Responsibilities:

- Ensure service readiness for current product launches, including SOPs, technical training, tools, spares, troubleshooting and field support.

- Analyse customer VOC, field data, product failures and service trends to identify quality gaps, recurring issues and improvement opportunities.

- Lead RCA, CAPA and corrective actions for critical and recurring product/service quality issues in collaboration with Engineering, Plant Quality,Manufacturing,Marketing and Service Operations.

- Drive Field Fix implementation for identified product and technical issues, ensuring effective execution, compliance and closure across the service network

- Drive P4G and TCQ initiatives to reduce Cost of Poor Quality, warranty costs, repeat repairs, material consumption, avoidable visits and other service-related costs.

- Establish effective control over customer machine replacements and Under-Warranty (UW) costs, ensuring appropriate validation, approvals and cost governance.

- Manage coordination with FPS vendors for technical interventions, product quality issues, field actions and resolution of critical cases.





- Drive technical capability development of Service Engineers, Master Engineers and Service Partners through targeted training, certification and technical interventions.

- Own LMS platform management for the categories, ensuring training content, curriculum, certification, completion and capability tracking are effectively managed.

- Drive SBOM readiness and MSL review for new and existing products, ensuring adequate parts availability based on failure trends, installed base and service requirements.

- Monitor and improve Service Partner quality performance through audits, scorecards, governance reviews and structured improvement plans.

- Establish early-warning mechanisms and quality dashboards to proactively identify product, process and service quality risks.

- Benchmark best practices and lead continuous improvement and quality transformation projects across the service network.

Preferred skills and experiences

8+ years in Consumer Durables, HVAC, Refrigeration or related industries, with strong service and field operations exposure

📌 Service Quality Lead - Refrigerator and Air conditioners (Gurugram)
🏢 Whirlpool
📍 Gurugram