Title:  Product Technologist

Brighter futures start here

Anko Sourcing is the direct sourcing arm for the iconic Australian retail brands, Kmart and Target. As a team of highly experienced retail sourcing professionals, we strive to bring globally compelling, low-cost, on-trend products to our customers in Australia and New Zealand. We follow the highest standards to source ethically and operate with a clear focus on the welfare of our planet and our people. Anko Sourcing operations span the largest sourcing markets across Asia, including China, Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh, Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

Position: Product Technologist  

Category: Dining

Department: General Merchandise

Responsibilities:

Supplier/Factory assessment 

- Conduct factory visit to evaluate factory’s production processes and quality management system to ensure compliance with minimum standards.
- Ensure factory technical audit (FTA) and approval on potential suppliers is carried out in accordance with company policy with corrective action plan in place.
- Update FTA status in DSS and manage re-audit as per company policy.

Product Approval

- Excute Preventive Quality Model by conducting sourcing brief review, buying trip, newline review, sample & packaging evaluation testing and approval, pre-production meeting, inspection report review, shipment release and etc.
- Maintain and update product testing protocols, testing matrix, inspection checklist, DCL,and other quality related document.

Continuous Improvement

- Review customer feedback and return data, drive product improvement and shrinkage reduction.
- Conduct investigation on quality incidents, address quality issues with rectification measures.

Supplier Management

- Coach and train suppliers of KGA quality requirement.
- Monitor and manage suppliers to ensure product development, production and continious improvement meet expectation.
- Drive supplier quality function capability building and improving.

Leading Technical Consistency across regions

- Conduct gap analysis on the capability of PT, 3rd-party laboratory and factory. Provide timely feedback and advice to key stakeholders.
- Update technical documents and align knowledge/understanding across regions, including emerging and diversifed market.
- Coach and support local PT of emerging market by lead the PQM activities.
- Be consulted by local PT for pre-sale and post-sale quality activities.

Requirements:

• Product technicial and testing knowledge and skill
• Knowledge of related products production
• Knowledge of quality management system
• Capable of judgement in quality aspects
• Effective communication skill, Analysis and Decision making, Problem solving skill, Self-discipline, good team player, self-motivated

Perks and benefits we’ll offer you:

A place you can belong

We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities in which we operate. We are committed to creating inclusive and safe environments where all our team members can contribute and succeed. We believe that all team members should feel valued, respected, and safe, and strive to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and welcoming, with applications encouraged from all candidates.