Manager Product Integrity

Fanatics • Easton, PA

288d

About The Position

The Manager of Product Integrity will collaborate with Product Technical Design and Product Development to review all Nike styles for product integrity compliance prior to production. This role ensures that PP/TOP samples represent and reflect product tech packs, are well developed, communicated, and implemented successfully. The manager will assure timely, accurate, and efficient management of product integrity operations, including accurate document controls, up-to-date revision controls for product manufacturing, DEQ testing procedures, product labeling, and packaging requirements. Additionally, the manager will oversee revisions to garment/product specifications for all critical points of measurements and own the evaluation of PP/TOP first samples for all styles. Staying current on customer requirements, guidelines, and best practices is essential. The role also involves managing and monitoring DEQ testing processes, requirements, and documentation for customer compliance, providing training and communication related to product integrity requirements and changes as needed, and establishing and maintaining policies, processes, and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable product regulations and corporate policies. The manager will review and approve SOPs, ensuring consistency with policies and practices across all businesses, and collaborate with cross-functional business partners to understand their operational functions and needs. Responsibilities also include confirming all new machinery set-up for sewing, decorations, and applications, scheduling/training all QA personnel, ensuring Centerfield is equipped with all informational guides for Nike Audit, managing/improving issues from PD to Production Run, and preparing audit sheets for wear tests.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Textiles, Product Engineering or related technical/retail manufacturing expertise required or Equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years of Product Integrity, Product Development, QC/QA experience.
• 8 years of managerial experience.
• Technical expertise in Product Quality Specification, Product Compliance and QA/QC production/manufacturing in a high-volume consumer retail environment.
• Demonstrated record of successfully identifying root cause, assessing, and determining impact of technical and manufacturing product issues and corrective action required.
• Demonstrate record of successful project management, process development and process improvement.
• Ability to execute and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Collaboration with Product Technical Design and Product Development to review all Nike styles for product integrity compliance prior to production.
• Ensure PP/TOP samples represent and reflect product tech packs.
• Assure timely, accurate and efficient management of product integrity operations.
• Oversee revisions to garment/product specifications for all critical points of measurements.
• Own and direct evaluation of PP/TOP first sample for all styles.
• Manage and monitor DEQ testing processes, requirements, and documentation for customer compliance.
• Provide training and communication related to product integrity requirements and changes as needed.
• Establish and maintain policies, processes, and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable product regulations and corporate policies.
• Review and approve SOPs, assuring consistency with policies and practices across all businesses.
• Collaborate with cross-functional business partners to understand their business/operational functions and needs.
• Confirm all new machinery set-up for sewing, decorations and applications.
• Schedule/Train all QA Personnel in patterns, product development, cutting, in-line auditing, HTM, SOP's, Stitch Guides, Pants & Jersey Machinery, Testing Questionnaires.
• Ensure Centerfield is equipped with all informational guides for Nike Audit.
• Manage/Improve Issues from PD to Production Run VQS Meeting w/Nike, updating test results via pictures, continuing improvement, etc.
• Manage all Inline and Final Audit issues.
• Review all TP's going into production.
• Review and sign off all QPP's going to Nike, Clubs.
• Prepare audit sheets for wear tests.
• Manage and run shrink/abrasion tests on fabrics going into future production.
• Act as a mediator between PCA and Fanatics to ensure updates for production.
• Train athletes on new procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Food Services and Drinking Places
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree