Location: Tirupur, Tamil Nadu
Coverage: Tirupur, Karur & Chennai
Work Mode: Full-time, office & travel to factories in South India

About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Assistant Manager – Quality Assurance to manage quality operations across our South India sourcing base.
Based out of Tirupur, the role will oversee quality across multiple vendor factories in Tirupur, Karur and Chennai, covering both Apparel and Home Textile categories.
The position will lead a regional QA team comprising 3 QA professionals – 2 covering Apparel and 1 covering Home – while continuing to remain hands-on with factory operations.
This role would suit someone who combines solid technical quality knowledge with vendor management, team leadership and an execution-oriented approach.

Key Responsibilities
Own and manage quality assurance activities across assigned factories in Tirupur, Karur and Chennai.
Lead and guide a team of QAs across Apparel and Home Textile categories.
Ensure products consistently meet buyer/customer quality requirements and defined quality standards.




Work closely with factories from pre-production through shipment, proactively identifying potential quality risks.
Participate in PP meetings, risk assessments, inline inspections and final inspections as required.
Personally conduct factory visits and inspections when business volumes, escalations or critical production situations require hands-on intervention.
Identify recurring quality issues and work with factories on root-cause analysis, corrective actions and preventive measures.
Monitor vendor quality performance and support factories in strengthening their internal quality processes.
Coordinate closely with merchandising, sourcing, production and other internal stakeholders to ensure quality expectations are aligned with delivery commitments.
Allocate and monitor QA resources across factories based on production schedules and business priorities.
Act as the regional point of escalation for quality is

📌 Assistant Manager – Quality Assurance | Apparel (India)
🏢 Psmith Advisors
📍 India