Job Summary

Lead and drive overall Process Quality function across the DF Plant to ensure product quality, process excellence, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

- Manage quality assurance activities for New Product Development (NPD) projects from design validation to mass production launch.
- Ensure implementation of APQP, PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, PPAP, and Process Validation requirements for all recent products.
- Drive process compliance across manufacturing operations through regular audits, assessments, and improvement actions.
- Ensure adherence to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) requirements, engineering change management, and controlled documentation practices.
- Lead Dojo training initiatives to strengthen shopfloor competency, process understanding, and quality culture.
- Develop and deploy skill matrices, certification programs, and periodic quality awareness training across functions.
- Act as IMS Coordinator and ensure compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, for internal audits and MRM and other IMS documents compliance along with BIQ.
- Lead internal, external, customer, and certification audits and ensure timely closure of audit observations.
- Drive compliance to BIS, BEE, and other statutory/regulatory requirements related to products and manufacturing processes.
- Coordinate product certification activities, surveillance audits,



and regulatory approvals.
- Ensure robust product reliability systems through testing, validation, failure analysis, and continuous improvement actions.
- Govern LAB operations including equipment calibration, testing methodologies, compliance, and NABL/related quality requirements.
- Establish periodic review mechanisms for product reliability performance and field quality feedback, and COPQ data monitoring of plant.
- Lead Cross Functional Teams (CFT) involving Manufacturing, R&D;, SCM, Production, Service, and Industrial Engineering for quality improvement initiatives.
- Drive problem-solving activities using 8D, Why-Why Analysis, Fishbone Diagram, 7 QC Tools, FMEA, and Six Sigma methodologies.
- Monitor key quality KPIs including FPY, COPQ, In-process Rejection, Customer Complaints, Reliability Failures, and Audit Scores.
- Identify and execute continuous improvement projects to enhance productivity, quality performance, and customer satisfaction.
- Support digital quality initiatives, dashboard management, and quality data analytics for decision-making.
- Ensure effective deployment of quality standards, SOPs, and best practices across the plant.
- Mentor and develop process quality engineers and team members to build a high-performance quality organization.

📌 Quality Assurance Professional (MIDC)
🏢 Blue Star
📍 MIDC