Assistant Manager

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise in India seeks a Quality APQP role to drive industrialization of products with a customer-centric focus. You will integrate the APQP framework into master project plans and monitor quality status across projects.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in APQP, engineering or quality degrees, and hands-on experience with process flows, FMEA, and control plans. SharePoint/Power BI tools are preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in APQP execution, ideally with Tier 1 Automotive supplier experience.
• Experience in developing new processes or optimising existing ones.
• Experience with customer engagement activities.

Responsibilities

• Represent Quality and the voice of the customer in product/process development during industrialization.
• Ensure APQP framework is integrated into the master project plan and reported regularly.
• Lead cross-functional teams through APQP deliverables such as process flows, FMEA, and control plans.
• Utilise lessons learnt to drive continuous quality improvements of artefacts.

Skills

APQP execution

Quality management

Cross-functional collaboration

Voice of customer

Education

Engineering or Quality degree

Tools

SharePoint

PowerApps

Power BI

Job description

Purpose of the Role

• Representing Quality & the “voice of the customer” in the development of product and processes in the industrialization of products.
• Ensuring the Agratas APQP framework is integrated into the master project plan.
• Executing the Agratas APQP framework in assigned projects and regularly reporting the project quality status.
• Facilitating cross-functional teams during the development of deliverables through the APQP process – e.g. Process flows, FMEA, Control plan etc.
• Utilising lessons learnt during product development processes to ensure continuous improvement of our Quality deliverables.
• Evaluating and reporting the output of APQP deliverables, acting as a checker to ensure both correctness and completeness of artefacts as well as supporting the interconnection between interdependent APQP elements.
• Completing Change Management Impact Assessments and performing Problem Management Governance.
• Reporting on product development process overall status, key risks and opportunities.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Representing Quality & the “voice of the customer” in the development of product and processes in the industrialization of products.
• Ensuring the Agratas APQP framework is integrated into the master project plan.
• Executing the Agratas APQP framework in assigned projects and regularly reporting the project quality status.
• Facilitating cross-functional teams during the development of deliverables through the APQP process – e.g. Process flows, FMEA, Control plan etc.
• Utilising lessons learnt during product development processes to ensure continuous improvement of our Quality deliverables.
• Evaluating and reporting the output of APQP deliverables, acting as a checker to ensure both correctness and completeness of artefacts as well as supporting the interconnection between interdependent APQP elements.
• Completing Change Management Impact Assessments and performing Problem Management Governance.
• Reporting on product development process overall status, key risks and opportunities.

Knowledge Generic

• 3+ year’s experience in the execution and development of APQP, ideally at a Tier 1 Automotive Supplier.
• Experience in developing new processes or heavily optimising existing processes.
• Experience in customer engagement teams.
• Educated to Degree level in an Engineering or Quality related subject.
• Experience In The Automotive Industry, preferably In a Tier 1 Supplier Environment.

Job Context

• Preferred: Change Management Impact Assessments and Problem Management Governance
• Preferred: Certified 6 sigma Green Belt.
• Preferred: Core Tools Certified (APQP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, PPAP / Control Plan)
• Preferred: Experience with SharePoint, PowerApps and Power BI.
• Nice to have: Experience in a start-up environment.

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