Role and Responsibilities of General Manager Quality Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will mentor and develop the Quality Assurance department. You will work with Marketing and Production departments to ensure consistent quality of products as per customer specifications. For Quality Assurance, you will have the following PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: DRIVE quality achievement and continuous quality improvement throughout the organization. Completely responsible for quality of all parts / products supplied to the customer. This will include everything from ensuring specifications are met to overall management, direction and communication (internal and external), improvement plans based on customer feedback and internal feedback. Completely responsible for quality of all parts / products supplied by vendors. This will include everything from ensuring specifications are met to overall management, direction and communication (internal and external), improvement plans based on customer feedback and internal feedback. To support meeting of these objectives, the following will come within your purview: Develop, implement, communicate and maintain a quality plan to bring the Company's Quality Systems and Policies into compliance quality system requirements. Effectively interact with Production and Development teams to maintain product supply and help introduce new products. Work with purchasing staff to establish quality requirements from external suppliers. Ensure tests and procedures are properly understood, carried out and evaluated and that product modifications are investigated if necessary. Supervise technical staff in carrying out tests and checks. Write technical and management systems reports. Bring together staff of different disciplines and driving the group to plan, formulate and agree comprehensive quality procedures. Persuade reluctant staff to change their way of working to incorporate quality methods. Manage and maintain the Company's quality inspection and product release programs for incoming and in-process materials and components, processes and finished goods. Formulate and manage the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures and systems pertaining to the QA/QC. Set QA compliance objectives and ensure that targets are achieved. Maintain awareness of the business context and company profitability, including budgetary control issues. Assess the product specifications of the company and its suppliers and comparing with customer requirements. Establish clearly defined quality methods for staff to apply. Define quality procedures in conjunction with operating staff. Set up and maintain controls and documentation procedures. Liaison with customers auditors and ensuring the execution of corrective action and compliance with customers specifications. Establish standards of service for customers or clients. Monitor performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports. Identify relevant quality-related training needs and delivering training. Collate and analyze performance data and charts against defined parameters. Work on all documentation and other requirements for obtaining the IATF certification. Preferred Candidate from Automobile / Industrial Filter Manufacturing.

Role and Responsibilities of Sourcing Manager/Asst. Manager Reporting to the COO, you will be responsible for the companys end to end sourcing of products and services essential for our operations. In addition, you will work with Marketing, Quality, NPD and Production departments to ensure consistent quality of products as per customer specifications. You will have the following PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: Raw material availability: Ensure 100% availability of raw materials/bought out parts to meet (a) Order board (b) Production plan every month. Report on this and demonstrate improvement. To direct and coordinate all aspects of the Materials Management function including the planning, procurement, storage and distributing of raw materials to ensure that customer orders are fulfilled on time. Cost Reduction: Continuously work on improving raw material consumption ratio Managing Supplier Performance: Based on top 3 material shortages you need to develop a strategy of Supplier improvement/alternate vendor development plan and report on it. Also responsible for developing and managing all supplier relationships to continuously improve quality and delivery parameters and develop alternate vendors for all key components. Inventory planning: Ensure inventory at our end and supplier end to support demand as per 3 month rolling / sales inputs. To support meeting of these objectives, the following will come within your purview: Develop, implement and manage cross-functional, fully integrated planning process that incorporates make versus buy, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory, material and associated cost elements. Performs analysis of customer demand, sales forecasts and historical material usage to develop and execute build to order and build to forecast plans. Coordinate with cross-functional business teams to develop the best economic strategy for production planning to support customer demand. Establish and implement methods and best practices related to the systems and process that support inventory forecasting, purchasing, and material control. Work on improving inventory turns Local as well as Imported material Prepares customer delivery reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends and uses information to proactively communicate potential late deliveries. Establishes and supervises production scheduling activities by monitoring material inventories, tracking progress of production and reviewing factors that affect schedules. Develop and execute a sourcing strategy to meet the companys business growth and sourcing requirements. Identify, develop and manage effective relationships with existing and potential suppliers of goods and services to meet the established cost, quality and delivery targets. Establish, implement, and manage system to evaluate, monitor and report supplier scorecard performance. Adhere to established company policies, procedures, terms and conditions and legal matters that affect purchasing policies. Coordinate and work with quality, engineering, machining and assembly operations to ensure 100% on-time delivery by establishing and monitoring schedule to proactively identify and address any issues. Responsible for accuracy of inventory counts by implementing and managing, in conjunction with Finance, an inventory control system, capable of identifying discrepancies in inventory counts and taking corrective action to guard against inconsistencies in the future. Achieves financial objectives by working with management group to prepare the materials budget, schedule expenditures, analyze variances and initiate corrective actions. Participates as a member of the operations team in making cross-functional operational decisions. Collaborate with Manufacturing, Production Process & Quality to achieve cost reduction targets. Maintains a safe and healthy work environment. Preferred Candidate from Automobile / Industrial Filter Manufacturing.