Head Quality Management

Roots Group; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Roots Group in Coimbatore South, India, is seeking a senior leader in Quality Management with 25+ years of automotive experience to drive the quality strategy across the site, align processes with customer expectations, and ensure robust QMS deployment.

The candidate will oversee quality planning, control, assurance, and engineering, manage customer interfaces for proactive CSR and issue resolution, lead audits (IATF16949, VDA 6.3, PPAP), monitor COPQ and KPI dashboards, and champion continuous

Qualifications

• BE or BTech degree required.
• 25+ years in automotive OEM and/or Tier 1 supply chain.
• Experience interfacing with automotive OEMs.
• Strong quality management domains: planning, control, assurance.
• Experience with customer quality and supplier quality management.
• Proficient in ISO 9001:2015 Internal/Lead Auditing and IATF 16949 Internal/Lead Auditing.
• Knowledge of A-CSR and automotive audits (product, process, system, LPA, VDA 6.3, PPAP).
• Data analytics and NVH analytics exposure.
• Ability to drive Improvement Projects (QCC, SGA, Kaizen).
• Knowledge of CSR compliance and quality culture deployment.

Responsibilities

• Drive Quality Management strategy deployment across the site.
• Be responsible for quality management deliverables: planning, control, assurance, engineering, customer quality and STA.
• Maintain effective customer interface including proactive CSR and handling complaints.
• Monitor automotive audit approach: product, process, system, LPA, VDA 6.3 and PPAP audits.
• Manage quality metrics including COPQ and KPI dashboards.
• Promote quality culture through improvement projects (QCC, SGA, Kaizen).
• Support third-party/customer/certifying body audits.
• Monitor KPIs of functional resources and training needs (TNI).

Skills

Quality Management

Customer Quality

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Quality Planning

Data Analytics

Project Management

Kaizen / Continuous Improvement

Education

BE or B Tech

MBA Quality Management or MBA Project Management

Tools

QMS ISO 9001:2015 Internal Lead Auditor

IATF 16949 Internal Lead Auditor

A-CSR

AIAG VDA FMEA (D / P)

VDA 6.3

Audits – Product/Process/System

ISO 13485 (Preferred)

AS 9100D (Preferred)

Job description

Coimbatore South, India | Posted on 05/30/2026

Professional with 25+years of experience and exposure on Quality Management, including Customer Quality, Quality Assurance, Quality Control & STA in Automotive Supply Chain (OEM / Tier 1)

Responsible forQuality Management strategy deployment across site

Responsible &accountable for quality management functional deliverables, including those ofQuality Planning, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Customer Quality & STA

Responsible foreffective Customer Interface function including A-CSR (Proactive) and Customercomplaints & concerns (Reactive)

Responsible formonitoring the Automotive Audit Approach including Product, Process and Systemaudits, LPA, VDA 6.3 and PPAP audit

Responsible forQuality Assurance metric, including COPQ and Customer Score cards on QParameters

Responsible fordriving Quality culture across site, including Improvement Projects (QCC, SGA, Kaizen)

Supporting the thirdparty / Customer / Certifying Body audits

Responsible formonitoring the KPIs of functional resources

Responsible forTraining Need Identification (TNI) of functional resources

Requirements

Knowledge:

• Academics : BE or B Tech
• MBA Quality Management or MBA ProjectManagement (preferred)
• 25+ Years in Automotive OEM and/ or Tier 1 Automotive Supply Chain
• Directly interacted with Automotive OEMs
• Quality Management including Quality Planning, Quality Control, Quality Assurance
• Customer Quality (Automotive OEMs)
• Supplier Quality Management
• QMS - ISO 9001:2015: Internal / Lead Auditor
• Automotive QMS - IATF16949:2016: Internal / Lead Auditor
• A-CSR
• AIAG VDA FMEA (D / P)
• Automotive AuditApproach - Product, Process, System, Layered Process
• VDA 6.3
• Business Excellence- TQM, Deming Journey (Preferred)
• Data Analytics
• NVH Analytics
• Project Management(Preferred)
• InformationSecurity Management System (Preferred)
• AS 9100D (Preferred)
• ISO 13485 (Preferred)
• Enhanced functionaldeliverables within Quality Management
• Effective Customer Quality function with active Systemic and Proactive & Reactive approaches
• Experiencedresource to ensure adherence/compliance to Automotive CSR
• Supportive resourcefor Quality Culture Deployment
• Strengthening the Automotive Audit Approaches
• Capacity buildingfor effective implementation of Automotive core tool and Problem solvingmethodology