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Leading Manufacturer of high-end home textiles seeks:
TECHNICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGERResponsibilities: Communicate directly with weaving, dyeing, and fin-ishing mills to ensure all products meet customer-required specs. Reviewall product development to establish specifications to ensure product per-formance. Work with retailers to correct problems that occur during test-ing of product. Qualifications: Knowledge of lab testing for wide rangeof textile products & fibers including physical & color testing using AATCC& ASTM methods. Experience with fabric construction, weaving, dyeing,finishing & printing. Knowledge of Wal-Mart (CTL), Kmart & Target testingprocedures & requirements. . Ability to use spectrophotometer. Degreein Textiles. 10 yrs exp in textile related field. Excellent written & verbalskills. Microsoft Outlook & excel skills.
QUALITY ASSURANCEResponsibilities: Work directly with QA Director to track & follow up onall testing inspections & social compliance activities. Special projectsinclude testing comparisons, determining quality issues & working withdesign team on production color approvals & quality issues. Submit test-ing to labs. Review development & production samples for color, con-struction & quality. Qualifications: Knowledge of lab testing for textileproducts. Understanding of fabric construction, weaving, dyeing finishing& printing. Knowledge of Wal-Mart (CTL), Kmart, JCP & Target testing pro-cedures & requirements. Degree in Textiles. 5 yrs exp in textile relatedfield. Excellent written & verbal skills. Microsoft Outlook & excel skills.
Please send resume, salary requirements & desired position to: [email protected]
COOKWARE CATEGORY BRAND MANAGER POSITION BASED IN LOS ANGELES
Gibson Overseas, Inc. is a third generation family run business based inLos Angeles. Leader in the houseware, dinnerware business, with a growinginfluence in flatware, cutlery and cookware markets. Please visit us @www.gibsonusa.com. Seeking high quality Marketing, Sales and ProductDevelopment professional from the retail or resource industries to managethe cookware, cutlery & flatware business. Responsible for assortment strate-gies to monitor and enhance sales presentation, merchandising and packag-ing of the category with key retailers. Managing licensed brand development.Work in harmony with sales, creative, product development and operationteams. Stable employment history, with min 5 years experience in cookwareand cutlery business as Asst Buyer, Merchandising or Marketing & Sales.Position needs domestic and international traveling.
PEOPLE ARE OUR BIGGEST ASSET. Competitive compensation pkg including bonus and benefits. Please contact Sal Gabbay at [email protected] or fax resume to (323) 721-5883.
TheLightsAre onIn Big DHats off to the many intros at this week’s Dallas market,including this Martha Stewart fixture by Murray Feiss.See pages 16-27.
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HK MANUFACTURER SEEKING HOUSEWAREINDUSTRY VETERAN FOR PROFITABLE
PARTNERSHIPWinnington is a leading Hong Kong OEM Metal HousewareManufacturer. With first rate products and a unique service
model, we are helping our clients improve their sales while reducinginventories. This unique service model has led to almost 30% growth inthe first year alone. We are now seeking current or former retail execu-tives across US and Europe to help us build new client partnerships withretail outlets and premier brand owners.Ideal candidates should have strong relationships across the industryand be keenly motivated by a financially rewarding commission structure.Agents with strong houseware industry background should also apply.
If interested, please send your profile to Elisa Lam at [email protected].
Visit us at www.winningtonmetal.com
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