Senior Manager - Quality

Job Title: Senior Manager, Quality

Location: Mandideep / Bhopal, India
Department: Quality
Reports To: General Manager – Operations / Director – Operations

Role Summary

The Senior Quality Manager will lead the company’s quality function to ensure that Powerlux products — Silent Generators, Lighting Towers, and fabricated components — consistently meet customer expectations, international standards, and regulatory requirements. The role demands strategic oversight of quality systems, hands-on problem-solving in production, and strong collaboration across departments to drive a culture of continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

1. Quality System Leadership

• Develop, implement, and maintain ISO, BIS, CE, and other applicable quality management systems.
• Ensure compliance with IS/ISO 8528 and other product-specific standards.
• Conduct internal quality audits and prepare for external audits or customer inspections.

2. Product & Process Quality

• Define and monitor critical quality parameters for sheet metal fabrication, genset assembly, panel assembly, and final product testing.
• Approve quality plans (QAP), inspection test plans (ITP), and process control documents.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for non-conformities using tools such as 8D, Fishbone, FMEA, and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

3. Supplier Quality Management

• Audit and qualify key suppliers for engines, alternators, sheet metal, and other components.
• Establish incoming material inspection criteria and supplier performance rating systems.
• Drive supplier improvement programs to reduce defects and cost of poor quality.

4. Customer Focus & Compliance

• Address customer complaints, warranty issues, and field failures with structured problem resolution.
• Ensure documentation and certifications are in place for domestic and export markets.
• Liaise with regulatory bodies and certification agencies for product approvals.

5. Team Development & Culture

• Build and lead a team of quality engineers, inspectors, and auditors across fabrication and assembly units.
• Provide training on quality tools, standards, and processes to drive awareness and ownership.
• Foster a company-wide “First Time Right” and “Zero Defect” culture.

6. Continuous Improvement & Cost Control

• Monitor quality KPIs — rejection rate, rework cost, warranty cost, delivery performance.
• Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities without compromising quality.
• Use Lean, Six Sigma, and other methodologies to optimize manufacturing processes.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Education: BE / B.Tech in Mechanical / Electrical / Production Engineering.
• Experience: 10–15 years in quality management in capital goods, heavy fabrication, gensets, construction equipment, or similar industries.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001, BIS, CE, and applicable product standards (IS/ISO 8528 preferred).
• Hands-on experience in sheet metal fabrication and assembly processes.
• Proficiency in quality tools: 8D, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, Control Plans.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Exposure to export quality requirements and documentation preferred.
• Green Belt / Black Belt Six Sigma certification (desirable).

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Reduction in in-process and final rejections.
• Improvement in first-pass yield.
• Reduced warranty claims and cost of poor quality.
• Supplier quality performance index.
• Successful external audit results and certifications.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹800,000.00 - ₹1,200,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Food provided
• Health insurance
• Leave encashment
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Provident Fund

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Mandideep, Madhya Pradesh: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Application Question(s):

• Experience in Genset Industry.
• At least 8-10 years of experience in Qulaity department.

Work Location: In person