Plant Quality Manager

• Ensure implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of the Quality Management System (QMS) in line with ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 requirements.
  
• Develop, review, and enforce quality procedures, SOPs, control plans, inspection standards, and quality documentation.
  
• Ensure compliance with customer-specific requirements, statutory, and regulatory standards.
  
• Conduct periodic system reviews to ensure process effectiveness and compliance.
  
• Promote quality culture, process discipline, and quality awareness across the organization.
  

• Lead Quality Assurance activities during New Product Development (NPD) from design validation to production readiness.
  
• Participate in design reviews, feasibility studies, DFMEA, and PFMEA activities.
  
• Ensure quality requirements are defined and integrated into product and process design.
  
• Review engineering drawings, GD&T, tolerances, and technical specifications.
  
• Lead APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) activities and milestone tracking.
  
• Prepare, review, and approve PPAP documentation including:
  

• Control Plan
  

• Process Flow Diagram
  

• PFMEA
  

• MSA & SPC studies
  

• Inspection standards
  

Ensure successful First Article Inspection (FAI), process validation, and product qualification prior to mass production.

Support customer approvals and new product launch activities.
      3. Inspection & Process Validation

• Develop inspection plans and validation methods for new and existing products and processes.
  
• Validate dimensional and functional requirements using CMM and precision measuring instruments.
  
• Perform and review GD&T inspections including runout, concentricity, flatness, perpendicularity, and positional accuracy.
  
• Ensure manufacturing process capability for CNC machining, grinding, assembly, and precision manufacturing processes.
  
• Conduct process capability studies (Cp, Cpk) and implement actions for process improvement.
  
• Establish process controls to ensure consistent product quality.
  
  4. Incoming, In-Process & Final Quality Control
  
• Monitor Incoming Quality Control (IQC), In-Process Quality Control (IPQC), and Final Inspection activities for following process,CNC Machining, Grinding, Machine assembly, Special process(Heat treatment,Painting).
  
• Ensure products comply with specifications, drawings, customer requirements, and quality standards.
  
• Review and approve inspection reports, quality records, deviation requests, and concession approvals.
  
• Ensure proper implementation of inspection frequencies, sampling plans, and quality checkpoints.
  
• Coordinate with Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) for supplier quality performance improvement.
  
  5. Problem Solving & Corrective Actions
  Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for customer complaints, internal defects, supplier issues, and process failures.
  

Apply structured problem-solving methodologies including:

• 8D
  

• 5 Why Analysis
  

• Fishbone (Ishikawa)
  

• Pareto Analysis
  

Implement and monitor Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) for effectiveness and sustainability.

Ensure horizontal deployment of lessons learned across similar processes and products.
      6. Data Analysis & Continuous Improvement

• Analyze rejection, rework, scrap, COPQ, and quality trend data.
  
• Identify improvement opportunities to reduce defects, process variation, and operational waste.
  
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, and Poka-Yoke concepts.
  
• Monitor process performance and implement preventive quality controls.
  
• Support operational excellence initiatives through data-driven decision-making.
  7. Audits & Compliance
  
• Plan and lead internal audits, process audits, layered process audits, and external/customer audits.
  
• Ensure timely closure of audit findings and non-conformities.
  
• Maintain audit readiness across all functions and processes.
  
• Ensure compliance with QMS standards, customer requirements, and internal procedures.
  
• Support certification and surveillance audit activities.
  8. Performance Monitoring & Reporting
  

      Define, monitor, and report quality KPIs including:

• Customer complaints
  

• Rejection & rework
  

• Supplier PPM
  

• COPQ
  

• Process capability
  

Prepare and present quality performance reports during Management Review Meetings (MRM).

Track action plans and ensure achievement of quality objectives and targets.

Drive data-based decision-making through trend analysis and performance monitoring.

• Identify training needs and ensure competency development of QA/QC teams.
  
• Mentor and guide quality engineers, inspectors, and cross-functional teams.
  
• Coordinate with Design, Manufacturing, Production, SQA, Planning, and Customers for quality alignment.
  
• Support new product approvals, customer audits, and technical discussions.
  
• Promote teamwork, accountability, and a proactive quality culture across the organization.