About us: As a Fortune 50 company with more than 350,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America’s leading retailers. Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work.
It’s how we care, grow, and win together. A role in Product Safety and Quality Assurance (PSQA) means partnering with various cross functional teams, with the Global team managing factory level activities and relationships for their respective regions. PSQA develops processes and requirements to validate stakeholder expectations are being met, including our Guests, Regulators, Industry, Internal Partners and others. As a Senior Production Engineer, you will ensure vendors deliver safe and quality owned brand products through your knowledge of product compliance, quality & regulatory requirements.
Being responsible for proactive and preventive quality assurance and control, delivering end-to-end results through different programs. One of your main responsibilities will be technical assessment and resolving product and inspection issues and support continuous improvement of manufacturing processes. By conducting calibration activities on process or product with third parties and BPQI (Business partners Quality inspector), determining the critical processes to quality and its controls to prevent or mitigate potential issues/risks and supporting third party escalation, disposition and CAPA reviews for continuous improvement to understand the guest expectation through voice of the guest.
You will have the ability to review data and conduct statistical analysis, leveraging data to identify opportunities for calibration, continuous improvement and problem solving. To drive cost of poor-quality reduction with a focus on greater efficiency and right first-time quality. Additional responsibilities include: Validate factories operate with sound quality processes and manufacturing capabilities before producing for Target. Partner to ensure program expectations and quality assurance requirements are understood prior to production starting. Validate that all products meet safety and regulatory requirements and Target performance standards.
Elevate factory performance through technical support to drive continuous improvement of manufacturing and quality processes. Actively influence decision-making and address business needs through active engagement with partners. Partner with local and HQ transportation teams for a flowless shipment executionCapacity planning with Vendor Local teams and Guatemala CTV TeamProactively Partner with Responsible Sourcing Team on potential non-compliance issues or support them on resolutionProactively provides support with product sample review as applicablePartners with Sourcing team to accurately report verification of factory production processes (material status, fabric, cutting, etc.
)Leads solving production-related issues while keeping key stakeholders up to date ( this may include fabric mill, printing, etc. ) as needed. Core Responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs. About you:
Bachelor's degree or Engineer degree 3+ years’ experience requiredBackground in manufacturing, quality and technical/engineering perspectiveExperience in industry (compliance/manufacturing, quality management, raw material and product)Knowledge of quality tools RCA/Fishbone/Lean/Six Sigma/Industrial Engineering Experienced in line setupEffective communication skills and strong interpersonal skillsCollaborative focus and ability to work successfully across functional areas Ability to work on site as business requiresLanguage: fluent in English and local language Proficient in Software data & analytics and statistical, including Microsoft Windows and Office applicationsAvailability to travel 30% of time DESIRED REQUIREMENTS: Lean Six Sigma certification, ISO 9001 Auditor, Certified Quality Engineer
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