Quality Assurance Manager (Textile Division)

Esquire Knit Composite PLC invites applications from experienced Quality Management professionals to lead and strengthen quality assurance across the Textile Division, covering yarn, yarn dyeing, knitting, dyeing, finishing, laboratory, fabric inspection, and fabric release processes. The role will be responsible for ensuring consistent product quality in compliance with buyer requirements, technical specifications, applicable international standards, AQL requirements where applicable, and company quality policies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage end-to-end quality assurance activities across the Textile Division, covering Yarn, Yarn Dyeing, Knitting, Dyeing, Finishing, Laboratory, and Fabric Inspection.

• Develop, implement, monitor, and continuously improve the Quality Management System (QMS) in line with buyer requirements, company standards, and applicable ISO standards.

• Establish and monitor quality objectives, KPIs, standards, SOPs, inspection procedures, and quality improvement plans across textile processes.

• Ensure compliance with buyer requirements, technical specifications, approved standards, quality manuals, SOPs, and applicable international standards.

• Oversee quality control from yarn procurement/production and yarn dyeing through knitting, dyeing, finishing, fabric inspection, testing, and final fabric release.

• Ensure effective quality control systems for yarn, knitted fabric, dyed fabric, finished fabric, and fabric release.

• Ensure compliance with fabric specifications including GSM, width, shade, colorfastness, shrinkage, spirality, pilling, bursting strength, dimensional stability, appearance, and other applicable testing parameters.

• Monitor fabric defects, shade variation, process deviations, machine-related defects, and quality non-conformities, ensuring timely corrective and preventive actions.

• Ensure effective 4-Point Fabric Inspection System and maintain consistent fabric grading and inspection standards.

• Oversee laboratory testing, test methods, calibration, test reports, shade approval, color matching, and quality verification in accordance with applicable requirements.

• Ensure proper shade management, including lab-dip approval, bulk shade matching, lot-to-lot shade consistency, and shade continuity.

• Coordinate with Yarn Dyeing, Knitting, Dyeing, Finishing, Laboratory, Production, Technical, and R&D teams to identify root causes and prevent recurring quality issues.