Apparel Quality Inspection Assistant na CHAMPRO

About Us:

Champro® is a privately-owned sporting goods and apparel manufacturer that has been in business for 30+ years. We deliver high-value, traditional & innovative athletic equipment and apparel via outstanding, integrity-driven customer service. Our business philosophy is focused on our customers and we take pride in providing them with the best overall values in team sports products.

Position:

As an Apparel Quality Control Inspector, you will be an essential part of the quality control and product development teams. You will become an expert in how to inspect apparel products, which includes taking precise and repeatable measurements, checking for defects in production and materials, and confirming that product meets desired specifications. In our busy environment, it is a “must” to be an organized and flexible multi-tasker as we work efficiently to meet the needs of our customers and internal team.

Responsibilities:

• Perform quality control inspections on our apparel product line
  • Take and record measurements
  • Inspect garments for sewing or fabric defects
  • Check apparel products against technical specification packets
  • Perform color evaluations
  • Communicate issues to supervisor so follow-up inspections can be organized
  • Separate defective garments and classify them for rework if possible
• Pre-production inspections
  • Check measurements
  • Communicate results to product management team
• Address non-conforming product that can be fixed
  • Wash dirty or stained product to get it back into stock
  • Assign work to applicable re-work team
• Provide support on projects related to apparel quality control as needed
• Summarizing quality findings
• Creating final quality reports to send to internal team and factory teams
• Assisting inspection team with receiving and conducting new inspections from factories
• Become an expert on each apparel category to advise and assist on administrative emails with the factories
• Have a basic understanding of apparel construction, fabrics and trends
• Be able to use and navigate programs like excel, outlook, word etc.
• Assist quality team with warehouse tasks such as sorting projects, washing garments, and checking warehouse orders and other projects that come up for the team.
• Be able to communicate effectively with management and factory teams about what defects are found during each inspection.
• Start off 5 days a week in the warehouse learning the inspection process and being trained by the quality team and then transition to 3 days in the office helping department manager with reports and administrative tasks.

Qualifications:

• Attention to detail
• Move efficiently
• Be organized
• Be precise
• Work well individually and as a part of a team
• Experience with sewing or fabrics or clothing
• Computer-proficient: Email and Microsoft Office (Excel)
• Good communicator
• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus
• Ability to stand for lengthy periods of time and lift boxes up to 30 lbs
• Willing to learn and take on new tasks as needed

Company Culture:

We are proud to offer eligible associates a full-range of benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance, as well as short-term and long-term disability, 401K, Profit Sharing, paid time off, holidays, and reimbursement toward gym membership fees. A collaborative atmosphere working together to exceed our customers’ expectations, as well as, an Equal Opportunity Employer bringing together diverse individuals to develop new and innovative solutions