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Job Description
Assistant Manager – QA (TBR Curing & Final Finish) Department: Quality Assurance | Grade: M1 Functional Role: Plant TBR Process QA Reports to: Manager – TBR Plant Quality Team: Shift Auditors 1. Position Summary Drive process improvement and ensure product conformity to specifications and process standards, eliminating waste, defects and rework in-house and at the customer end. 2. Key Result Areas (KRAs)
• Audit Compliance: Complete 100% of planned process and product audits and close findings on time.
• Non-Compliance Analysis: Conduct parameter-wise analysis to identify deviation drivers and prevent recurrence.
• Internal Quality: Reduce internal cure tyre defects.
• Warranty & Complaints: Reduce warranty claims and customer complaints; ensure timely closure.
• Mould Quality: Inspect new, transferred and in-use moulds; ensure daily inspections, SAP release before use and accurate mould grading.
• PDI: Ensure Pre-Dispatch Inspection (PDI) compliance and prevent inspection escapes. 3.

Key Responsibilities
A. In-Process Quality Control
• Develop and implement quality control and inspection procedures for TBR curing and final-finish processes; ensure stage-wise product quality and standards compliance.
• Conduct Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), review control plans, and support verification and validation of process changes.
• Stop the line and quarantine affected parts during process deviations.
• Promote quality standards and correct working practices on the shop floor. B. Mould Management
• Inspect recent and transferred moulds at vendor sites and in the plant before release.




• Ensure daily inspections, closure of findings, recording of results and mould release in SAP (QA32).
• Maintain SAP mould grades based on inspection results. C. Inspection & Testing
• Monitor visual inspection, X-Ray, shearography, ROB and PDI.
• Guide shift auditors on special follow-ups; review inspection trends, recurring issues, line and set-up rejections, and drive corrective actions.
• Participate in DWM, rejection meetings and Statistical Process Control (SPC) discussions. D. Defect Analysis & Corrective Action
• Analyse deviations, defects and non-compliances to identify root causes, patterns and critical process parameters.
• Review Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports, verify corrective actions and ensure adherence to quality norms. E. Warranty & Customer Complaints
• Review warranty part analysis and customer complaints.
• Identify production process gaps contributing to warranty claims and drive improvements through analysis and process improvement. F. Audits, Safety & Compliance
• Prepare audit calendars and conduct process and product audits.
• Ensure SOP compliance and closure of audit findings.
• Coordinate customer, ISO and IATF external audits.
• Monitor safety practices and procedures. G. MIS & Documentation
• Maintain procedures, flowcharts and documentation aligned with quality standards, QMS requirements and Customer Specific Requirements.
• Track KPIs and report rejected tyres, scrap, critical parameters, premature failures Competencies Quality Adherence Driving Continuous Improvement Problem Solving Working with Diverse Populations Critical Thinking Communicating Effectively Managing Time

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