Quality Control Coordinator: Fashion Accessories

About Gina Group:

Gina Group is an industry-leading wholesale fashion apparel and accessories company specializing in design, manufacturing, and distribution to retail markets. Categories include footwear, hosiery, cold weather, intimate apparel, handbags, small leather goods, tech accessories, home goods, and more across a multitude of national brands. Gina has been supplying retail markets with kids, juniors, misses, and men’s products for over 35 years and continues to keep pace with the ever-changing retail landscape.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Design and Sales teams to review PS and liaise with the factory representative.
• Inspect production samples against pre-production samples for color, quality, pattern and fit once packages arrive.
• Track samples using time and action calendar, PS/TOP samples. Track sample approvals in customer portals and measure samples
• Track all packages via UPS and flag all upcoming deliveries for the next day to ensure timely delivery.
• Confirm that the factory has made the product correctly.
• Review highly detailed vendor guides with important points of reference so there is no confusion as to how many samples are needed and for which buyers contact.
• Communicate with buyers or salespersons via email to obtain approval for artwork related to specific accounts.
• Verify physical labels/packaging and stickers from production against artwork and the PO to ensure UPC, MSRP, fiber content, and positioning are correct.
• Monitor and analyze emails from overseas teams to ensure timely and efficient communication.
• Review packaging artwork by email, specifically the legal lines and details against buyer PO, and identify any discrepancies.
• Work closely with division heads and designers for final approval.
• Collaborate closely with our overseas team daily, producing solutions to problems (folding issues, inadequate quality, callouts, defects on packaging).
• Organize all paperwork, labels, samples for future reference in an efficient manner.

Qualifications:

• Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 1 year of related experience preferred
• Must have superior organizational skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Experience using Pantone book
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills