Quality Assurance Specialist - QA & Sample Review, Handbags

About Us

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment, and beauty. Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box. Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.

Specific Responsibilities Would Include

• Coordinate with Development and Quality teams to resolve discrepancies between approved samples and bulk production.
• Ensure consistency between approved samples and final production outputs.
• Work with CBQA to conduct factory visits for validation of production samples before bulk approval.
• Maintain and monitor Work-In-Process (WIP) status with factories.
• Oversee Fit, PP, TOP sample approvals, and Risk Assessment activities.
• Regularly track production status and Time & Action (T&A) plans, escalating issues to Asia Leads as needed.
• Support CBQA in conducting quality assurance activities including line reviews, pre-production meetings, inline inspections, pre-final inspections, and final inspections, especially when CBQA personnel are occupied with other priorities.
• Follow up on the development of Prototypes, Sales Reference Samples (SRS), Confirmation Samples (CFM), Pre-Production Samples (PP), and Top of Production (TOP) samples related to the CB Dhaka office.
• Ensure all development samples are compared against specified requirements and the master grid prior to dispatching to the New York Office (NYO).
• Review specifications and callouts, identifying and addressing any discrepancies.
• Evaluate tech packs, specifications, CAD files, and Bills of Materials (BOMs) for missing or unclear information, coordinating with relevant teams to clarify and ensure compliance with construction standards.
• Advise Merchants and the Design team on workmanship or productivity improvements to enhance cost-effectiveness.
• Maintain close coordination with all relevant parties (internal operations, Brand Merchandisers, designers, and factory R&D) to ensure accurate and timely sample submission to NYO.
• Conduct method studies to streamline processes and improve productivity.
• Maintain a daily database of reviewed and approved samples for reporting purposes.
• Monitor key quality checkpoints throughout the development process.
• Collaborate with development factories to ensure correct prototypes and SRS samples are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
• Coordinate with production factories to ensure timely and quality-approved delivery of CFM, PP, and TOP samples.
• Follow up on TOP sample collection after 30–40% production completion, ensuring compliance with all approved standards.
• Organize Risk Assessment and Line Review meetings.
• Facilitate effective communication with New York, Hong Kong, and local counterparts.

Our Best Fit Candidate Would Have

Additional Requirements

• 7-8 years’ working experience in QA/QC and Sample Review in the same/relevant field of Handbags 
• Good knowledge of QA job process & Sample Review experience in the Quality Assurance in Handbags
• Good knowledge of system in place and giving measurement/fit comments.
• Bachelor’s degree holder or Tech college diploma.
• Good in written English to understand the documents in English and issue report.

Competency Requirements (if applicable)

Centric Values:

• Innovative
• Resourceful
• Collaborative
• Respectful 

Behavioral Competencies:

• Problem Solving
• Capability to drive improvement of image
• Initiative
• Ownership
• Communication 

Language Proficiency:

Fluent in: English

Specific Working Conditions

Frequency of Travel: As required

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Centric Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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