Senior General Manager/Assistant Vice President - Quality - Apparel Manufacturing Industry

Mandatory: Only candidates from Apparel industry are preferred.

Job Description: Senior GM/ AVP - Quality

Position Summary:

- The Head of Quality provides strategic leadership for the quality function across the organization's apparel manufacturing operations.

- Responsible for developing and implementing quality systems that ensure compliance with customer requirements, global standards, and continuous improvement in product integrity.

- Acts as a key business partner to manufacturing, merchandising, and sourcing to ensure right-first-time production and enhance customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Quality Leadership

- Define and implement the company's quality strategy aligned with business and customer requirements.

- Establish and enforce global quality standards, procedures, and governance across all factories/units.

- Act as the senior interface with international buyers/brands on quality and compliance matters.

2. Quality Systems & Compliance

- Lead Quality Management Systems (QMS), audits (internal, buyer, and third-party), and certifications (ISO, WRAP, etc.).

- Ensure compliance with customer quality manuals, AQL standards, and regulatory requirements.

- Build risk management systems for proactive quality control.

3. Product Integrity & Customer Satisfaction

- Ensure right-first-time execution through inline, end-line, and final inspection strategies.

- Collaborate with design/technical teams on product development, PP samples, and fit approvals.

- Actively reduce DHU (Defects per Hundred Units), claims, and rework across units.

4. Continuous Improvement & Excellence

- Champion Lean, Six Sigma, and problem-solving methodologies to improve quality and efficiency.

- Implement digital quality tools, data dashboards, and analytics for real-time monitoring.

- Benchmark best practices from global apparel manufacturing to enhance quality competitiveness.

5. Leadership & People Development

- Lead, mentor, and develop senior quality managers, factory quality heads, and auditors.

- Build training frameworks for operators, line supervisors, and QA/QC teams.

- Foster a culture of quality ownership across all levels of the organization.

Qualifications & Skills:

- Bachelor's/Master's degree in Textile Engineering, Garment Technology, or related field.

- 18-25 years of progressive experience in apparel quality management, with at least 8-10 years in senior role.

- Proven track record of managing quality across multiple large factories.

- Strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills; ability to influence senior stakeholders and buyers.