Associate Quality Analyst-1

**About Lowe’s**

**About the Team**

The Private Brands Team is committed to delivering a cohesive and consistent brand experience through effective portfolio management and minimizing dependencies on third-party agencies.

The Packaging Operations Team is responsible for the execution of our Private Brand strategies. This includes managing packaging, print quality management, packaging innovation, and development. This team oversees the review of instruction manuals, works with Legal on trademarks and registration marks for logos, products, and collection names, and supports our sustainability goals.

**Job Summary**:
The Packaging Associate Quality Analyst (or technician) under the supervision of the Senior Quality Analyst will be responsible for ensuring quality and accuracy of all packaging artwork per supplied specification. They will perform quality control checks for all production artwork and confirm that files are built correctly, follow master templates and brand guidelines and are consistent between product families and across multiple packaging types and sizes.

**Roles & Responsibilities**:
**Core Responsibilities**:

- Assist the Sr. Quality Analyst/Lead in establishing, implementing and maintaining the quality management system
- Assist the Sr. Quality Analyst/Leads by making process improvement suggestions to improve project results, productivity and overall effectiveness.
- Follow the SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for quality checking projects
- Check job to ensure basic mark positions are correct including centres, corner trims, screen scales, punch marks, job name, color designations, and job data / labels if applicable
- Responsible for ensuring that all required checklist(s) are completed accordingly and in full, with any errors found subsequently corrected
- Responsible for ensuring that artwork files across various pack sizes are production-ready and built based on brand guidelines and approved master templates while maintaining consistency across the complete range
- Flag any errors or deviations from standard work procedures to the Production Manager or Supervisor
- Work closely with the designers to communicate errors and provide guidance and strategies in improving output
- Works on and completes multiple orders and projects in the allotted time throughout the day
- Other duties as assigned

**Years of Experience**

0-3 yrs of experience
- 1 year of prior art production and design experience
- 1 years of work in a pre-press/printing environment preferred
- 1 year as a quality analyst

**Education Qualification & Certifications (optional)**

**Required Minimum Qualifications**:
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College degree or equivalent working experience

**Skill Set Required**

**Primary Skills (must have)**
- Attention to detail - should demonstrate an individual’s quality performance of not less than 90% Right First Time (RFT)
- Ability to build strong, technically tight, problem‐free, mechanicals ready for print
- Ability to read, understand and follow work instructions, specifications, workflow diagrams and SOPs
- Willingness to learn existing any new workflows
- Organizational skills, adaptability and composure under fire are equally important
- Possesses a strong portfolio of well‐produced work
- Must understand die lines and mechanical specifics of a broad range of product packaging
- Strong computer skills including ability to learn new software quickly
- Proofreading skills required
- Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law._