Quality Analyst

Location: Mechanicsville, VA 23116, USA

Category: Administrative

Posted Date: October 23, 2026

: ANALY
006886

Schedule: Full Time

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Job Title: Quality Analyst

Location: Richmond, Virginia

Shift: 1st

Starting Compensation Range: $23.59 - $29.66 per hour

• Develop and maintain supplier quality metrics
• Oversee development and validate quality dashboards and reporting tools to support data-driven decision-making
• Manage supplier scorecard data preparation and assembly
• Manage quality documentation compliance
• Prepare and clean customer data for analysis, ensuring accuracy, consistent formatting, and proper organization prior to team review
• Approve quality standard work in compliance with guidelines
• Monitor and manage existing standard work periodic reviews
• Perform recurring data exports and ad hoc data requests
• Serve as primary quality data liaison to the data team, supply chain, and customer-facing teams to align tools, metrics, and processes
• Work in coordination with team to achieve Continuous Improvement goals and objectives
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Quality Management, Information Systems, or a related field preferred
• Minimum one year of experience in quality systems administration, quality assurance, manufacturing, supply chain, or related field
• Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau), quality tools (CxAlloy) and project management platforms (Jira, Smartsheet, Salesforce) strongly preferred
• Experience developing standard work, SOWs, or process governance documentation preferred
• Some mechanical and electrical aptitude preferred
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to develop, track, and interpret quality metrics
• Strong attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy in data preparation, cleaning, validation, and formatting across multiple data sources
• Organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage compliance tracking and identify and resolve gaps
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for coordinating with cross-functional internal teams and external stakeholders

• Developed and maintained supplier quality metrics
• Quality dashboards and reporting tools
• Supplier scorecard data preparation and assembly
• Quality documentation
• Self-directed. Managing multiple competing priorities with limited supervision in a fast-paced environment
• Effectively translating data findings into clear, concise reports and presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Successfully working independently on analytical tasks while contributing effectively within a collaborative team environment
• Promoting a positive customer experience
• Upholding the Core Values of Integrity, Commitment, Excellence and Teamwork by embracing The Carter Way

• Regularly required to sit and talk or hear
• Frequently required to stand,…