Are you ready to join a team that’s driving the future of lubricants & beyond and setting new industry standards? Discover how our diverse and passionate people at Castrol are shaping the industry – and how you can be part of this journey.We’re seeking versatile experts who share our passion for innovation and excellence. Bring your outstanding perspective, collaborative spirit, and challenge our thinking as we continue to lead the way in the lubricants market & build businesses beyond lubricants. This is your chance to learn, grow, and thrive in a dynamic and inclusive organization.
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Castrol is a global leader in lubricants and part of the bp Group, one of the world’s largest energy companies. In India, Castrol is a publicly listed company, leading in the Automotive, Industrial, and Marine lubricant sectors. With iconic brands, relentless innovation, strong customer relationships, and a team of highly motivated employees, we have maintained our market leadership in India for over a century. Our robust manufacturing and distribution network in India helps us reach consumers through more than 135,000 outlets.At Castrol, success knows no bounds. We offer a fast-paced learning environment where you can develop your career, whether in specialized functions or on a general management track. Castrol India has a proud legacy of championing top talent for leadership roles, both locally and globally.We are currently looking for
Assistant Manager - Quality Control
based at
Patalganga Plant
with details mentioned below.
Let me tell you about the role!
The Assistant Manager – Quality will be responsible for supporting Quality Control and Quality Assuranceoperations at the Patalganga manufacturing facility and 3rd party manufacturing site tagged to plant.This role ensures full compliance with Global Quality standards, IATF certification requirements, legal andlab safety protocols, and customer-specific expectations. The incumbent will take care of shift-levelquality management and take ownership of delivering key Cost saving & Continuous improvementinitiatives. Role needs to take ownership of Quality delivery from 3rd party manufacturing site and NewProduct Introduction (NPI) feasibility review & commercialization at 3rd party manufacturing site
What will you deliver?
Shift Quality Management at Patalganga Plant
- Provide real-time quality support during shift operations. -Ensure accurate formulation verification and alignment of SCADA Blending software recipes with BOM
- (Bill of Material) in ERP -Upload label vision programs for new SKUs to ensure packaging accuracy. -Implement changes in ERP as per initiated change requests, ensuring system accuracy and traceability.
- Test plan updations in ERP -Develop and execute an annual QC testing plan for all blended products. Coordinate sample submission to TD and maintain a repository of test results.
3rd Party manufacturing site Quality oversight
- The role includes responsibility for quality performance at one of the third-party manufacturing sites aligned with the Patalganga plant.
- Conduct process and Quality critical equipment audits/health checks at the third-party site, maintain action repositories and ensure timely closure of identified gaps.
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI) feasibility assessments and provide commercialization support.
What will make you successful?
Educational Qualification / Certification
5-8 years of Laboratory / Quality Control / Quality assurance experience is essential.Familiarity with blending/batch manufacturing processes, QC /QA exposure in lubricant/Paint /FMCG isdesired
Knowledge / Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical Engineering/M.SC in Chemistry
- Language fluency in Marathi, Hindi and English (Written and spoken)
- Knowledge of QMS requirements, Six sigma methodologies
- Good communication skills with the ability to liaise directly with internal customers and external
- parties.
- Laboratory skills include safety leadership, analytical techniques and practices, and problems
- solving, Lab trails & validations using DOE
- Digital fluency in Office 365 tools
- Need to work in shifts to support the operations
You will work with
Internal: Operations Team, supply and Distribution Team, Engineering team, Corporate Quality and Technology Deployment (R&D) TeamExternal: Customers and Consumers, Third Party Manufacturing and Lab Equipment Vendors
Culture
bp believes in creating a culture that allows you to live our purpose, play to win while caring for others - and there is a huge focus on diversity equity and inclusion. We are a very open and respectful organization, where there is a lot of respect given to listening to all perspectives and hence people are encouraged to speak up, contribute at all levels irrespective of level or department.The marketing team is a bunch of young and passionate individuals from varied backgrounds, and we thrive on being able to learn from each other as well as a lot of external orientation from the best in the industry. we deeply value partnerships especially with our sales colleagues and strongly believe in the power of unleashing one team to be able to break barriers, challenge status quo and create new achievements.
Why join our team?
We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
