are identified and mitigated before mass production.
- Oversee incoming, in-process, and final quality control, ensuring defects are detected early and corrective actions are implemented sustainably.
- Drive root cause analysis (5 Why, Fishbone, Pareto, etc.) for quality issues and lead corrective & preventive actions (CAPA).
- Lead, coach, and develop the QA & QC team, including team leaders, inspectors, building strong ownership and problem-solving capability.
- Partner closely with Design, NPD, Production, and Procurement to balance creativity, manufacturability, cost, and quality in a high-mix environment.
- Define, track, and report quality KPIs (defect rate, rework, scrap, customer complaints, audit findings) to senior leadership.
- Promote a quality culture where quality is built into the process, not inspected at the end.
- Continuously improve quality performance while supporting low-volume, highly customized production requirements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in Quality Management within manufacturing, preferably high-mix / low-volume or design-driven products.
- Proven experience leading QA/QC teams in a factory environment.
- Hands-on experience with SMETA, ISO systems, and FSC compliance; audit participation or ownership is required.
- Strong knowledge of quality tools: SPC,FMEA, Control Plans, Root Cause Analysis.
- Experience working closely with Design, NPD, and Production teams during new product launches.
- Comfortable working in environments with frequent product changes and variability.
- Strong data analysis and reporting skills; able to translate data into clear actions.
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