Quality Control Supervisor
Sun King
Quality Assurance, People & HR, Operations
Kenya
Posted on Sep 25, 2025
Job Location: Tatu City, Kenya
About the role:
The job holder will be in charge of developing, implementing, and maintaining quality standards across products, processes, or services to ensure they meet customer and regulatory requirements. Their primary roles and scope of work include designing quality assurance systems, conducting root cause evaluation, developing inspection protocols, and identifying areas for continuous improvement.
About the role:
The job holder will be in charge of developing, implementing, and maintaining quality standards across products, processes, or services to ensure they meet customer and regulatory requirements. Their primary roles and scope of work include designing quality assurance systems, conducting root cause evaluation, developing inspection protocols, and identifying areas for continuous improvement.
- Department
- Research & Procurement
- Employment Type
- Permanent - Full Time
- Location
- Kenya
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Reporting To
- Manufacturing Project Manager
What you would be expected to do:
- Design and implement quality control procedures for all stages of the smartphone manufacturing process.
- Conduct meticulous inspections and tests on raw materials, components, and finished smartphones to identify defects and ensure they meet specifications and standards.
- Evaluate test results and quality data using techniques like Statistical Process Control (SPC) to identify patterns, trends, and areas for improvement.
- Steer investigations into quality-related issues, establish their root causes, and develop effective corrective and preventive actions.
- Evaluate potential suppliers and ensure the quality of incoming materials and components meets required standards.
- Create and maintain detailed, accurate records of all quality control activities, inspections, tests, and procedures.
- Conduct internal and potentially external audits to verify adherence to quality standards and regulations.
- Work closely with other engineering teams, production, and management to resolve quality issues and improve overall product quality and process efficiency.
- Train production staff and quality control staff on quality control procedures, best practices, and new quality standards.
- Ensure that all processes and products comply with relevant industry standards, government regulations, and company policies.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement within the manufacturing environment to enhance product quality and efficiency.
- Manage the calibration of all measuring instruments and equipment used for quality control purposes to ensure accuracy.
You might be a strong candidate if you:
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial engineering, or related field.
- Possess 2–5 years of experience in quality assurance or manufacturing environment preferably in electronic assembly or repair industries for smartphones, televisions, fridges or precision manufacturing.
- Have working knowledge of ISO, Six Sigma, Lean, and quality auditing techniques.
- Are proficient in data evaluation tools like Minitab, Excel, SPC software, etc.
- Demonstrate excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills .
- Have the ability to conduct In-depth root-cause evaluation with best practice RCA techniques.
- Possess hands-on experience with supplier quality management or regulatory audits.
What we offer:
- An opportunity to grow as a professional in a dynamic, fast growing, high impact industry;
- The chance to work in an open minded, collaborative culture surrounded by enthusiastic Greenlighters who are driven by the challenge of continuously innovating and growing a smart, sustainable business with profound impact on the world;
- A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds. Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Greenlight Academy.
We place great importance on sustaining a diverse, inclusive work environment.
We believe that diversity (of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, personality type, perspective, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different) enriches innovation and our competitiveness in the market.
We strive to ensure diverse perspectives inform critical decisions, and we actively work towards ensuring all Greenlighters feel like they belong. We also know that sustaining an inclusive workplace requires conscious effort and is a continuous journey, not an end-state.
Greenlight recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes individuals based on experiences and demonstrated job performance, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, HIV/AIDS status, disability, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.
We believe that diversity (of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, personality type, perspective, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different) enriches innovation and our competitiveness in the market.
We strive to ensure diverse perspectives inform critical decisions, and we actively work towards ensuring all Greenlighters feel like they belong. We also know that sustaining an inclusive workplace requires conscious effort and is a continuous journey, not an end-state.
Greenlight recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes individuals based on experiences and demonstrated job performance, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, HIV/AIDS status, disability, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.
About Sun King
Sun King is the world’s leading off-grid solar energy company, combining cutting-edge product design, fintech, and field operations to deliver energy access for the 1.8 billion people who live without an affordable and reliable electric-grid connection. Sun King has connected more than 20 million homes to solar power across Africa and Asia, adding over 200,000 homes each month.
Sun King makes solar products affordable to low-income households and businesses via ‘pay-as-you-go’ purchase financing. Sun King installs solar after customers pay a small deposit. Customers then make small, manageable payments of as little as US $0.11 a day via mobile money or cash.
Instead of paying for expensive, polluting, and health-damaging kerosene for lighting or diesel for power, customers unlock savings through accessing solar power and after one to two years of payments, customers own their solar equipment outright. To date, our Sun King solar products have saved customers more than $4 billion cumulatively.
Sun King collects payments digitally through mobile money systems and its 28,000 field agents — over 650,000 payments each day. Embedded electronics inside each Sun King device regulate usage based on payments, similar to the operation of a pre-paid mobile or electricity meter.
Sun King collects payments digitally through mobile money systems and its 28,000 field agents — over 650,000 payments each day. Embedded electronics inside each Sun King device regulate usage based on payments, similar to the operation of a pre-paid mobile or electricity meter.
From cost-effective solar systems that provide home lighting and phone charging to robust solar inverters that can power high-energy appliances such as laptops, computers, refrigerators, and more, effectively acting as a full stand-in for grid power, Sun King’s products cater to a wide range of income segments and energy needs. Leveraging its proven distribution network and brand, Sun King is expanding its range of products and services to encompass clean cooking, electric mobility, entertainment, and more, aiming to address the needs of our underserved customers.
Sun King employs 2,800 full-time staff in 12 countries, with specialties spanning product design, data science, logistics, customer service, sales, software, operations, and more — all with a passion to serve off-grid families.
Sun King is committed to gender diversity in the workplace. Women represent 44% of Sun King’s workforce.
