Senior Manager (Quality Assurance for 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.

• Establish and strengthen inline, process-stage, and final fabric inspection systems to detect and prevent quality deviations at source.

• Monitor Right First Time (RFT), First Pass Yield (FPY), DHU/defect rate, rejection rate, rework, alteration, claims, and customer complaints related to textile products.

• Coordinate buyer inspections, third-party inspections, fabric audits, quality audits, technical evaluations, and customer requirements related to the Textile Division.

• Communicate and coordinate with buyers and relevant stakeholders regarding textile quality issues, test results, approvals, corrective actions, and quality improvement initiatives.

• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA), CAPA, 5 Why, Fishbone Analysis, and other problem-solving methodologies for major quality issues.

• Drive continuous improvement through Lean, Kaizen, PDCA, 6S, defect prevention, process control, and quality improvement initiatives.

• Analyze quality trends, inspection results, laboratory data, defect Pareto, process performance, and customer feedback and provide data-driven recommendations to senior management.

• Develop and implement preventive quality measures to minimize defects, rework, rejection, wastage, and customer complaints.

• Ensure effective quality documentation, records, reports, inspection standards, test reports, and traceability systems throughout the Textile Division.

• Lead, develop, and motivate the textile quality team, ensuring competency, technical capability, accountability, and continuous professional development.

• Conduct regular quality review meetings and performance evaluations and report key quality indicators and improvement actions to senior management.

• Promote a strong quality culture and “Quality at Source” philosophy throughout the Textile Division.