Part-Time Auditor (CSCA)

This position is available for candidates who are based anywhere within Italy.

At QIMA, we’re on a mission to help our clients make products consumers can trust.

Working with over 30,000 global brands, retailers, manufacturers and food growers, we are on the ground wherever products are made. We help businesses secure every step of their supply chain with quality inspections, supplier audits, certifications, and lab testing, all powered by our intelligent digital platform.

Our team of 5,000 QIMers (and counting) across 40 offices and laboratories, are united in our shared passion for innovation and integrity, and guided by our QIMA values in the decisions we make every day. We believe in the work we do, and in making a positive difference in the world. Does this sound like something you’d like to be a part of?

Our Consumer Goods Division is dedicated to helping brands, retailers and manufacturers worldwide deliver safe, quality and ethically made products to their consumers. Every day at work, our inspectors, auditors, and lab techs use their expertise to help safeguard the products you use every day in your home: from clothes and footwear to toys and baby products, to electronics, appliances, and furniture.

Our operations department’s purpose is to deliver our industry-leading services to our clients while ensuring that all the work we do is performed to the QIMA standard of quality

You will be expected to:

- Audit the manufacturing sites of our clients’ suppliers, sometimes without warning. Your areas of attention will include labor rights, health and safety, environmental security, and others, according to the applicable international standard or the client’s in-house procedure 

- Be alert to any violations, staying vigilant when dealing with factory management, and recording all your findings in detailed reports, to be delivered to the client 

- Approach your job with utmost integrity, as your conduct during an audit can have lasting consequences for the supplier, factory staff, and our clients

We may also request you to: 

- Provide your expertise in client meetings, to create custom quality control procedures based on their specific requirements 

- Contribute your ideas for improving the quality of our Operations projects 

Profile requirements:

Education & Certifications

      •     Master’s degree or equivalent, preferably in textile, manufacturing, engineering, or a related field.

      •     CSCA certification (mandatory).

      •     Additional ISO certifications (e.g. ISO 9001, 14001, 45001) are an asset.

Experience

      •     Minimum 3 years of experience in social compliance auditing.

      •     Proven experience conducting on-site social audits in manufacturing environments.

      •     Experience with brand codes of conduct and international standards (ILO, local labor law).