About the Role
As Quality Manager, you lead the plant quality function to deliver zero-defect manufacturing, exceed customer expectations, and ensure compliance with OEM, IATF, and regulatory standards. You drive a culture of continuous improvement by leveraging robust quality systems, data-driven decision-making, and disciplined problem-solving. Through robust leadership and collaboration across manufacturing, engineering, supplier quality, and customer teams, you enable operational excellence in quality performance and customer satisfaction while developing a high-performing quality organization.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the site quality function to consistently achieve world-class quality performance, customer satisfaction, and compliance with OEM and industry standards.
• Champion zero-defect manufacturing by driving proactive quality planning, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement initiatives across welding and assembly operations.
• Lead customer quality management activities, including customer complaints, audits, issue resolution,
and timely closure of corrective actions.
• Ensure effective implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Quality Management System (QMS) in compliance with IATF 16949, ISO standards, and customer-specific requirements.
• Drive defect reduction initiatives through structured problem-solving methodologies and implementation of Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) reduction strategies.
• Oversee Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Measurement System Analysis (MSA), Control Plans, and implementation of 7QC tools.
• Lead root cause analysis, corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes, and systematic containment activities for internal and external quality concerns.
• Partner with manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, supplier quality, and customer teams to resolve quality issu
📌 Quality Manager (Hosur)
🏢 Tenneco
📍 Hosur