Auditor, QA/QC

About the company

Centric Brands is a global lifestyle brand group that creates, sources, promotes, and sells premium products across several categories, including women’s, men’s, and children’s apparel, accessories, entertainment, and beauty. The organization is driven by customer focus, brand growth, innovation, creativity, and a thoughtful balance of analysis and bold ideas. It also values respect, teamwork, and the effort required to achieve shared goals and build a strong future together.

Role overview

The Auditor, QA/QC role supports quality assurance activities in Kenya, with responsibility for ensuring production quality, inspection readiness, factory compliance, and timely communication with internal teams and factories.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the quality assurance function for Kenya.
• Coordinate fit reviews, pre-production approvals, and pre-production meetings.
• Carry out inline checks and final inspections.
• Monitor production work-in-progress and escalate issues to Asia Leads and North America Leads.
• Share inspection outcomes for each production order with the head office.
• Inspect packaging materials, assembly, execution, and sticker application in full.
• Prepare and circulate daily quality inspection updates.
• Maintain work-in-progress records and tracking systems.
• Handle licensor and customer QA requirements with factories, including packing instructions.
• Perform factory audits and follow corrective action plans.
• Track approvals for color, bulk fabric, and trims.
• Support sample reviews and special requests from product development and design.
• Coordinate QA matters with factories, including packing instructions.
• Review reports and assist in resolving quality-related problems.
• Support compliance activities, onboarding, and corrective actions.
• Assist with vendor allocation and sourcing strategy coordination.
• Check and send official purchase orders to factories and update delivery dates in SAP.
• Work with sales teams on quantity, delivery, and direct shipment booking issues across HFC, CPO, and PO processes.

Candidate profile

The ideal candidate brings hands-on quality assurance experience in the textile or garment sector, along with strong technical understanding of apparel construction, fabrication, trims, and print methods. The role requires a detail-focused professional who can juggle multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and communicate clearly across teams.

Required skills and knowledge

• Practical experience in quality assurance or the textile industry
• Understanding of garment construction, fabric types, trims, and printing techniques
• Awareness of current QA/QC practices and standards
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work to deadlines
• Clear verbal and written communication
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe tools, and Excel
• Ability to work with factories and internal stakeholders
• Knowledge of inspection and audit processes
• Familiarity with SAP and production tracking workflows

Education

A bachelor’s degree in Textile or a related discipline is required.

Additional information

This is a full-time, on-site position based in Nairobi County, Kenya.