Job title: Quality Control Manager — Womenswear Location: Kolkata (on-site, with regular vendor unit visits) Type: Full time Experience: 5–10 years in womenswear QC
About us Uptownie is a womenswear brand. We design and produce in-house and through a vendor network, and we sell across Myntra, Ajio, Nykaa, Amazon, Flipkart and our own website. Our volumes are real and our quality standard is what decides whether a customer keeps the garment or returns it.

The role We are looking for a QC Manager who can hold the quality line end to end — from fabric in-warding to the final packed carton. Not a checker. Someone who owns the standard, builds the system, and runs the team that enforces it.
You will be the person who decides whether a lot ships or goes back.

What you'll do Measurement & fit
Read tech packs, patterns and grade rules, and verify that what the vendor sewed matches what we specified
Own our measurement charts and points-of-measure across all categories — tops, dresses, bottoms, co-ords
Check grading across the size set, not just the base size. Catch grade breaks before they become returns
Sign off on fit samples, PP samples and size sets before bulk cutting starts
In-line and final inspection
Set the inspection plan for every style: what gets checked, at what stage, at what sampling level (AQL)
Run in-line checks at vendor units — catch defects at 200 pieces, not at 2,000
Final random inspection before dispatch; pass / hold / reject decisions with documented reasoning
Fabric inspection at in-warding: 4-point system, GSM, width, shade continuity, shrinkage and colourfastness checks
Team
Lead and train the QC team — daily allocation, defect standards,



calibration so two checkers grade the same garment the same way
Build the defect library: what a major is, what a minor is, what is an automatic reject
Make sure the team measures correctly — most bad QC is bad measuring
Vendor & accountability
Give vendors clear, evidence-backed rejection reports — photos, measurements, spec vs actual
Drive corrective action so the same defect does not repeat next lot
Support debit notes, rework decisions and RTV cases with proper documentation
Numbers you'll be measured on
Marketplace quality and fit-related return rate
Right-first-time percentage per vendor
Rejection and rework cost
Zero quality-related marketplace penalties or listing blocks

What we need from you 5–10 years in garment QC, with real womenswear depth (knits and wovens both)
You can pick up a pattern and tell us whether it will sew up to spec
You can measure a garment properly, cold, without being told which points to take
You understand grading — not just "add an inch", but how a grade actually distributes
You have run a team of checkers and held them to a standard
You communicate clearly enough that a vendor cannot argue with your report

Valuable to have Worked with an external vendor / CMT network, not only a captive factory
Exposure to washing, dyeing, printing and embroidery defects
Diploma or degree in apparel / fashion technology (NIFT, ATDC, or equivalent) — useful, not mandatory if the hands-on experience is there

What we offer CTC: ₹ 3-4 LPA
Direct ownership of quality across the entire brand, reporting straight to the founder
A team and a system to build, not just inherit

📌 QC Manager (Womenswear) — Uptownie (Kolkata)
🏢 Uptownie
📍 Kolkata