PSQA Engineer (School and office supplies)
- Employer
- Target
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Start date
- Mar 2, 2019
- Closing date
- May 1, 2019
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- Category
- Engineering, Management
- Employment Status
- Full Time
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Description: AS
AN Engineer, PRODUCT SAFETY & QUALITY ASSURANCE(Focus School and office supplies)Who
we're looking forThe
retail landscape is changing - fast - and Target is evolving along with it.
When we created our brand promise of “Expect More. Pay Less.” it paved the way
for Target to infuse affordable fashion into our assortment and deliver an
outstanding experience for our guests. We are pioneers of innovation with
our owned brands and unique partnerships from Archer Farms and A New Day, to
Made to Matter and Altuzarra. Today, Target continues to be committed to
bringing our guests what they want, when they want it, where they want to shop
- in our over 1,800 stores, mobile, online and the retail channels of the
future. This
position is responsible for delivering quality and safe product to our stores
by executing Target's quality assurance requirements throughout the entire
product life cycle process. Assure Vendors deliver safe and quality
owned brand products to Target's Omni-channel Guest by proactively planning,
managing and executing Target's compliance and quality assurance initiatives Responsible
to assure the quality, safety and integrity for all owned brand products and
validate regulatory compliance for and issue compliance documentation for a subset
of owned and non-owned brand products. Execute and maintain global policy
& procedures creation, modification and implementation for headquarters and
field processes to meet compliance and quality requirements. Use
your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and
visionary goals. As a Product Safety Quality Assurance Engineer, you'll
take the lead as you…
Qualifications:
- Utilize
knowledge of product engineering/manufacturing, engineering principles and
tools, raw materials characteristics, and intended product use of categories
assigned. Lead,
assess and resolve product failures and inspection issues; working
proactively with vendor, factory, global and HQ PSQA team and PIR to
assure timely and appropriate closure.Develop
and assess testing protocols, and assure protocols incorporate appropriate
elements, regulatory requirements and general testing performance for categories
assigned. Lead
product investigation issues with the Product Investigations Recall team
to ensure appropriate vendor corrective actions are implemented mitigating
riskMaintain
Compliance and Quality Management Overview to demonstrate how Target meets
legal obligations as requested by governmental agency or a product
liability litigator, as appropriate.Proactive
involvement in product development and quality/cost review including
milestone measurements to assure proper insertion of QA process and use of
elevated QA requirements for product and factory risk. Support
global PSQA field and Sourcing team in escalation process, risk mitigation
and in negotiation of production exit strategies for non-compliant
factories. Analyze
and report overall trends for the PSQA program, such as Guest Relations
Reporting, Testing, Product Shipped Risk Report, etc… Effectively
communicate quality direction, policy and procedure throughout the
organization, vendors, and factories.
- Bachelor degree in Engineering
(mechanical, material, industrial, multi-discipline etc.) and/or other
technical disciplines (i.e. Quality Management, Textile Science)
equivalent and/or retail compliance, quality management, product or
manufacturing industry equivalent.
- Knowledge of quality
control/assurance processes and procedures.Excellent communication skills
and strong interpersonal skills.
- Collaborative focus and ability
to work successfully across functional areas.
- Able to read and interpret
statutes and legislations into PSQA compliance and quality program. Knowledge of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), which contains all of the process and technical
details necessary to comply with regulations, certification, and due care,
which gives Target the expertise necessary to ensure that vendors'
documents meet the law.Ability to understand and
implement appropriate industry standards such as ASTM, ANSI, BIFMA and BSI
Qualifications:
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