Responsibilities:

• Provide quality assurance support on the production of packaging and hardware items, such as rigid paper boxes, ceramic mugs, plastic toys and tin containers
• On-line checks and final production inspections prior to shipment
• Attend first production at new or high-risk supplier or high risk products
• Carry out on site capability audits and ethical audits such as SA8000 or SMETA audits and follow up with factories on improvements
• Evaluate and risk-assess the suppliers in terms of technical suitability and ethical issues
• Set up supplier scorecard, review and make recommendations to the Procurement team

Requirements:

• Degree holder
• 5-8 years’ relevant experience in toys, gifting and hardware industry of which 3 years in factory audit and product inspection
• Preferably with experience in food manufacturing especially in confectionery and co-packing
• Highly motivated in a small team
• Great communication skills with suppliers
• Fluent in verbal Mandarin and in written English
• Able to travel frequently to China