Head of Quality Assurance

Key Responsibilities :-

Quality Assurance – Printing

• Monitor and ensure quality at all stages of the printing process.
• Check print placement, artwork, colour matching, shade, sharpness, registration and overall appearance.
• Conduct first-piece and inline inspections and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
• Coordinate with production and printing teams to resolve quality issues.
• Ensure printing is carried out as per approved samples, buyer specifications and tech packs.
• Monitor defects such as bleeding, smudging, cracking, uneven printing, misregistration and colour variation.

Quality Assurance – Dyeing

• Monitor dyeing processes to ensure consistent shade, colour fastness and fabric quality.
• Check lab dips and bulk dyeing against approved standards.
• Monitor parameters such as temperature, pH, time, chemical dosing and process controls.
• Ensure proper shade matching and batch-to-batch consistency.
• Identify and investigate dyeing-related defects and coordinate corrective actions.
• Maintain records of dyeing quality and process performance.

Laboratory & Testing

• Manage day-to-day testing activities in the fabric/garment testing laboratory.
• Conduct or coordinate tests for:
• Colour fastness
• Washing fastness
• Rubbing fastness
• Perspiration fastness
• Shrinkage
• GSM
• Fabric composition
• Dimensional stability
• Pilling
• Tensile/tear strength
• Seam/slippage and other applicable tests
• Ensure testing is conducted according to buyer requirements and applicable testing standards.
• Maintain testing reports, records, calibration documents and test results.
• Coordinate with external laboratories whenever specialized or third-party testing is required.
• Ensure laboratory equipment is properly maintained and calibrated.

Quality Control & Compliance

• Develop and implement QA/QC procedures for Printing, Dyeing and Lab operations.
• Ensure compliance with buyer quality manuals, approved standards and internal quality policies.
• Conduct regular process audits and quality inspections.
• Analyse recurring defects and implement preventive and corrective actions.
• Prepare quality reports and communicate major quality issues to management.
• Maintain proper documentation and traceability of quality records.
• Support buyer inspections, audits and factory quality assessments.
• Ensure adherence to applicable chemical and product safety.