Production Quality Manager

Fashion Step Group is strengthening Quality Governance across its production facilities to deliver consistent, buyer-approved quality at every stage of manufacturing. We are seeking a technically strong, production-focused, and decisive Production Quality Manager to drive quality excellence from cutting to finishing.

This role is ideal for a hands-on QA leader capable of controlling production quality, eliminating recurring defects, and ensuring right-first-time execution against buyer standards.

Role Overview

The Production Quality Manager will lead end-to-end quality assurance across production operations, ensuring buyer specifications, workmanship standards, process controls, and compliance requirements are consistently achieved.

The role will drive defect prevention, process discipline, inline quality control, final inspection readiness, and continuous improvement to achieve Right First Time & Zero-Defect Quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end production quality assurance from cutting through finishing and packing
• Establish and enforce QA/QC SOPs, Quality Standards, Control Plans, and Inspection Procedures
• Ensure strict compliance with buyer Tech Packs, POM, construction details, workmanship standards, approved samples, and specifications
• Control inline, end-line, finishing, and final inspection processes to minimize defects and rework
• Monitor DHU, defect rate, RFT, rejection, rework, alteration, and first-pass quality performance
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA), CAPA, 5 Why, and corrective/preventive actions for recurring quality issues
• Drive Defect Prevention, Process Quality Control, and Quality at Source across production lines
• Ensure critical checkpoints for measurement, sewing construction, appearance, finishing, trims, accessories, labeling, packing, and workmanship
• Lead AQL-based inspection and ensure production readiness for buyer/third-party inspections
• Analyze quality reports and establish quality KPIs, dashboards, audit mechanisms, and improvement plans
• Coordinate with Production, IE, Merchandising, Sample, Technical, Cutting, Finishing, and Compliance teams for rapid resolution of quality issues
• Conduct regular process audits, line audits, quality meetings, and operator/QA capability development
• Ensure proper quality documentation, traceability, inspection records, and buyer compliance evidence
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce defects, alteration, rejection, rework, and quality-related shipment risks