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Role & responsibilities

• Adopt best practices, policies, processes and procedures to deliver quality products and improve business performance.
• Prepare short term and long term quality improvement plan for MKU.
• Define annual business goals for quality function in the plant, set functional KRA/KPIs in alignment with the business goals.
• Prepare the annual Quality budget for all the plants (Malwan and Rooma) before the start of the financial year.
• Proactively assess quality risks a continuous basis and implement a system of continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Assess adequacy of QMS when new projects and technology are introduced and recommend requirements for upgradation.
• Assess inhouse/3rd party testing of material quality, develop inhouse capability and get necessary accreditation of the laboratories.
• Explore opportunities of technology upgradation and new technology adoption

• Understand customer needs and requirements to develop effective quality control processes
• Lead and manage the quality function from incoming raw materials, in process quality to delivery of FGs and post-delivery support to ensure quality of the products.
• Review the QMS at defined frequency, report noncompliance to SOPs, WIs and closure of CAPA.
• Ensure internal and external audits are carried out as per plan, participate in closure meeting, review the noncompliance and action plan for improvement.
• Ensure that all in-house systems and procedures are updated, revised and modified to meet the needs of external certification bodies ( ISO 9001-2015, AS 9100 Rev. D, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, BA 9000-2016 and ISO 17065-2015.)
• Visit key suppliers to assess their quality system and submit recommendations to the procurement department.
• Review all customer complaints, repeated quality issues, lead root cause analysis of the failures and coordinate with all stakeholders for timely closure of the countermeasures.
• Review quality specifications of critical input materials, SFG and FG and monitor compliance and approve deviations as per SOP.
• Implement new quality processes and systems where appropriate.
• Participate in project planning, review risks related to quality and improve the processes and products to meet the customer needs.
• Review calibration schedule and maintenance plan for the lab equipment and ensure adherence to plan.
• Monitor KPIs for the quality function of the plants and review major deviation analysis and improvement plan.
• Assess Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) and take up initiatives with other functions to reduce COPQ.

• Collaborate, negotiate and engage with key stakeholders to deliver quality products to customers.
• Report on Quality activities on a regular basis to the Senior Management team, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of the relevant Key Performance Indicators.
• Coordinate with the Product Innovation team to ensure compliance to quality parameters for new product development

• Coach, mentor and develop direct reports and develop a quality culture of continuous improvement.
• Keep up to date with developments in new technologies/ production techniques by reading relevant journals, and attending seminars etc.
• Conduct training on QMS for HODs.
• Conduct goal cascading exercise to align KRA/KPIs of manufacturing team with business goal. Ensure KPI targets are set properly and goal deployment is completed as per timeline. Review half-yearly review and annual performance as per MKU policy.

• Proven leadership and management skills with the ability to optimize team performance and development.
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders and suppliers.
• In depth understanding of quality control and quality assurance procedures.
• Knowledge and understanding on various QMS especially ISO 9001-2015, AS 9100 Rev. D, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, BA 9000-2016 and ISO 17065-2015.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities

Preferred candidate profile

Graduation in Engineering / M Sc.

Leader Auditor Certification in ISO9001