QC Manager (Womenswear) Uptownie

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

Good 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