Category Quality Specialist

4 weken geleden


Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Rituals Voltijd

**Key Responsibilities**

The Category Quality Specialist will be responsible for ensuring the performance of the Rituals assortment, product specifications, and that all products surpass predefined quality standards prior to market introduction. In addition, the team ensures that all products are proven to comply with their country of operations' legal legislation.

In this role, you will:

  1. Report to the Senior Manager Quality Assurance as part of the sourcing, quality, and regulatory department.
  2. Take part in a cross-functional team managing their own product category (quality, sourcing, innovation, supply planning).
  3. Mentor/coach a fellow (sr.) quality specialist, offering guidance and support whenever required.
  4. Act as a first point of contact for suppliers, internal departments, and (international) Rituals sales organization with respect to own product category.

**Professional Development**

You will be responsible for:

  1. Keeping up with relevant developments relating to own product category, exchanging knowledge with others, and translating knowledge into smart proposals and ways of working.
  2. Leading global processes within own product category, working with and providing direction to the sourcing and innovations team to drive compliance to agreed ways of working and product performance standards.
  3. Taking part in cross-functional project teams to support delivery of Rituals' quality strategy commitments.
  4. Acting as a business ambassador, protecting all quality and product compliance requirements.

**New Product Development**

You will be responsible for:

  1. Defining relevant performance criteria, creating and maintaining the resulting product and packaging specifications.
  2. Defining and approving all necessary packaging component testing (test protocol).
  3. Agreeing on clear product specifications with our suppliers and including material standards, functionality testing, construction, and components in adherence with our quality standards.
  4. Performing technical analysis of new packaging designs and providing feedback to project teams with respect to design viability. Also, identifying possible risks and solutions to resolve technical problems, minimizing changes to the design intent.
  5. For key launches: initiating, monitoring, and approving filling line and transit trials and implementing remedial actions as appropriate.

**Documentation**

You will be responsible for:

  1. Managing good technical data records – project data, specifications (e.g. Bills of Material), test results, and ensuring the correct input of data into our ERP system.
  2. In collaboration with suppliers, composing and approving AQL range boards for individual packaging components and final products.

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