Contractor - Material Quality Apparel & Accessories Specialist

In short

The Specialist - Material Quality will ensure color excellence for On Apparel from end-to-end by building and maintaining standards, training global partners, and managing the approval process from development to bulk production.

Your Mission

• Strategy & Standards: Partner with the Color and Material team to review the color palette each season and conduct risk color assessments on new colors and new materials.

• Process Development: Build the color standard with the color team from end-to-end to ensure consistency across all product lines.

• Supplier Enablement: Lead the onboarding and training of T1 & T2 suppliers regarding the On Color Approval process.

• Quality Control: Manage 1st lot approval for fabric and trim submissions to ensure development intent is met in production.

• Execution: Track and hand over approved lab dips and 1st lots to T1 & T2 suppliers to maintain strict control over bulk production.

• Performance Management: Evaluate suppliers based on color KPIs and prepare strategic improvement roadmaps.

• Continuous Improvement: Review suppliers' ongoing color performance and take corrective actions for continuous quality enhancement.

• Problem Solving: Partner with the QA team to resolve technical color issues arising from T1 and T2 suppliers.

• Self-Approval Program: Implement and manage the Self-Approval color program, empowering qualified suppliers to maintain standards while streamlining the production timeline.

Your story

• Experience: 5–6 years of relevant work experience specifically in color management within the textile or apparel industry.

• Technical Expertise: Deeply familiar with textile dyeing processes and the use of DataColor spectrophotometers.

• Mindset: Must be driven and able to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

• Systems: User proficiency in Google Sheets, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, PLM, and various data visualization tools.

• Soft Skills: Highly organized and capable of managing multiple activities and meetings across a diverse network of cross-functional teams and T1 & T2 suppliers.

• Communication: Excellent command of both spoken and written English.