QA Officer

**Now Hiring | Australian Luxury Brand | Sydney**

**The Brand |**

Our client is a fashion powerhouse - with stores globally they have an opportunity for a Senior Designer to lead their dress category. This brand has core values that ensure their team is set up for success, thriving and able to delight their customer.

This role is responsible for driving the quality and fit of apparel, ensuring that the standards are met and exceeded through all stages of development and bulk, whilst eliminating quality issues and ensuring the integrity of all designs.

**The Role |**
- Work collaboratively with buying and design to create new tech packs in line with departmental timelines, quality standards, and commercial requirements.
- Ensure creative interpretation of Design Brief and RIGHT-FIRST-TIME sample development
- Carry out full preparation and drive fit sessions: assess the sample to review garment construction e.g. tension, fabric type and garment
- Fit garments with Designer/Buyer to ensure samples are to agreed specifications as per ‘Design Brief’ and agreed delivery dates can be maintained
- Take full responsibility for approval of styles to bulk production
- Promote, publish and use standards, sales and key block shapes to maintain consistency of fit and quality levels and update standards and key block shapes as required
- Support Buying, Design and Suppliers by proactively offering focused solutions to technical problems encountered during

development and production; Drive and promote opportunities for product improvement;
- Effectively escalate issues to buying that may impact delivery
- Provide clear and direct technical instructions to offshore offices within the required timeline
- Communicate effectively to internal stakeholders; show commercial acumen when advising; offer the problem and the solution
- Under supervision of SQAO, manage claims process for goods failed at the Acceptance Quality Level (AQL) warehouse inspection; resolve issues quickly and decisively; ensure that supplier has full understanding of problems and impact.
- Train, support and develop the QA Assistant in quality team best practice

**The Skillset |**
- Minimum 3-5 years’ work experience in a technical position in the fashion industry
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook and Word)
- Computer literacy in QA related software
- Full understanding of critical path management as applied in a retail environment
- Sound knowledge of garment construction, patternmaking and grading
- Full understanding of the fit and sealing process as applied in a retail environment
- Sound understanding of the commercial production process as applied in a retail environment
- Full understanding of the commercial têxtile testing process
- Full understanding of quality standards and legal labelling requirements for FN
- Full industry understanding of product being fit for purpose
- A strong work ethic and genuine passion for fashion

The Talent Mill Recruitment division is a bespoke consultancy and talent acquisition specialist within the fashion, lifestyle and retail industries. With more than 10 years specialist expertise with luxury, lifestyle & fashion brands globally we discover, recognize, and connect inspiring individuals to the most desirable brands as a trusted support to founder-led start-ups, SME’s and multinational corporations within the fashion & retail industry.

Recruitment - but make it ethical not transactional. Quality over quantity - always. Truly consultative and delivered at pace. We hold a genuine passion and expertise for the industries we support, and offer a unique and modern recruitment proposition - one where we develop long term, meaningful connections, add value and deliver an unforgettable service.

Angela Millar