Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

Overview

Hands-on Quality Assurance Specialist supporting QA leadership for the assigned apparel suiting business category, ensuring products meet customer, brand and regulatory requirements while supporting vendor relationships to deliver quality, on-time execution and commercial outcomes.

What you'll do

• Understand, interpret and review samples against international test standards (ASTM, ISO, EN, etc.) related to chemical test parameters on apparel.
• Supervise QA inspector services to ensure customers' quality standards are met.
• Provide QA advice to factories before and during the manufacturing process (production control).
• Check samples against product specifications to ensure they meet customers' quality standards (sample inspections).
• Manage QA inspectors to ensure consistent QA inspection service quality.
• Provide technical advice and support to ensure customers' specifications are met, including risk analysis during the development stage.
• Ensure products meet European regulatory requirements and work closely with third-party testing laboratories.
• Work with the Merchandising team during development to ensure products meet European requirements.
• Provide technical support to merchandisers, factories and customers to ensure product quality.
• Conduct technical audits of apparel factories and update the system; work with third parties to book audits.
• Review inspection reports and upload them to MQC.
• Follow up with factories on development and testing.
• Conduct inline and final product inspections and provide solutions to quality issues.

What you'll need

• BE / B.Tech / Diploma in Apparel, Fashion or Textile.
• 6-7 years of relevant experience.
• Strong product and material knowledge with good development skills; familiarity with merchandising and product development processes.
• Well-versed with apparel products.
• Well-versed with European regulatory requirements.
• Ability to work under pressure and be result-oriented.
• Good communication skills in speaking and writing to communicate with buyers and sellers.
• Ability to build strong relationships with cross-functional teams and communicate effectively with internal and external parties.
• Well-organized, able to manage multiple tasks, strong problem-solving skills, and able to meet deadlines.
• Well-versed with MS Team applications such as Outlook and PowerPoint.

Nice to have

• Preferably from an agency, factory or buying house background.

Details

• Location: Vapi, Gujarat.
• Product category: Apparel - Suiting's Business.
• Frequent domestic and occasional international travel as required.