Head – Quality & Compliance

Raveone Consultants; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Appsierra Group in Hyderabad seeks a Head – Quality & Compliance to establish and continually improve the plant’s Quality Management System, ensuring incoming materials, processes and finished products meet customer, regulatory and internal quality requirements.

The ideal candidate has 12+ years in manufacturing quality, strong AS9100D and ISO 9001 knowledge, experience in forging or heavy engineering, and proven leadership to drive audits, CAPA, 8D, 5-Why, data‑driven improvements and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of manufacturing quality experience, with leadership exposure.
• Strong knowledge of AS9100D and ISO 9001.
• Experience in forging or aerospace/defence manufacturing preferred.
• Understanding of metallurgical inspection and material traceability.
• Experience handling customer and certification audits.
• Ability to drive data-driven quality improvements.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the plant’s QMS.
• Ensure materials, processes and finished products meet requirements.
• Lead internal and external quality audits.
• Drive CAPA, 8D and root‑cause analysis.
• Mentor and develop the Quality team; enable cross‑functional coordination.
• Analyse quality data and implement improvements.

Skills

QMS leadership

Audit management

CAPA & 8D

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

Tools

AS9100D knowledge

ISO 9001 knowledge

Job description

Designation: Head – Quality & Compliance

Department: Quality & Compliance

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana

Reporting to: Plant Head – Site 1

Experience: 12+ years

Industry Preference: Forging / Aerospace & Defence / Heavy Engineering / Precision Manufacturing / Metallurgical Manufacturing

Role Purpose

The Head – Quality & Compliance will be responsible for establishing, maintaining and continuously improving the plant’s Quality Management System and ensuring that incoming materials, manufacturing processes and finished products consistently meet customer, regulatory and internal quality requirements. The role requires a strong manufacturing-quality professional who can combine QMS leadership with hands‑on understanding of forging, metallurgy, inspection and process quality.

Experience & Knowledge

• Minimum 12 years of manufacturing quality experience, preferably with leadership responsibility.
• Strong working knowledge of AS9100D and ISO 9001.
• Experience in forging, aerospace/defence manufacturing, heavy engineering, metallurgical manufacturing or precision components is strongly preferred.
• Sound understanding of metallurgical and dimensional inspection.
• Strong knowledge of 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, CAPA and structured root‑cause analysis.
• Experience handling customer audits, certification audits and customer quality requirements.
• Understanding of material traceability, inspection documentation and manufacturing quality controls.
• Ability to analyse quality data and convert findings into measurable improvement actions.
• Strong team leadership and cross‑functional coordination skills.

What We Are Looking For

We are particularly interested in candidates who have worked in a high‑accountability manufacturing environment and can take ownership of the Quality function rather than operate only as a QMS/documentation specialist. The ideal candidate should be equally comfortable on the shop floor, reviewing inspection and quality data, leading audits, interacting with customers and developing the Quality team.