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Job Description
QA Lead – Studded Jewellery (Sourcing)
Department
Quality Assurance – Sourcing
Reports To
Head – Quality Studded Jewellery
Location : Mumbai (Travel to vendor locations across India and overseas as required)
Role Purpose
The QA Lead – Studded Jewellery (Sourcing) is responsible for developing and maintaining robust quality assurance systems across all sourced studded jewellery suppliers. The role ensures that every product sourced for Zoya, Tanishq, and Mia consistently meets Titan’s quality standards, brand specifications, customer expectations, and regulatory requirements.
The role partners closely with Sourcing, Product Development, Merchandising, Design, Vendor Partners, and Manufacturing teams to build preventive quality systems, strengthen supplier capability, minimise quality risks, and deliver superior product quality from development through commercial production.
Key Responsibilities
1. Supplier Quality Management
Develop and implement supplier quality management systems.
Qualify and onboard current manufacturing partners.
Conduct supplier capability assessments and technical audits.
Define supplier quality requirements and acceptance criteria.
Develop supplier quality scorecards.
Drive continuous supplier performance improvement.
Monitor supplier compliance with Titan quality standards.
2. Product Development Quality
Collaborate with Design, Merchandising, Product Development and suppliers to:
Conduct Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews.
Assess technical feasibility.
Identify quality risks during product development.
Validate prototypes and pre-production samples.
Approve Gold Seal and Pilot samples.
Ensure design intent is maintained during industrialisation.
3. Incoming Quality Assurance
Establish quality systems for incoming products covering:
Jewellery workmanship
Diamond quality
Gemstone quality
Metal quality
Hallmark compliance
Dimensions
Weight tolerance
Surface finish
Stone setting security
Functional componen