»

Date: 13 Sept 2026

Location: Chittoor, AP, IN

job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; }

Company: Hero Motocorp

Function

Procurement

Pay Band

E3 & Below

Role

Category Engineer - Proprietary (SCQ - P)

A purpose driven role for you

Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:
1. Supplier Quality Assurance: Ensure the receipt of high-quality parts and services from suppliers through robust supplier evaluations, audits, and compliance checks.

2. Supplier Development: Facilitate, handhold, and upgrade Supply Chain Partners (SCPs) through training and special capability improvement projects.

3. Quality Sustenance: Secure quality and delivery sustenance for new model launches, multi-sourcing setups, and mass production.

A Day in the life

You will be working on day-to-day basis on following:
1. Supplier Audits & Quality Control: A significant portion of the day is spent conducting product and process audits at supplier locations to address sporadic quality issues. This includes verifying Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI)



reports with marked samples, inspecting die and mold parts for disposal, and verifying TA markings, COP, and emission parameters.

2. Problem Analysis & Action Implementation: The engineer actively identifies and validates the root causes of product nonconformances across incoming lots, warranty defects, and final/business unit quality issues (FI, MI, BUQI, VTQI, KD). They also monitor the effectiveness of these actions and ensure suppliers submit and approve Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) against Quality Failure Reports (QFRs).

3. Supplier Upgradation & Support: Time is dedicated to facilitating and handholding suppliers to upgrade their quality ratings. This involves planning and executing special projects (like IMP Projects) at the supplier's end and working to improve the quality rate of critical parts.

4. Current Model & Change Management: The role requires managing risks during mass production by ensuring qua

📌 Category Engineer (Chittoor)
🏢 Hero Moto
📍 Chittoor