Freelance/Part-time Quality Inspector
Key Skills
Job Description
Company Description
At QIMA, you feel like you belong from Day 1. You join a community of smart minds who not only innovate, but also support and inspire each other. Here, we own our work, have fun together, and make every day count.”
The QIMA Story
At QIMA, we are on a mission to offer our clients smart solutions to make products you can trust.
Operating in over 100 countries, we serve the consumer products, food, and life sciences industries and help more than 30,000 brands, retailers, manufacturers, and growers achieve quality excellence.
We combine on-the-ground expertise with digital solutions that bring accuracy, transparency and intelligence for quality and compliance data.
What sets us apart is our unique culture. Our 6,000 Qimates live and make decisions every day by our QIMA Values. With client passion, integrity, and a commitment to making things simple, we disrupted the Testing, Inspection, and Certification industry. Are you ready to hop on this exciting ride with us and help us achieve our mission?
Our Consumer Products 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.
Job Description
As an Quality Inspector, you’ll be reporting to Inspector Team Leader or Operations Manager and working as part of our Operations department. The purpose of QIMA’s Operations team 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.
Your main duties will revolve around on-site quality inspections of our clients’ products.
- Check email daily to receive inspection documents.
- Attend to inspections on time and communicate with supplier in a professional way.
- Perform the inspection of the merchandise according with company procedures. Supervise the stuffing of the containers according with company procedures.
- Fulfill inspection reports according with company procedures and timelines.
Qualifications
Think you have what it takes? First of all, we want someone with:
- Experience in quality management, especially softlines/ garments/ textiles/ footwear (2 years or more);
- Knowledge of AQL standards, as well as relevant safety and quality regulations;
- Good command of English (spoken and written);
- Great attention to detail and strong professional ethics.
Core Responsibilities
The Quality Inspector is responsible for performing on-site product inspections and supervising container stuffing according to company procedures. They must also communicate professionally with suppliers and complete accurate inspection reports within established timelines.
Requirements
Candidates must have at least two years of experience in quality management, specifically within the softlines, textiles, or footwear industries. Proficiency in AQL standards, safety regulations, and English is required, along with strong attention to detail.
About QIMA
Industry: International Trade and Development
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
At QIMA, we are on a mission to help our clients make products consumers can trust. Combining human expertise on the ground with intelligent technology, we support more than 30,000 businesses across Consumer Products, Food & Agrifood, Cosmetics & Personal Care and Pharma & Biotech in 100+ countries. Our platform is built on more than 500 million real-world data points, turning what we see every day into insights our clients can act on. More than 6,000 QIMA employees worldwide bring local expertise and tailored support to every client, guided by a passion for our clients, integrity and simplicity. QIMA ranks #1 in the Testing, Inspection and Certification industry for customer satisfaction, based on independent NPS measurement.