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Polène Paris

Direct-to-consumer luxury leather handbags

Leather Quality Manager

Quality EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeÎle-de-France, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • You are a materials quality engineer specializing in leather.
  • You have at least 8 to 10 years of experience in tanning and/or leather goods.
  • You have solid technical knowledge of leather and strong sensitivity to raw materials and finished products.
  • You can manage quality indicators, action plans, and corrective approaches such as 8D.
  • You are comfortable with computer tools, particularly Excel.
  • You can communicate effectively and work rigorously with internal teams and suppliers.
  • You speak English and Spanish, which are essential for the frequent travel required in Europe.

Responsibilities

  • Support tanneries in the quality approach by monitoring existing processes and implementing new processes to support growth.
  • Secure quality controls and align acceptance criteria across the entire control chain, in tanneries and internally.
  • Train quality controllers and maintain quality over time as volumes grow.
  • Manage tannery quality performance by monitoring indicators and action plans.
  • Manage quality alerts through implementation of corrective and preventive actions (8D).
  • Maintain the leather quality reference system, including specifications, material operating plans, defect libraries, and physical references.
  • Deploy and evolve leather quality criteria for existing articles and new products, and create cutting documents.
  • Manage leather and cutting quality performance in workshops by establishing indicators, monitoring results, challenging performance, and developing action plans.
  • Connect tannery quality with cutting-workshop quality and support capability development at external cutting sites by standardizing criteria and best practices.
  • Collaborate with the development engineer during material industrialization, including risk analysis, assessment of new-product issues, and ensuring leather quality criteria align with the brand's quality charter.
  • Manage quality alerts and crises, monitor corrective actions, and develop business-continuity plans to prevent supply-chain disruptions.
  • Support production start-up and hand over to teams by training teams in France and Spain, creating cutting documents, and validating quality documents such as technical sheets and specifications.

About the Company

Polène Paris

Direct-to-consumer luxury leather handbags

Polène Paris creates luxury leather goods, focusing on handcrafted handbags and accessories designed in Paris. The company sells its products directly to customers online and through select retail partners, aiming at a global audience of fashion-conscious buyers. Its products are made with premium materials and built to be timeless, emphasizing quality craftsmanship over trendiness. Polène sets itself apart by combining traditional handcraftsmanship with modern, understated design and a selective distribution approach, rather than relying on mass-market channels. The goal is to grow a premium brand that offers durable, elegant pieces that resonate with discerning customers through strong social media presence and influencer collaborations.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Seed
Total funding
$1.4M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2016

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