Sr Product Safety and Quality Advisor- Consumer Merch

Sr Product Safety and Quality Advisor- Consumer Merch

Location: Seattle, Washington (On-site)

Role Overview

A strategic, solutions-oriented product safety and quality professional is required to play a pivotal role in supporting merchandise and furniture quality management. The position focuses on providing guidance and consistent execution of Product Safety programs in North America and Latin America markets, influencing cross-functionally and balancing multiple points of view. This advisor will work closely with cross-functional teams, global product safety and quality partners, and suppliers while maintaining responsibility for ongoing consumer product safety requirements to ensure partner and customer trust in safety and quality every day.

Key Responsibilities

• Create standards, procedures, and tools to ensure suppliers and facilities meet requirements, and implement training and quality programs.

• Apply in-depth technical knowledge to projects and gather insights, including testing, supplier assessments, and product assessments.

• Lead audits and qualify facilities, confirming the accuracy of supplier documentation and assessing risk within the supply base.

• Ensure successful and timely completion of audits and corrective actions, and attend trials and commercialization runs as needed.

• Use multiple sources of information to make recommendations with guidance from management, taking a new perspective on existing solutions to identify trends and lead investigations of product issues.

• Proactively analyze product safety and quality metrics and customer complaints, escalating issues to management and leading the resolution of concerns from regulators, stores, and stakeholders.

• Develop project plans, identify key hurdles, determine criteria for success, and recommend resources and timing.

• Complete assigned work and goals while adapting to changing priorities.

• Influence and build relationships within the department, cross-functional teams, and suppliers.

• Develop and deliver effective communication, including content for presentations, to build alignment with team and leaders.

• Required Qualifications

• Education: A bachelor's degree in a relevant technical, scientific, or engineering discipline is preferred.

• Experience: Five or more years of deep expertise in consumer product regulatory and product safety under the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Food & Drug Administration requirements for food-contact materials, and state regulations.

• Technical

Skills

• Proven experience with the substantiation of product claims under the Federal Trade Commission, and the capability to research, interpret, and provide guidance on requirements for product claims. Knowledge of consumer product labeling and packaging requirements, as well as Good Manufacturing Practices, is necessary. Strong quantitative, analytical, and organizational skills are required.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Consumer product regulatory knowledge in Canada and other global markets.

• Experience with process improvement methodologies and building SharePoint or system experiences.

• Auditing experience and Lean Six Sigma certification.

• Apparel and textile quality assurance experience.

• Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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• Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a Health Savings Account, a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our Welcome Packet as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

• Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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