Kenzo Materials Quality and Product Compliance Specialist

About Kenzo

Founded in Paris in 1970 by Kenzo Takada, Kenzo is a singular luxury house where Japanese sensibility meets the energy of the French capital. Now part of LVMH, the Maison is renowned for its bold prints, cultural dialogue, and joyful approach to fashion, accessories, and fragrance. As an employer, Kenzo offers a creative, international environment that values curiosity, craftsmanship, and contemporary vision. Its teams contribute to a brand legacy defined by openness, color, and movement, while benefiting from the standards, resources, and global perspective of one of the world’s leading luxury groups.

Role & Responsibilities

• Identify materials quality risks and propose solutions to ensure materials comply with quality standards.
• Update client communications tools concerning product quality.
• Work with suppliers to ensure compliance with materials quality specifications.
• Validate the quality of made-to-order and wholesale materials in production.
• Lead internal materials quality meetings.
• Serve as the textile quality point of reference for the various business areas.
• Drive continuous improvement with strategic suppliers.
• Keep information aligned between the PLM system and tracking spreadsheets, and implement the necessary indicators.
• Monitor regulatory obligations and quality standards, including GB 18401, REACH and PFAS requirements.
• Manage product quality testing to meet requests.
• Track product data in the PLM system to support composition label production in coordination with Industrialization and Scheduling teams.
• Provide ongoing training to teams responsible for originating product data to improve its quality.
• Manage product quality requests from export regions, including China, Japan and Indonesia, and pursue continuous improvement to reduce the number of requests.
• Centralize and structure alerts, and implement the necessary indicators.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of previous experience; the role requires a minimum of 3 years.
• Interest in fashion and textiles.
• Autonomy, strong organizational skills and rigor.
• Ability to make proposals and see projects through to completion.
• Comfortable communicating in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Proficiency with IT tools, particularly Excel.
• Open to candidates with disabilities (RQTH).

Skills

Experience

At least 2 years of previous experience; minimum 3 years required.

Culture

Kenzo fosters a vibrant, multicultural workplace where Parisian sophistication meets bold, playful creative energy inspired by global perspectives. As an employer, it encourages individuality, collaboration, and artistic curiosity, offering teams an environment that values innovation, craftsmanship, and the freedom to challenge conventions.

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