Quality Head

Key Responsibilities

1. Quality Leadership & Strategy

• Define and implement the quality vision, policies, and objectives aligned with business goals
• Lead and mentor QA, RQC, and Final Inspection teams
• Drive a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement

2. RQC (Raw Material Quality Control)

• Ensure quality approval of raw materials.
• Establish inspection plans, testing standards, and supplier quality requirements
• Monitor supplier performance and lead supplier audits and development programs
• Handle raw material non-conformances and corrective actions

3. In-Process & Foundry Quality Control

• Ensure process controls across melting, molding, core making, pouring, fettling, heat treatment, and machining
• Implement SPC, control charts, and process capability studies
• Reduce internal rejection, rework, and scrap
• Support production for right-first-time casting

4. Final Quality & Customer Assurance

• Ensure compliance of final castings to dimensional, metallurgical, and visual standards
• Oversee final inspection, testing, and dispatch approvals
• Lead customer interactions for quality issues, audits, and APQP reviews
• Manage customer complaints, 8D reports, and closure of corrective actions

5. Quality Assurance Systems

• Maintain and improve IATF 16949 / ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 systems
• Ensure compliance with APQP, PPAP, MSA, SPC, FMEA
• Lead internal audits, management reviews, and external certification audits
• Ensure document control, calibration, and traceability systems

6. Continuous Improvement & Problem Solving

• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) using 7 QC tools, 5 Why, Fishbone
• Drive Kaizen, Six Sigma, Poka-Yoke, and cost-of-poor-quality reduction
• Track and improve KPIs: PPM, rejection %, customer complaints, audit scores

7. Compliance & Safety Support

• Ensure compliance with automotive, environmental, and safety standards
• Support EHS initiatives related to quality and process control

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong knowledge of automotive casting processes (CI/SG/Al casting preferred)
• Expertise in RQC, Final Inspection, QA Systems
• Excellent customer handling and audit management skills
• Strong analytical, leadership, and communication abilities
• Proficiency in quality tools and problem-solving methodologies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical / Metallurgy / Production Engineering
• 10+ years of experience in automotive casting quality (with leadership exposure)
• Certifications in IATF 16949, Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt) preferred

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Customer PPM & complaint reduction
• Internal rejection & scrap rate
• Audit scores (internal & external)
• On-time PPAP approvals
• Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹60,000.00 - ₹90,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Leave encashment
• Paid sick time
• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person