Quality Engineer

Berluti, only masculine House of the LVMH Group, was established in Paris in 1895 by Italian-born Alessandro Berluti. Beginning with bespoke footwear and built by four generations of bootmaker, the Maison today offers a complete, head-to-toe wardrobe for modern men, spanning ready-to-wear, shoes, leather goods, accessories and exceptional objects. With over 60 stores worldwide plus a unique bespoke service available through its workshops on Rue Marbeuf and Rue de Sèvres in Paris, Berluti celebrates craftsmanship, timeless know how and state of the art technique.

MISSION

Reporting to the Industrial Quality Director, your mission will be to develop and maintain the product quality control system, ensuring its effectiveness. Ensure compliance with Berluti quality standards, as well as promote the continuous improvement of quality control, analyzing performance, identifying and examining internal and external non-conformities in order to propose the most suitable interventions for the development of corrective actions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Map the existing quality management process and procedures;
• Manage the development, updating and sharing of quality procedures;
• Design, validate and standardize a roadmap of improvement actions in order to guarantee the evolution and optimization of quality processes and procedures;
• Create and develop continuous quality improvement policies by defining standard processes and 'Quality assurance' procedures both internally and through a continuous interface with suppliers and the analysis of claims coming from our boutiques;
• Guarantee the respect and the sharing of the improvement KPIs identified through a direct presence in the internal and external production departments;
• Perform process and product audits at external suppliers;
• Manage Quality Data Analysis to identify and monitor KPIs and measure the effectiveness of improvement initiatives;
• Monitor the implementation of improvement activities by the internal and customer quality control teams;
• Coordinate and animate the GRPs (Problem Resolution Groups) to ensure the implementation of the resolution procedures;
• Promote a culture relating to concepts, approaches and best practices of quality, continuous improvement among the subjects directly involved;
• Promote the culture of Quality with perseverance and passion.

PROFILE

• Engineering degree;
• Previous experience of at least 3-5 years in quality management or continuous improvement in the manufacturing sector. Coming from the footwear or leather goods sector will be considered a plus;
• Knowledge of the main tools used in the quality field (Problem Solving, 5VPDCA, 5P and Ishikawa);
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement analysis methods and quality control statistical applications;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills;
• Leadership and ability to transmit the culture of change;
• Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office and SAP);
• Fluent knowledge of the English language (knowledge of the French language will be considered a plus);

Workplace: Manifattura Berluti, Ferrara, Italy.