Quality Assurance Administrator - Windermere, United Kingdom - Lakeland

Lakeland

Verified Company

Windermere, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Hours & Contract:

Full Time 39 Hours

Permanent

Hybrid working (Head Office Windermere - minimum 1 day per week

Salary £23k

The Role:

It's an exciting and varied job and a real opportunity to start a career in Quality Assurance.

You'll support the Quality Assurance Manager and wider Buying team, to ensure our database of product, factory and compliance information is maintained.

This role will require you to liaise with external suppliers and bodies to provide year on year improvements around legislation, ethical and sustainability criteria.

In particular helping support the business to reduce its product packaging and environmental impact.

About You:

You'll be comfortable with IT and have good excel skills, with good numerical and analytical skills and a great attention to detail that will help you assist with the compliance of all our products.

Able to think on your feet and manage your own workload and meet deadlines, you'll enjoy working in a fast paced environment where there is always lots going on.

You'll be happy working independently whilst also enjoying being part of a team, sharing information, knowledge & experience freely and building and maintaining positive relationships.

Your communication is key - you'll be clear and you'll make sure your message is understood. You'll also know when to escalate issues, always focused on achieving the best outcomes for our customers.

About Lakeland:

Founded in the early 60s, we're still a family-owned business with the same strong values of quality and customer care now as when we first started.

From selling plastic bags for home freezing from the Rayner family garage in Windermere, to over 4000 kitchen and home products today, Lakeland has grown to the extent that we now send out thousands of parcels a day from our Kendal despatch centre, and we have stores nationwide, stretching from Aberdeen to Exeter, with more in the pipeline.

Benefits:

There are many benefits to being part of the Lakeland team.

Other than being part of a huge and happy working family, our colleagues are rewarded with a competitive salary, discretionary bonus scheme and a group personal pension plan.

There are 29 days' paid holiday (including bank holidays) and generous discounts on our products.

We offer a great retail environment, and the chance to be part of a team who like to work and socialise together.