Product Integrity Testing, Compliance Assistant

Role Overview

• Aid in ensuring that all Lilly Pulitzer® products adhere to government regulations and meet Lilly Pulitzer® Quality standards.
• Help maintain and organize all protocols.
• Communicate all policies and standards to all internal and external partners to ensure all Lilly Pulitzer® products meet all safety and quality requirements.
• Responsible to determine and communicate test report dispositions as well as analyze data and make recommendations and solutions to products and processes.
• Assist in analyzing return rate data to identify and correct quality at the product level as well as improve vendor performance.
• Analyze, maintain, and communicate all results and standards with factories.
• Responsible for communicating with internal colleagues and overseas vendors regarding product test reports.
• Communicate daily with overseas vendors on testing reports to ensure all corrective action plans are followed as well as ensuring that all products meet Lilly Pulitzer® requirements.
• Maintain and organize all test reports and compliance documents.
• Partner with Surface Design and Execution Team to review fabric and trim reports to help guide quality performance decisions.
• Review and analyze factory supplied fabric and trim garment test report from Development to Bulk Stage, ensuring all standard regulations are met.
• Responsible for reviewing, validate and analyze test reports to ensure all products adhere to government regulations and are following US requirements as well as Lilly Pulitzer® standards in all product categories.
• Accountable to maintain awareness of industry standards to ensure compliance, while meeting brand aesthetic.
• Responsible to ensure all legal documentation for all merchandise is organized, accounted for, and properly recorded.
• Knowledgeable of all compliance requirements, federal and state regulations.
• Assures that proper testing is communicated during the development process so that testing protocols and product quality goals are appropriate and understood internally and externally.
• Maintain awareness of all fabric related technical trends, innovative fibers, new technologies and finishing techniques in the textile and apparel industry.
• Collaborate with Fabric, Product Development, Trim, R&D and Surface Design Departments to ensure that all products are developed to pass all testing protocols.
• Validate all merchandise testing is passing prior to the TOP arriving.
• Analyze and review data, disposition reports in a timely manner to all Lilly Pulitzer® internal teams, vendors, and suppliers.

Requirements

• A four-year college degree is required, preferably with a major/minor in Fashion Design, or a closely related subject.
• 1-2 years of prior experience in Quality Assurance and compliance, preferably in the fashion or retail industry.
• Strong understanding of FTC, CPSC, CPSIA, CAL PROP 65 and all other Legal regulations.
• Understanding of children’s safety requirements.
• Communicates clearly and concisely.
• Possesses strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Organized, high level of urgency and the ability to prioritize work.
• Superior Excel, MS word, and power point skills.
• The ability to adapt to a face-paced environment, as well as adjust to changing priorities and process improvements.
• Accountable for adhering to all processes, procedures, and standards.
• A positive team player that can work independently with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and projects.
• Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams to influence and gain desired outcomes.

Benefits

• standard company benefits