Quality Management & Strategy

- Develop and implement the overall quality management system (QMS).
- Set quality standards, KPIs, and quality objectives for the factory.
- Establish quality procedures for fabric, cutting, sewing, finishing, packing, and shipment.
- Drive continuous improvement and reduce quality-related costs.

1. Incoming Material Quality

- Ensure inspection of fabric, trims, accessories, labels, thread, buttons, zippers, etc.
- Establish inspection standards and acceptance criteria.
- Monitor fabric defects, shade variation, GSM, shrinkage, color fastness, and other parameters.
- Coordinate with Purchase and Suppliers for quality issues and corrective actions.

1. Pre-Production Quality

- Review buyer specifications, tech packs, measurement charts, construction details, and quality standards.
- Ensure PP samples and size sets meet buyer requirements.
- Conduct and approve Pre-Production Meetings (PPM).
- Identify potential quality risks before bulk production starts.

1. Production Quality Control

- Monitor quality at cutting, sewing, washing, finishing, ironing, and packing stages.
- Ensure proper implementation of inline and end-line inspection systems.
- Monitor defects, DHU, RFT, rejection, alteration, and rework.
- Take immediate corrective action for recurring defects.
- Ensure operators follow approved workmanship and quality standards.

1. Final Inspection & Shipment

- Ensure garments are inspected according to AQL/buyer inspection standards.
- Review final inspection reports before shipment.
- Ensure all critical defects are identified and corrected.
- Coordinate with Production and Merchandising teams to avoid shipment delays due to quality issues.

1. Buyer & Customer Quality Management

- Handle buyer quality requirements, audits, inspections, and quality-related communications.
- Analyze buyer inspection reports and complaints.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) for buyer complaints.




- Maintain robust relationships with buyers and third-party inspection agencies.

1. Quality Team Management

- Lead and develop the Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) teams.
- Define responsibilities for Quality Managers, Executives, Inspectors, and Auditors.
- Conduct training on garment defects, workmanship, inspection procedures, and buyer standards.
- Evaluate team performance and improve quality capability.

1. Quality Audits & Compliance

- Conduct internal quality audits and process audits.
- Ensure compliance with customer requirements and factory quality procedures.
- Prepare the factory for buyer, third-party, and certification audits.
- Track audit findings and ensure timely closure of corrective actions.

1. Root Cause Analysis & Continuous Improvement

- Analyze major and repeated defects using 5 Why, Fishbone, Pareto analysis, etc.
- Identify root causes and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Monitor effectiveness of corrective actions.
- Drive initiatives to reduce alteration, rejection, rework, DHU, and customer complaints.

1. Quality Performance & Reporting

- Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly quality reports.

- Monitor KPIs such as

- DHU / Defect Rate

- First Pass Yield (FPY)

- Right First Time (RFT)

- Rejection %

- Alteration %

- Rework %

- Final Inspection Pass Rate

- Buyer Complaints
- Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)
- Present quality performance and improvement plans to senior management.

1. Cross-Functional Coordination

- Work closely with Production, IE, Merchandising, PPC, Cutting, Finishing, Maintenance, Stores, Purchase, and HR.
- Participate in production planning and problem-solving meetings.
- Ensure quality requirements are considered before making process or production changes.

1. Cost Reduction & Productivity

- Reduce quality-related losses through prevention rather than correction.
- Minimize rework, alteration, rejection, wastage, and customer returns.
- Improve process capability and operator awareness.
- Support management in achieving better quality at lower cost.

📌 Head - QUALITY (Bengaluru)
🏢 Sapl Industries
📍 Bengaluru