Quality Control Associate - Jewelry
Company Background:
Gilt Groupe provides invitation-only access to high-end fashion and luxury brands at highly discounted prices. The company currently works with a roster of nearly 400 up-and-coming and established brands in the women's, men's, children's, beauty, and home fashion categories.
Gilt Groupe was founded by an experienced team with proven track records at successful luxury fashion companies. Gilt Groupe is a fully funded company and is currently based in the vibrant Chelsea neighborhood in New York City.
Job Description:
The Quality Control Associate (Jewelry) - will be responsible for inspecting and auditing inbound/outbound shipments at the company’s distribution center with emphasis on fine jewelry shipments. This person will support the Quality Control (QC) Manager, obtain QC guidelines from the Merchandising team and communicate any QC concerns accordingly. Additionally, this person will inspect all outbound VIP customer orders to ensure 100% order accuracy.
Responsibilities (include but not limited to):
• Conduct inspection audit of inbound goods, specifically fine jewelry
• Unpack, label and receive fine jewelry shipments
• Maintain jewelry room and safes
• Perform thorough inspection of all VIP orders
• Create and maintain quality procedures for checking inbound and outbound goods
• Track, report and communicate feedback on condition of merchandise from multiple vendors
Qualifications:
• 2-5 years work experience
• GIA certification preferred or equivalent work experience
• Experience in Logistics requested but not required
• Experience in fine jewelry quality control required
• Knowledge of diamonds, precious stones, semi-precious stones, pearls, gold, silver, etc.
• Ideal candidate must be comfortable handling high value merchandise
• Detail oriented and quality of work must reflect the highest standards
• Interest in fashion, retail, and E-commerce
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Ability to communicate effectively with various team members, suppliers, vendors, and cross functional team
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word applications as well as email applications (i.e. Microsoft Outlook, Entourage, etc.)
If interested, please send your resume to [email protected]
