Responsibilities / Tasks
- Overall responsibility for Quality Management and Integrated Management Systems (such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and other applicable standards) within GEA India
- Functionally leading the Quality Teams in India.
- Ensure alignment with global GEA quality standards, policies and governance requirements
- Drive harmonization, implementation, governance, and continuous improvement of the IMS processes
- Plan, coordinate, execute and follow‑up on internal, external and certification audits.
- Definition, implementation and monitoring of measures to sustainably improve product, process and system quality
- Support quality ownership across the engineering lifecycle, including design quality, engineering change management, and quality requirements for product adaptations and new developments.
- Provide governance and oversight for supplier and subcontractor quality, including qualification, development, audits and performance monitoring.
- Provide governance and oversight end‑to‑end quality for white‑label and outsourced components,



products and services, ensuring transparent responsibilities and effective quality controls.
- Close collaboration with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement and Local/Global Quality functions
- Prepare and monitor quality KPIs, audit outcomes, management review inputs, and improvement dashboards for India.
- Establish supplier quality governance, escalation mechanisms, supplier audit plans, and performance review cadence in collaboration with Procurement and Supply Chain
- Provide functional guidance and governance to production site quality stakeholders
- Promote a strong culture of quality compliance and ownership as well as continuous improvement across functions and locations.
- Work closely with the Country MD India for country-level priorities, risk escalation, and alignment on quality and IMS governance
- Act as the interface between India operations and regional / global quality and IMS stakeho

📌 Head of Quality and IMS India (Vadodara)
🏢 GEA
📍 Vadodara