Quality Specialist - Arket

ARKET is a modern-day market, offering a mix of fashion, having quality, sustainability, and transparency at the core of our business. ARKET’s mission is to democratize quality through widely accessible, well-made, durable products, designed to be used and loved for a long time. At ARKET we believe in an inclusive and diverse workplace and the great value of different perspectives.

As a Quality Specialist, you have holistic ownership of the quality of Supply Chain Partners’ (suppliers), capacity development in terms of quality, aligned with ARKET strategy that leads to delivering customer centric product through quality systems and methods.

You have ownership over the development of Supply Chain Partners (suppliers) in terms of product quality standards & Factory quality systems.

Partner with ARKET team and have a great understanding of customer expectations, which you translate to our suppliers and support creating their quality capabilities.

With a growth mindset, you continuously work towards efficient processes such as root cause analysis, corrective action plans, and drive supplier ownership in all areas.

You drive & conduct trainings/ workshops aimed at improving supplier’s quality processes and methods through coaching of their teams.

Be a strong communicator and transmit key focus areas clearly to various stakeholders (internal & external) by adopting communication style accordingly.

You understand the rationale for change and can adapt and work with new processes and systems and drive supplier accordingly.

You have ownership by living our values and primarily through collaboration and teamwork.

• As a Quality Specialist, you build strong trust with our suppliers to be able to collaborate and give relevant feedback or take relevant actions in terms of achieving constant improvement of overall quality structure.
• You need to be a strong communicator and transmit key focus areas clearly to the suppliers.
• You have good English communication skills (speaking, reading, writing)
• You have good technical knowledge. Experience in RTW production (Woven, Knit, Leather, Denim)

This is a fulltime permanent position, starting as soon as possible according to agreement., based in our offices in Istanbul.

At H&M Group, we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organization. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.