Senior Specialist, QA

About Us

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty. Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box. Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.

Specific Responsibilities Would Include:

Drive Quality Assurance throughout the production lifecycle by embedding preventive quality measures, strengthening factory capability, and ensuring products meet customer requirements. Support Quality Control and inspection activities as part of an integrated quality management approach.

 

Upstream Quality Management & Process Control

• Incorporate production process control measures, conduct root cause analysis, and resolve problems to build quality upstream and prevent defects.
• Conduct risk assessments during PPM and line reviews with factory representatives.
• Continuously drive the factory to improve product quality and meet required standards.
• Provide regular training to vendor/factory teams to ensure understanding of customer requirements, quality standards, and to enhance their quality mindset.
• Update factories on new requirements as needed and conduct case‑study sharing to support continuous improvement.
• Follow up on Corrective Action Plan (CAP) implementation and evaluate outcomes.
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Production Monitoring & Quality Governance

• Follow up on production status and T&A (WIP) regularly to identify potential risks and ensure readiness for QA activities.
• Collaborate and communicate with all related parties to address quality issues and work out solutions with factory partners.
• Monitor factory daily operations, including compliance-related issues.
• Oversee the performance of the factory’s internal quality control system, including sharp tool control and needle detection processes.

 

Our Best Fit Candidate Would Have:

• 7 years’ working experience in socks and accessories field.
• Know the inspection process (AQL standard) and requirement very well.
• Good knowledge of all kinds of handbag, including construction, fabrication (PU/PVC/Nylon…), trim & hardware, print techniques, and safety requirement.
• Good knowledge of handbag manufacturing process in factory.
• Good knowledge of handbag quality control system in factory.
• Bachelor’s degree holder or Tech college diploma
• Good in written English to understand the documents in English and issue report.
• Basic computer skills and handle Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook easily.