Quality Inspector (Footwear)

Job Description

About Us

LEXELART, S.L. is a Spanish footwear company specialized in all kind of shoe leather productions, located in Elche (Alicante) in one of the most important European shoe production areas. Since the year 2000, we started to move the main part of our productions to the Far East, maintaining all our quality standards and production procedures. We do produce for our own brands as for other important Spanish and European brands well known all over the world.

Our Far East production plants have been established since 2000 in the north and south of Vietnam, Canton (China) and the new territories (closed to Hong Kong and Macao), based on our Spanish footwear production skills and technical Know-How of 40 years handmade and industrial leather shoes experience. All our quality standards and materials fulfill the European regulations, guaranteeing that the final product will accomplish the official requested standards of our customers. Many of our raw materials are imported from Spain and Italy to guarantee the mentioned quality. Our Asian technicians have been trained in Spain by our Spanish technicians and designers who are regularly visiting our production plants in the Far East. On the other hand, part of our European Management has been transferred to Vietnam and China, managing permanently the total control and follow up of our productions by our own-trained people.

All our production activities as our quality control are being managed by our head office in Spain (Elche). All our branches are subject to our European management.

Key Accountabilities:

• Handover when samples are Red Sealed/Customer approved.
• To assume WLF quality standards are maintained.
• To identify Quality problems and report to the factory management and follow up by written communications which should also include WLG VNN/UK teams.
• To visit factories on first day of new production to ensure WLF procedures are being followed and implemented by the factory.
• Review Risk assessments sent from the UK and review directly with the factory prior to production.
• Communicate any improvement or problems resulting from discussions on the Risk assessment with the factory, these should be reported back to WLG VNN/UK Technical teams.
• Handling day to day queries with production at suppliers and UK.
• Daily review on factory floor checking shoes throughout the production process to ensure any issues picked up at each production stage not just at final AQL.
• Daily reviews on factory floor to include small tools, broken needles and metal detection procedures.
• Preparation, checking and submission to UK of Pre-Shipment Samples/Gold Seals.
• Final inspections and completion of AQL Reports.

Key Performance Measures:

• To ensure Vietnam quality rating is 95% or above, (goods passing through UK QC checking).
• On time delivery of 90 % or more

Job Requirement

Skills and experience:

• From 3-5 year’s footwear experience as a minimum.
• Higher Education Level
• Good computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Excellent communication skills
• ENGLISH well understanding

Personal Qualities

• Able to work independently.
• Work together as a team
• Dynamic and enthusiastic

Key Relationships

• Factory teams
• VN team

Benefits

• Salary: 1000$-2000$
• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive health insurance and wellness programs.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• Dynamic and supportive work environment.