Article Solutions

Department: Quality

Location: Ho Chi Minh City

Description

Hi there, we’re Article. ? We’re a North American based furniture company creating remarkably better furniture experiences one sofa at a time. And as the Vendor Quality Specialist (Case Goods), you’ll report to the Vendor Quality Lead (Case Goods) to strictly adhere to the determined quality process and improve the product quality performance.

Why We Need You:

Within the Vendor Quality Team, our Vendor Quality Specialist (Case Goods) will be conducting quality audits for vendors, developing quality standards, training stakeholders on quality requirements, working on corrective actions, and providing support for escalated issues within the case goods category. This fits into our larger need to look for new ways to delight customers with high-quality products and improve the overall users’ experience.

Why Article?

While, we sell to the North American market, we work closely with a number of our manufacturing partners throughout Asia. As a result we have an office in Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam where we currently have around 60 Particles (people of Article) working.

As a Particle (people of Article), you will have a high level of autonomy to solve challenging, meaningful problems the best way you can. That means you’re trusted to explore solutions you believe will work best (you’re the expert, after all). You’ll do all this while growing your skills within a company that is redefining the furniture industry.

What You’ll Do:

You’ll be part of a team of 5 Vendor Quality Specialists working to the determined quality process and improve the Case Goods product quality performance.

• Conduct factory quality audits (FQA) to evaluate quality management systems and the production capabilities of vendors.
• Conduct Pre-shipment and Inline inspection for products and products identified with high quality focus. Provide analysis on quality issues and testing failures to identify and implement preventative measures including but not limited to assessing testing standard requirements.
• Supporting Quality Claim Analyst to have technical/quality dialogue with vendors for pending / unresolved claims. Based on product issues or vendor trends, work on projects with relevant stakeholders to continuously improve the product quality (reduce defect rate) through effective implementation of Corrective Action and Preventive Action.
• Participating in establishing internal quality processes, templates, and inspection quality standards.
• Administrate the quality records, including the validation and uploading of PSI report, Inline inspection report, FQA report, CAPA reports, etc..
• Develop training materials for in-person, and online training, and update documentation when quality standards or requirements change. Train vendors and internal stakeholders on quality requirements and framework.
• Visit vendors as required to review samples, assess production capabilities and quality systems.
• Monitor the quality performance on a monthly basis and evaluate quality processes in the field, and identify opportunities for improvement.
  
  

Who You Are:

• 5+ years’ experience in the furniture industry with solid experience in Case Goods products
• Excellent written and verbal English Skills
• Willing to travel to adjacent countries as required
• Excellent problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Experience with training, communication and presentation conducted to vendors
• Able to transfer knowledge and train others on technical skills
• Experience auditing and qualifying vendors
• High discipline in maintaining QA documentation
  
  

Perks & Benefits:

Life:

• 15 vacation
• 11 National Holidays & 1 extra day for Christmas
• 6 well-being (sick) days
• 1 Inclusion and Diversity Day

Health:

• Excellent extended health care benefits packages (dental, health check, mental health…)

Company & Office Space:

• State-of-the-art laptops with the tech and tools to easily collaborate
• Be a part of a dynamic company and an internationally recognized brand

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Criminal Background Checks:

Having a criminal record does not restrict your employment at Article. Criminal background checks are only conducted with your permission and after a conditional employment offer has been accepted.

The decision if a criminal record will restrict your employment will be done on a case by case decision, where we conduct an "individualized assessment"—a reasoned, evidence-based determination as to whether the applicant's past conviction has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific job duties of the position.

Work Authorization:

Unless otherwise stated, all open roles require legal authorization to work in the location where the job is based, without requiring VISA sponsorship.

For US based roles, Article participates in E-Verify

Equal Opportunity Statement:

At Article, we value and respect individuals for their different talents, skills, abilities, and unique contributions. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, ethnic origin, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, disability, genetic characteristics, personal beliefs, or any other classification protected by federal, state, provincial, and local laws and ordinances.

Accommodations:

Reasonable accommodations are related to a disability or another protected characteristic. Applicants can also request accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process by notifying the hiring team or emailing [email protected]. This email is dedicated to accommodation requests only—non-related messages will not receive a response.

Artificial Intelligence in Hiring:

All applications are carefully reviewed by humans. We do not use artificial intelligence or ranking algorithms in our hiring decisions.