Product And Quality Manager
Sid Objets & Co
Noisy-Le-Grand Area, France
Purchasing• Managing a line of 600 products split in 10 different categories such as Lighting, Electronics, Kitchen Appliances, wall decoration… Through 45 active suppliers from Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan. In direct contact with factories or trading companies, negotiating prices and defining the volume of the orders based on the market demand.Sourcing• Traveling 2-3 times a year in Hong Kong and Mainland China, visiting most of the international fairs such as: Electronic, Lighting, Housewares, Gift and Premium, Canton Fair.Visiting the most important shows in Europe: Masion & Objets (Paris), Ambiente (Frankfurt) and Macef (Milan).Designing• Following the market trends and in accordance with our customer’s briefs, managing a team of 4 graphic designers to determine what will be tomorrow collections. We select together the product’s categories, the colors and patterns that will make our products unique.Standards• Attending twice a year formation on new European directives and regulations. Always in contact with the laboratories, a product can be introduced on our market, if it needs to be improved to pass the tests. Familiar with the main European standards such as CE, LVD, EMC, RoHS, Reach, ERP.Quality • Organizing Quality Control during production and/or before shipments, by setting up complete brief of controls dedicated to inspection third companies.