Associate Manager - QA

SFS Group; Pirangut; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sfs Group in Pirangut, Maharashtra, is seeking a seasoned New Product Development and Quality leader to drive QA across the product lifecycle from development to industrialization. You will ensure robust APQP/PPAP processes, lead quality initiatives and monitor readiness during launches.

You will build and mentor a multi-plant quality team, implement development programs for engineers and inspectors, and ensure rigorous compliance with IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and related supplier quality controls.

Responsibilities

• Support APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, and Product Validation.
• Ensure quality involvement during product development and industrialization.
• Monitor quality readiness during new product launches.
• Ensure effective incoming, in-process, and final inspection systems.
• Monitor key quality indicators such as PPM, scrap, rework, and warranty costs.
• Lead problem-solving initiatives and quality improvement projects.
• Lead and develop the Quality team across plants.
• Build competency development programs for quality engineers and inspectors.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain etc.
• Define clear roles, skill matrices, and development plans for team members.
• Conduct performance reviews, identify skill gaps, and support competency development.
• Promote cross-functional coordination and knowledge sharing across plants.
• Foster a culture of accountability, discipline, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with the Quality Management System (QMS) including IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and internal procedures related to supplier quality management.
• Maintain supplier quality documentation including supplier audit reports, PPAP approvals, corrective action reports, supplier performance records, and quality agreements.
• Participate in internal audits, customer audits, and certification audits, providing necessary documentation and support related to supplier quality processes.
• Ensure suppliers handling confidential product data, technical drawings, specifications, or OEM information comply with information security requirements including TISAX and company information security policies.
• Ensure secure handling, sharing, and protection of confidential information exchanged with suppliers and report any information security risks or incidents.
• Ensure supplier materials, processes, and documentation comply with product safety requirements, environmental regulations, and safety standards, including applicable regulatory requirements.
• Ensure compliance with all Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) standards, PPE usage, and statutory norms while promoting a strong safety culture.
• Authority to stop production or dispatch in case of quality non-conformance.
• Approve quality procedures, standards, and inspection methods.
• Approve supplier qualification and disqualification.
• Represent the company during customer quality reviews and audits.
• Approve corrective and preventive actions related to quality failures.

Job description

New Product Development Quality

• Support APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, and Product Validation.
• Ensure quality involvement during product development and industrialization.
• Monitor quality readiness during new product launches.

Product & Process Quality

• Ensure effective incoming, in-process, and final inspection systems.
• Monitor key quality indicators such as PPM, scrap, rework, and warranty costs.
• Lead problem-solving initiatives and quality improvement projects.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop the Quality team across plants.
• Build competency development programs for quality engineers and inspectors.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain etc.
• Define clear roles, skill matrices, and development plans for team members.
• Conduct performance reviews, identify skill gaps, and support competency development.
• Promote cross-functional coordination and knowledge sharing across plants.
• Foster a culture of accountability, discipline, and continuous improvement.

Documentation & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with the Quality Management System (QMS) including IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and internal procedures related to supplier quality management.
• Maintain supplier quality documentation including supplier audit reports, PPAP approvals, corrective action reports, supplier performance records, and quality agreements.
• Participate in internal audits, customer audits, and certification audits, providing necessary documentation and support related to supplier quality processes.
• Ensure suppliers handling confidential product data, technical drawings, specifications, or OEM information comply with information security requirements including TISAX and company information security policies.
• Ensure secure handling, sharing, and protection of confidential information exchanged with suppliers and report any information security risks or incidents.
• Ensure supplier materials, processes, and documentation comply with product safety requirements, environmental regulations, and safety standards, including applicable regulatory requirements.
• Ensure compliance with all Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) standards, PPE usage, and statutory norms while promoting a strong safety culture.

Authorities

• Authority to stop production or dispatch in case of quality non-conformance.
• Approve quality procedures, standards, and inspection methods.
• Approve supplier qualification and disqualification.
• Represent the company during customer quality reviews and audits.
• Approve corrective and preventive actions related to quality failures.