Identify, qualify, and develop suppliers across technical soft goods material categories including elastomers and knit, woven, and nonwoven fabrics, as well as assembled goods
Translate design intent and engineering specifications into manufacturing requirements; review and redline tech packs with factory technical teams
Qualify materials and assemblies through standard and custom testing protocols including abrasion, tensile/elongation, colorfastness, and wash durability
Develop inspection criteria, AQLs, and in-line quality checkpoints in collaboration with manufacturing partners.
Investigate quality escapes through structured root cause analysis and drive corrective action to closure
Travel to support prototype builds and production ramps, resolving issues that impede build progress
Serve as primary point of contact for all supplier communication, reporting regularly on capability, risk, and development status to the remote team
Required Qualification
5+ years of experience in soft goods product development, supplier quality, or manufacturing engineering
Proven technical depth in soft goods material categories and construction techniques (woven, knit, and nonwoven textiles; integrated hardware and trims; cut-and-sew, bonding, welding, and thermoforming processes)
Applied experience with GD&T, tolerance analysis, and statistical process control
Working knowledge of soft goods testing standards and familiarity with soft goods reliability test equipment
Strong communication skills; ability to independently drive suppliers and cross-functional partners on design, schedule, and quality
Native or professional Mandarin fluency. Professional English competency
Preferred Qualification
Experience working on wearable products
Experience with 3D knitting processes and equipment
Experience with textile-elastomer overmolding
Experience with small form-factor soft goods
SCRG helps product companies manage, improve and optimize the value of their key offshore supplier relationships.
Whether you need outside advice, skilled operations talent to help your team through a specific challenge, or your own fully dedicated operations support team on the ground offshore, SCRG can help.
Whether you want an individual professionals or an entire operations team, SCRG provides you with a range of engagement options.
With over 15 years of proven expertise, our team understands the complexities involved in offshore manufacturing and global supply chains and deliver real value and ROI to our customers on an ongoing basis.
✅Vendor-management services and talent-on-demand model enables clients to pay for what they need, when they need it
✅Fueling offshore manufacturing excellence by delivering exceptional technical talent, quality initiatives, and program and supply chain management for cost reductions and mutually beneficial customer solutions.
✅Focused on ROI: Our services and solutions help our customers accelerate their time-to-market, reduce costs and gain a competitive edge in their respective industries.
✅Over 15-years of experience navigating complex, interconnected supply chains and optimizing vendor managed services
✅350+ specialized engineers with an average of 13+ years of experience - local in-country, culturally savvy with deep technical and industrial capabilities and OEM backgrounds
✅Working with some of the most exciting brands in the world and offering supply chain management services, including supplier selection, quality audits, production programs, project management, cost reductions, and sourcing.
