Purpose of this Role: Lead the quality assurance function across all GAP factories, ensuring products consistently meet GAP's stringent quality, compliance, and ethical standards while driving a culture of zero defects, process excellence, and customer trust. Responsibility
• Establish and enforce GAP quality standards across cutting, sewing, finishing, and packing.
• Act as the primary liaison with GAP quality teams on expectations and alignment.
• Oversee in-line and final inspections, pilot runs, and sample approvals for defect-free products.
• Implement robust systems for root-cause analysis, CAPA, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure adherence to GAP technical, social, and ethical compliance norms.
• Build QA discipline and capability across GAP factory teams. Personal Attributes
• Fluent in GAP's exacting protocols and audits.
• The steady buyer interface when issues surface.




• Prevention-first through CAPA and root cause.
• Uncompromising on ethical and compliance standards.
• Builds discipline into every factory QA team. Competencies
• Quality Leadership
• Buyer Management
• Process Control
• Compliance Rigor
• Change Leadership
• People Development Education & Experience
• Graduate in Textile Technology, Apparel Production, or Engineering.
• 18-20+ years in apparel QA, with deep GAP or equivalent tier-1 buyer experience.
• Proven track record leading QA across multiple factories. Technical Skills
• GAP quality and compliance protocols, AQL, and inspection systems.
• Root-cause analysis, CAPA, and Lean QA tools.
• Garment testing standards and digital QA tracking.

📌 Head of Quality Assurance (Bengaluru)
🏢 Gokaldas Exports
📍 Bengaluru