Quality Control Director Jobs Dubai UAE 2026

Huda Beauty — launched by Huda Kattan in 2013 and one of the world’s fastest growing beauty brands — is looking for a Quality Control Director in Dubai to lead the End-to-End Quality pole of Product Operations. You will own the quality system and give an independent assessment of quality risk across the whole product lifecycle, from supplier and contract manufacturer qualification and homologation, through release, to post-launch surveillance and CAPA. The aim is simple: turn quality data into prevention, lower the cost of poor quality (COPQ), and strengthen supplier accountability so consumers and the Huda Beauty brand are protected.

Company: Huda Beauty — a beauty brand with a vision of a democratized beauty industry, driven by purpose rather than profit and a commitment to business excellence and kindness

Reporting Context: Gives an independent view of quality risk to the VP, Product Operations and the Newness Committee

Operating Model: A brand with outsourced manufacturing — quality is delivered through contract manufacturers, component suppliers, and 3PL partners

Scope: Quality strategy, development quality and homologation, supplier and production quality, product release, post-launch complaints, CAPA, crisis management, and COPQ

Seniority and Type: Director level, full-time

Why This Quality Director Role at Huda Beauty Stands Out

Real Authority: The role owns the quality system, co-signs pilot and final homologation (formula and pack), and can hold product that does not meet release criteria

Independent Voice: You give leadership an independent, fact-based view of quality risk — a position of genuine influence over what reaches consumers

Full Lifecycle Ownership: From supplier qualification to recall readiness, you cover the whole path a product takes from brief to consumer

High-Profile Brand: Quality leadership at a globally recognized beauty brand is a standout credential in cosmetics and consumer goods

The Quality Control Director defines and owns the end-to-end quality strategy, standards, and quality management system, and leads the Quality pole through strong leads with clear decision rights. You will confirm each project’s risk score and development pathway at the brief, define critical quality attributes, acceptance criteria, and test strategy with Packaging and Product Development, co-sign pilot and final homologation, and qualify suppliers and contract manufacturers before launch. You will set quality agreements, AQL, and control plans, ensure contract manufacturers operate to cosmetic GMP (ISO 22716), own incoming, in-process, and finished goods controls and product release, govern deviations, concessions, and change control, run supplier audits and scorecards, monitor complaints and quality trends after launch, own CAPA governance, lead the Crisis Cell with Legal, track COPQ with Finance, and coach and develop the quality team.

Why This Quality Control Director Role Stands Out: You hold decision rights over homologation and release — including the authority to hold product — which makes this a role with real consequences and real influence, you cover both formula and packaging quality across outsourced manufacturing, which is a demanding and highly marketable combination in beauty and personal care, leading the Crisis Cell from first alert to closed corrective action develops senior crisis and recall leadership skills that few quality roles offer, tracking COPQ with Finance and driving supplier accountability links quality directly to business results, and building and coaching a quality function in a fast-growing global beauty brand gives you the leadership scope that director-level quality professionals look for.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Strategy & Leadership

• Define and own the end-to-end quality strategy, standards, and quality management system
• Give an independent view of quality risk to the VP, Product Operations and the Newness Committee
• Lead the Quality pole through strong leads with clear decision rights
• Size the team from real workload and portfolio risk

Development Quality & Homologation

• Confirm each project’s risk score and development pathway at the brief
• Define critical quality attributes, acceptance criteria, and test strategy with Packaging and Product Development
• Independently co-sign pilot homologation and final homologation, covering both formula and pack
• Qualify suppliers and contract manufacturers for quality capability before launch

Supplier, Production & Release Quality

• Set quality agreements, AQL, and control plans with suppliers, contract manufacturers, and 3PL partners
• Ensure contract manufacturers operate to cosmetic GMP (ISO 22716)
• Own incoming, in-process, and finished goods controls, and product release — and hold product that does not meet release criteria
• Govern deviations, concessions, and change control together with Packaging
• Run supplier audits and quality scorecards, and feed Procurement business reviews

Post-Launch, CAPA & Crisis Management

• Monitor complaints, reviews, retailer feedback, and quality trends
• Own CAPA governance, from root cause to evidence of closure
• Lead the Crisis Cell from first alert to closed corrective action, working with Legal
• Separate design-origin issues from supply-origin issues, and drive supplier accountability and recovery with Procurement, Legal, and Finance
• Track COPQ with Finance and target the largest sources of loss

Quality Records, Learning Loop & Digital Tools

• Keep a project quality record of each step, deviation, and action, ready to extract
• Drive digital quality tools and data, linked to internal tools
• Feed lessons learned into specifications, design rules, and Kaizen priorities

Leadership, Coaching & Cross-Functional Partnership

• Lead, coach, and develop quality managers, specialists, and technologists, and build quality capability across Product Operations, suppliers, and contract manufacturers
• Act as a role model for independent, fact-based judgment
• Partner with Packaging, Product Development, Regulatory, Procurement, Supply Chain, Legal, Finance, and consumer care teams
• Support cosmetic and packaging regulatory conformity, including PPWR, with Regulatory
• Present quality performance, risks, and decisions needed to leadership, and escalate unresolved critical quality risks through the agreed governance route

Qualifications & Requirements

Required

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Pharmacy, or a related science
• 12+ years in quality, including leadership roles in beauty, personal care, or adjacent regulated consumer goods
• Proven experience running quality for a brand with outsourced manufacturing (contract manufacturers and component suppliers)
• Deep knowledge of cosmetic GMP (ISO 22716), quality management systems (ISO 9001), AQL sampling, and release
• Solid understanding of both formula and packaging quality, including compatibility and functional testing
• Track record in supplier audits, qualification, CAPA, and crisis or recall management
• Experience building a quality function and leading managers
• Data-driven approach using COPQ, quality KPIs, and statistical tools
• Awareness of cosmetic and packaging regulations in key markets (EU, US, GCC), in partnership with Regulatory
• Track record of independent, fact-based judgment, staying firm under pressure and constructive with partners

 About Huda Beauty — Purpose Over Profit

Huda Beauty‘s vision is to lead in creating a democratized beauty industry where power is given back to people to define, create, and enjoy beauty for themselves. Launched in 2013 by award-winning beauty entrepreneur Huda Kattan, it has become one of the world’s fastest growing beauty brands. The company describes itself as fueled by purpose and not profit, which lets it approach things differently — creating products, content, and a community with a focus on business excellence and unwavering kindness.

Huda Beauty is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams and an equal employment workplace free from discrimination, and it provides reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process on request.

Career Excellence: Lead quality for a globally loved beauty brand from Dubai — where your independent judgment, supplier accountability, and prevention-first approach protect consumers and the brand every day.

 Who Should Apply?

• Senior Quality Leaders in Beauty & Personal Care: With 12+ years in quality, including leadership roles in cosmetics, personal care, or adjacent regulated consumer goods
• Outsourced-Manufacturing Quality Experts: Who have run quality through contract manufacturers, component suppliers, and 3PL partners
• ISO 22716 and ISO 9001 Specialists: With deep knowledge of cosmetic GMP, AQL sampling, and product release decisions
• CAPA, Recall, and Crisis Leaders: With a record of handling complaints, root cause analysis, and recall or crisis situations from alert to closure
• Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Engineering Graduates: Who have grown into leadership and can combine data, supplier management, and firm independent judgment

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