Sr PSQA Engineer

JOIN TARGET AS AN SENIOR ENGINEER– Footwear

About us:

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America’s leading retailers.​ Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work, and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work. It is how we care, grow, and win together.

This position will focus on Adult Footwear

This position is responsible for delivering quality and safe product to our stores by executing Target’s quality assurance requirements throughout the entire product life cycle process.   Assure Vendors deliver safe and quality owned brand products to Target’s Omni-channel Guest by proactively planning, managing and executing Target’s compliance and quality assurance initiatives.

Responsible to assure the quality, safety and integrity for all owned brand products. Execute and maintain global policy & procedures creation, modification and implementation for headquarters and field processes to meet compliance and quality requirements. 

Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals.  As a Product Safety, Quality & Regulatory Senior Engineer, you'll take the lead as you execute the following:

• Establish oneself as an expert within the cross functional team with a solid understanding of manufacturing, testing and industry trends for the current assortment and future expansion

• Drive the quality assurance program requirements for the category as the product and strategy evolve into new capabilities or Target expands into other product types, materials and functionality

• Utilize knowledge of manufacturing, engineering principles and intended product use to represent the quality voice in the category’s strategy

• Proactive involvement in product development and sourcing to influence decisions and mitigate risk

• Develop quality oversight direction based on product, material and placement risk

• Lead, assess and resolve product testing failures and product issues by working proactively with vendor, factory, global Quality Assurance (QA) or Product Investigation and Recall team to assure timely and appropriate closure

• Proactively develop a guest data strategy for the category and drive issues to resolution with long term corrections

• Develop and assess testing protocols to assure protocols incorporate regulatory requirements, industry standard alignment and the design’s intent

• Effectively communicate quality direction, policy and procedure throughout the organization, vendors, and factories

• Be an advocate for data driven results within the organization to justify actions taken and measurable results 

• Lead/Participate in QMS projects to improve the program through technology, efficiency, and balancing risk.

• Participate in regulatory projects to develop strategies to meet new local, state and federal regulations in categories supported.

This role works on-site 3 days per week at a Target HQ location. Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor degree in engineering, product development, footwear manufacturing, quality systems

• 5+ years of experience working in quality or other engineering field, product development or equivalent experience

• Ability to read, interpret and implement industry standards (i.e. ASTM/AATCC standards)

• Knowledge of quality control/assurance processes and procedures

• Excellent communication skills and strong interpersonal skills

• Excellent project management skills

• Collaborative focus and ability to work successfully across functional areas.

• Respects, appreciates and values diverse voices and approaches

• Committed to creating equitable experiences and fostering an inclusive team

DESIRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Able to read and interpret statutes and legislations into PSQR compliance and quality program. 

• Knowledge of CFR’s, which contains all of the process and technical details necessary to comply with regulations, certification, and due care, which gives Target the expertise necessary to ensure that vendors’ documents meet the law.

• Knowledge of Quality Management Systems and experience implementing the discipline

• Experience in retail merchandise operations or support (Buying, Sourcing, QA, Design etc.)

• Experience Understanding of footwear construction, materials and components

• Experience with Cross-functional communication with design, sourcing, and production

• Member of industry QA organizations and certifications.

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Team Members in the Target General Merch Inc (TGMI) operating company are strictly prohibited from working more than 30 days per year in the following 16 states: AL, AR, DE, FL, IN , IA, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN and VA. If hired, you are prohibited from working remotely from one of the states listed above for more than 30 days per year.