Location: RG Plant, Pune, India
Function: Corporate Quality
Reports to: Country Quality Leader, 3M India
Job Summary
- As a Corporate Quality Manager at 3M India, you will play a vital role in advancing our corporate quality objectives. You will be responsible for overseeing and strengthening Quality Management Systems (QMS), managing supplier complaints, handling quality holds, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards such as BIS QCO and label requirements. Additionally, you will support initiatives like shelf-life management, product lifecycle governance including new product introductions and change management and drive key quality improvement metrics across India operations.
- You will work cross-functionally with Business, R&D;, Manufacturing Plants, Warehousing, Customer Service, Legal, Sourcing, and Supply Chain teams internally, as well as with certification bodies externally.

This role demands a solid strategic and hands-on approach to reducing Cost of Quality (COQ), customer credits, quality scrap, and ensuring robust audit compliance.




Key ResponsibilitiesQuality Systems & Compliance
- Lead and maintain QMS effectiveness across India in accordance with IATF 16949, ISO 9001, AS9100, and Customer Specific Requirements.
- Implement QMS in new operations or areas as needed.
- Coordinate internal audit programs; ensure timely CAPA closures.
- Act as liaison with external certification bodies to manage audits.
- Support BIS Quality Control Order (QCO) implementation and ensure ongoing compliance.
- Ensure label compliance across products and geographies.

Data & Metrics
- Compile and analyze quality KPIs and metrics using Power BI; prepare dashboards and recommend action plans.
- Monitor blocked inventory; collaborate with relevant teams for systemic improvement and issue resolution.
- Approve scrap-related decisions while ensuring quality compliance.
- Manage and monitor shelf-life controls, lot traceability, and FIFO implementation.

Supplier & Produ

📌 QMS Manager (Pune)
🏢 3M India
📍 Pune