Job Description

Key Responsibilities

A. Woven Fabric Quality Assurance

- Monitor and improve fabric quality at greige, processing, and finished fabric stages.
- Ensure compliance with customer specifications, approved standards, and quality parameters.
- Analyze woven fabric defects such as missing ends, missing picks, broken ends, broken picks, reed marks, weft bars, slubs, stains, holes, selvedge defects, and shade variations where applicable.
- Review fabric inspection reports using the 4-point system or applicable customer inspection standards.
- Monitor fabric rejection, downgrade, rework, and customer complaint trends.

B. Continuous Improvement

- Identify recurring quality issues and implement improvement projects to reduce defects and fabric rejection.
- Apply continuous improvement methodologies such as PDCA, Kaizen, 5 Why Analysis, Fishbone Diagram, Pareto Analysis, and Root Cause Analysis.
- Establish measurable quality improvement targets and monitor progress against KPIs.
- Reduce internal quality costs, rework, wastage, and customer claims.
- Standardize successful improvements through updated SOPs, work instructions, and quality checkpoints.

C. Process Quality Improvement

- Work closely with weaving, warping, sizing, drawing-in, inspection, and finishing teams to eliminate process-related defects.
- Investigate machine-related and process-related quality problems, including loom settings, warp tension, weft insertion, yarn quality, sizing performance, and fabric construction.
- Coordinate with production and maintenance teams to prevent recurring defects and improve process capability.
- Conduct process audits and verify the effectiveness of corrective actions.

D. Quality Data Analysis and Reporting

- Prepare daily, weekly,



and monthly quality performance reports.
Track key performance indicators, including:
- - First-pass yield (FPY)
- Fabric defect rate and defects per 100 metres
- Rejection and downgrade percentage
- Customer complaint rate
- Rework and wastage percentage
- CAPA closure and recurrence rates

- Use Excel, dashboards, Pareto charts, and trend analysis to identify improvement opportunities.
- Present improvement results and action plans during quality review meetings.

E. Customer Quality and Compliance

- Investigate customer complaints related to woven fabric quality and coordinate corrective actions.
- Support customer audits, internal audits, and supplier quality assessments.
- Ensure traceability of fabric lots, inspection records, and corrective action documentation.
- Verify that implemented solutions prevent recurrence and meet customer requirements.

F. Training and Team Development

- Train quality inspectors and production personnel on fabric defect identification, inspection methods, and quality standards.
- Promote a quality-at-source culture and encourage employee participation in Kaizen activities.
- Conduct periodic awareness sessions on defect prevention and standard operating procedures.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Reduction in woven fabric defect rate.
- Reduction in fabric rejection and downgrade percentage.
- Improvement in first-pass yield.




- Reduction in customer complaints and claims.
- Reduction in rework, wastage, and cost of poor quality.
- Timely closure and effectiveness of CAPA.
- Improvement project completion rate and verified cost savings.
- Compliance with inspection standards and process audit requirements.

Educational Qualifications

- Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Textile Technology, Textile Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Additional training in Quality Management, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, or Continuous Improvement is preferred.

Required Skills and Competencies

- Robust knowledge of woven fabric construction, weaving processes, and textile defects.
- Expertise in root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action.
- Knowledge of fabric inspection systems, particularly the 4-point system.
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management principles.
- Proficiency in MS Excel, quality reporting, and data analysis.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and coordination skills.
- Ability to lead cross-functional improvement projects and achieve measurable results.

Expected Outcomes

- Consistent improvement in woven fabric quality.
- Lower fabric rejection, rework, and customer complaints.
- Improved process control and defect prevention.
- Better coordination between production and quality teams.
- Sustainable, data-driven continuous improvement across the fabric manufacturing process.

Job Snapshot

Updated Date

28-10-2026

Job ID

20262591

Department

Arvind Shirting-Wovens Fabric

Location

Wovens - Santej, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Experience

2 - 5 Years

Employee Type

Full Time

Salary Range

INR 3,74,468 - 7,25,532 (Annual)

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