Dyeing Manager

Job Context: Lead and control the complete dyeing operation to achieve consistent shade, right-first-time quality, maximum productivity, optimum machine utilization, controlled dye/chemical consumption, minimum reprocessing, and on-time delivery, while ensuring safety, compliance, and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and control daily/monthly dyeing production according to capacity, priority, and delivery requirements.
• Ensure bulk dyeing follows approved lab dips, recipes, SOPs, and critical process parameters including temperature, pH, time, liquor ratio, dosing, and process sequence.
• Ensure lab-to-bulk shade consistency and minimize shade variation, re-dyeing, rejection, and fabric damage.
• Lead RFT/FTR improvement, root-cause analysis, CAPA, and continuous process improvement.
• Control dye, chemical, water, steam, electricity, manpower, and reprocessing costs against established standards.
• Monitor machine loading, productivity, downtime, batch efficiency, and production losses.
• Coordinate with Lab, QA/QC, Planning, Maintenance, Stores, Procurement, Finishing, Washing, and Garment Production to resolve technical and delivery issues.
• Ensure proper management of dyes and chemicals, including approved chemical standards, storage, dosing, traceability, and consumption control.
• Analyze recurring defects such as uneven shade, patchy dyeing, crease marks, staining, poor penetration, colour fastness failure, and fabric damage and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements, chemical/RSL-MRSL standards, environmental requirements, workplace safety, and audit standards.
• Lead, train, and develop supervisors, technicians, operators, and laboratory personnel.
• Drive continuous improvement in quality, productivity, energy/water efficiency, process stability, and cost per kg.
• Prepare and review departmental performance reports and take timely corrective action against KPI gaps.