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Job title: Quality Assurance Inspector

Reports into: Quality Assurance Manager

Functional department: Quality Assurance

Company Overview

Welcome to RIMOWA, the first German Maison of the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) Group. We are a global lifestyle brand with a mission to create the essential tools for a lifetime of travel. For more than 120 years, we have dedicated ourselves to developing unique products where function coexists with luxury, heritage with innovation, and craftsmanship with design.

We seek to attract, recruit and develop the most talented individuals with all levels of experience. The diversity of our ecosystem offers each person unparalleled career opportunities and therefore holds a definite appeal for candidates. Thanks to our exemplary sourcing and recruitment approach, we are widely recognized as a preferred employer.

Our products are created with longevity in mind because the most meaningful journeys last more than a trip, they last a lifetime. Join us to discover your own.

Description

The purpose of the Quality Assurance Inspector role is to ensure the products and processes at RIMOWA are in compliance with the procedures, work instructions, specifications, drawings, and guidelines.

The Quality Assurance Inspector is trained to perform all inspections within RIMOWA plant Canada including incoming, in-process, dock audits, sorting and red rabbits.

The Quality Assurance Inspector is responsible to control non-conforming product detected in any stages of production, incoming and dock audits.

Evaluates processes randomly to ensure compliance, by using tools provided like SPC charts, inspection reports, gauges, tablets, computers, and any other required equipment.

The QAI supports with a project related to quality in addition to their inspection responsibility within the Quality Department, this project is assigned by the Quality Manager, and it is a project to support the QAI development.

The QAI is responsible to report all quality issues found to the Operations and Quality Teams.

The QAI reports to the Quality Assurance Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• To support, maintain, and improve RIMOWA’s Quality Assurance System.
• Ensure QA and RIMOWA policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Daily perform inspections at the assigned area, including incoming inspections, in-process inspections, quality gates, SPC, MSA, dock audits, red rabbits, and any other evaluations / inspections required to control and improve the quality of RIMOWA products.
• Use available and calibrated gauges (micrometer, thickness gauges, calipers, high gauges, pin gauges, feeler gauges, to-no go gauges, spectrometer, etc.), to evaluate product and ensure participation in GR&R to ensure repeatability and reproducibility as required.
• Learn and keep updated to the latest revision of the Quality Assurance System that includes all procedures, work instructions, standards, specifications, guidelines, SOP’s, and any other documentation required to perform their job.
• Effective communication with the Operations, Materials, Engineering, Quality and all other RIMOWA departments.
• Support other team members as needed.
• Participate in problem solving activities as required, team meetings and any other scheduled meeting where their input is required.
• Actively support production when defective materials are found. Control, identify, sort and report results following the control of non-conforming product procedure.
• Support the evaluation of customer complaints and implement corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence.
• Ensure all areas are clean and organized by following 5S’s.
• Responsible for one project every year for their own development.
• Any other activities required by the Quality Assurance Manager to support activities related to reduce scrap, reworks, and improve quality output.
• Duties may be subject to change as business requirements change.

Requirements

CANDIDATE PROFILE: We would like to speak to individuals who are aligned with our core values of having an entrepreneurial spirit collaborating as a team with no room for ego. We move fast and light and the ideal candidate will possess the following:

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

Desirable

College degree in quality program

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2 years of experience in a similar role

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Quality Inspection training

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Use of gauges like Calipers, Micrometers, spectrometer, feeler gauges, go no-go, thickness, high gauge, etc.

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Competencies required for the role

Skills

Essential

Desirable

Excellent written and verbal communication and numeracy skills

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Strong collaboration mindset, able to train and work with Operation employees to assist and support them as required.

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Self-starter who takes initiative and ownership over work

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Very detail oriented to perform cosmetic and functional inspection and tests.

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Ability to work with little supervision

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Teamwork with all levels of the organization

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Ability to train others and share knowledge

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Use of computer to report results, teams, excel, and outlook

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Very organized

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Willing to accept challenges and projects for development

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WORKING CONDITIONS

Work under pressure, attention to detail, fast paced, working with others, problem solving, decision making, critical thinking, significant use of memory, continuous learning

RIMOWA North America Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at RIMOWA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, national origin, ethnic origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, sexual orientation, record of offences, marital status, family status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, or local law, regulation, or ordinance. We value an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourage applications from all qualified candidates. If you have accommodation needs throughout the selection process, please contact our HR department.

RIMOWA leverages AI technology within its electronic screening processes.

Compensation:

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.30 – $27.87

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule: 8-hour shift – Day Shift

Supplemental pay types: Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate: Cambridge, ON N3E 1B8: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person