Section Head Quality Assurance

Exide Energies; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Exide Energies is seeking a QA leader to head section-level quality assurance across incoming inspection, in-process controls, and final inspection, ensuring robust product quality and manufacturing discipline. You will drive audits, issue closure, and continuous improvement through QA governance and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities include leading root cause analyses, managing calibration and lab quality, and representing QA in customer interactions and certification programs.

Qualifications

• B.Tech / B.E. in Any Specialization.
• Experience in QA systems and manufacturing quality processes.
• Familiarity with audits and non-conformance management.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA activities across incoming inspection, in-process controls, PDI and lab checkpoints.
• Drive closure of in-process rejections, internal non-conformances, warranty issues and product quality problems.
• Ensure readiness for internal, external, certification and customer audits; close audit observations.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Audit Leadership

Root Cause Analysis

SPC/MSA

Poka Yoke

Education

B.Tech / B.E. in Any Specialization

Job description

This role is responsible for leading section-level quality assurance operations across incoming inspection, in-process quality control, final inspection, customer complaint resolution, audit management and quality system compliance, ensuring robust product quality, customer satisfaction and manufacturing process discipline.

Role & responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance activities across incoming inspection, in-process controls, PDI and laboratory checkpoints
• Drive analysis and closure of in-process rejections, internal non-conformances, warranty failures and product quality issues
• Ensure readiness for internal, external, certification and customer audits, along with timely closure of audit observations
• Drive deployment and governance of SPC, MSA, Poka Yoke, layered audits, visual inspection controls and process quality systems
• Own plant level QMS compliance, including documentation control, records management, system adherence and continuous improvement actions
• Lead customer complaint investigations, containment actions, root cause analysis and closure through customer portals / systems
• Review and monitor quality performance metrics including rejection trends, PDI performance, COA reports and complaint dashboards
• Ensure calibration management, laboratory quality compliance and measurement traceability systems
• Lead capability building of QA teams and relevant shopfloor stakeholders on quality systems, tools and process discipline
• Represent the quality function during customer interactions, audits, feedback reviews and certification assessments
• Coordinate cross functionally with Production, Maintenance, Stores, Planning, EHS and R&D for quality improvements and issue resolution.

Preferred candidate profile

B.Tech / B.E. in Any Specialization