Quality Manager

Quality Manager – Leather Goods Manufacturing
Company: AH Group of Companies – Sara Leather Industries
Location: Sevoor, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Employment Type: Full-Time | On-Site
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Quality Manager with strong hands-on experience in leather goods manufacturing, particularly belts, wallets, bags and small leather goods.
The candidate will be responsible for managing and improving the complete QA/QC function, ensuring that products consistently meet customer specifications, approved samples and company quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage overall quality control across leather goods production, from raw material inspection to final packing.
- Establish and monitor quality standards, SOPs, inspection procedures and process controls.
- Monitor critical processes including cutting, skiving, folding, edge painting, stitching, embossing, hardware fixing, assembly and finishing.
- Conduct inline, end-line and final inspections and ensure timely corrective action.
- Identify defects, conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement CAPA to prevent recurrence.
- Monitor quality KPIs including rejection, rework, defects, First Pass Yield and customer complaints.
- Lead, train and develop the quality team.
- Work closely with Production, Merchandising, Procurement and Suppliers to resolve quality issues.
- Handle customer quality requirements, audits, complaints and corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement and Right-First-Time production.
Candidate Profile
- 8+ years of experience in Quality/QA/QC, preferably in leather goods, footwear or leather manufacturing.
- Strong practical knowledge of leather, workmanship and leather-goods manufacturing processes.
- Experience with AQL process audits and quality systems.
- Strong leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Must be hands-on, production-floor oriented and capable of driving quality independently.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001 / Lean / Six Sigma will be an advantage.
We are specifically looking for an experienced leather-industry quality professional, not a general manufacturing QA candidate.

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