The Candidate

We are searching for a confident and experienced candidate to join our Ethical Compliance Team.

Previous experience in a lead audit role is essential and experience within the giftware, home adornments, housewares or home accessories markets is highly desirable. Candidates must be honest, reliable and trustworthy with an international outlook to life and business.

The Role

The role will build on your experience as a SA8000 Lead Auditor giving you the opportunity to work closely with and advise the factory on how best to meet the requirements of SA8000.

Job Description – Ethical Compliance Audit Coultant

?Reporting in to the Head of QA and Ethical Compliance, you will be a key member of our Ethical Compliance Team.

?Undetand specific customer social compliance requirements in order to help the factories raise their standards to successfully pass custome own audits.

?Make initial assessments on potential new supplie, analyse factories performance to identify opportunities for improvement.

?Conduct full social compliance audits writing compreheive audit reports documenting all findings and clearly listing all Non Compliances / conformances (NCs).

?Work closely with and facilitate factory peonnel to follow up all NC’s until resolved. Engage in dialogue with the key factory peonnel to influence them on resolution of non-compliances. Eure they fully undetand customer requirements.

?Submit evidence of issue resolution to the UK office for review and presentation to the customer.

?Monitor key requirements such as time and wage records throughout the year for each key factory.

?Communicate regularly to build working relatiohips.

?Randomly check on core supplie regards their compliance standards.

?Closely communicate with our UK office and report weekly to update them about progress on each factory.

Key Skills and Attributes

?Minimum 3 yea audit experience

?In-depth knowledge of SA8000, Smeta and ETI base code

?SA8000 Lead Auditor qualification (proof required)

?Experience of housewares, gift or home decoration industries

?Fluent Mandarin and English

?Tough negotiator

?Articulate

?Assertive

?Hard working

?Team player

?Good organisational and communication skills

If you possess these qualities and you want to build a very successful career with a growing international company then we would love to hear from you.

The position is based in China and requires cotant and exteive travel in China.