PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Enabling effective and efficient style development, fit approval process and ensuring the product and factory are ready for production.
• Ensure construction and workmanship through development and pre-production to agreed specifications achieving product timelines, cost, safety & quality requirements.
• Detect potential quality and efficiency issues before production, upgrade productivity through ensuring consistency.
• Training and certification of suppliers, technical support to US CFT Team for product standards and specifications as well as a liaison to the vendors and factories.
• Department oversight of operational issues with responsibility for timely sourcing and execution of orders.
• Assume responsibility as a communication bridge between Global Technical Design (GDT) and vendors.
• WIP & Risk Assessment & Factory Performance Assessment follow up, monitor WIP’s situation to catch milestone target dates.
• Provide technical support to teammates and new development.
• Coordinate Technical team with Target CFT teams’ relationship.
• Manage the quality of Red seal, Grading & Preproduction through production.
• Data analysis, compilation and reports.
• Manage technical procedures, ensure all processes are smooth.
• Continuously develop product knowledge and maintain close communication with internal and external stakeholders.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB

• Coordinate Technical efforts across Target CFTs.
• Know suppliers’ capabilities, capacity and performance.
• Provide technical support to new sample development to do the right things at the first time.
• Technical ability to assist teammates and suppliers & factories, ensure the product meets our standards and on time delivery.
• Assist Manager to coordinate general affairs in technical team.
• Track sample & technical process status and monitor completion timeline.
• Assist Manager to do right at first time (RFT) Council, Last Library, Manual’s Guidelines & Automated Machines collection.
• Ensure all vendor samples & technical process are completed on a timely basis for appropriate decision making to meet objectives.
• Monitor supplier performance in daily work.
• Proactively identify best practice, potential product and operational issues.
• Leading Tollgate meeting reports from technical standpoint.
• Assume additional responsibilities and perform special projects as needed or directed.
• Quality case investigation and follow up.

• Good communication skills – verbal and written- good command of English as well as Chinese language.
• Proficient in Microsoft office (excel spreadsheet, word, power point). Able to work with some formulas and create data analysis.
• Analytical, organize, proactive and sense of urgency.
• Able to handle multiple tasks in organized manner.
• Good interpersonal skills with patience.
• Timeline tracking and discipline.
• Take ownership, flexible and able to work under pressure.
• Able to identify creative alternative solutions to solve problems.
• 10 years shoes technical knowledge and production knowledge.
• Good skills in working with suppliers and other stakeholders on product.
• Team players with ability to work with associates from different cultures.