HEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) ACCOUNTABLE TO CEO: For effective planning, execution and monitoring of quality related activities in the group ensuring building of a world class organizationEnsuring initiation & promotion of activities and processes leading to decrease in the PPM, decrease in man power & redundancies, increase in productivity & efficiency; and increase in the customer satisfaction & profitabilityFor effective awareness & promotion of continual improvement activities across the organizationFor effective understanding and imbibing of the quality and its significance across the organizationCOMPETENCE LEVEL:Diploma mechanical engineer15-20 yrs work experience in quality assurance department in a process industryKnowledge of quality systems & its procedures (preferably of a manufacturing unit)Knowledge of usage of quality related basic equipments and its result interpretation Should have open attitude, adaptability, can do approach, out of the box attitude Should be energetic, systematic, sensible, firm, a listener and calmShould have analytical and problem solving skillsShould have leadership qualities along with delegation skillsLIAISES WITH DEPARTMENTS: Head operations, Plant head, Customer contact, Tool room, Design, Production, VD / Purchase, QMS, HRRESPONSIBILITIES : Conducting all necessary QA processes in the newdevelopment ensuring customer satisfaction andbuilding organizations brand image Monitoring and review of inspection standards andcontrol plans. Planning MSA and SPC studies. Monitoring of actionstaken on each accordingly & its effectiveness. Monitoring & reviewing of operation standards Monitoring & reviewing of preparation of work instructionsfor in-house calibration equipments including gauges, jig / fixtures & instruments. Planningschedule for calibrations of requirements instrumentsfrom outside source. Product & process quality auditing. Monitoring & auditing of inspection activities. Identification of vendor quality systems requirements, itsdevelopment and periodic Audit. Working out periodic vendor quality performance. Analysis of NCP and customer complaints as a part ofCFT. To verify effectiveness of Corrective Action. Periodic validation / layout inspection of components. Planning & monitoring pre-dispatch Audit (Dock Audit)and its effectiveness. Job delegation to QA engineers & inspectors, theirsupervision, guidance, mentoring and;performance audit & appraisals. Initiating continual improvement & small team activities inQA as well as across the organization to promotequality awareness, cost effectiveness & upgradeorganizations competitive edge. Assisting HR in identification of training needs of sub-ordinates. Informing of the appraisals of QA sub-ordinate staff to theHR. Member CFT. To monitor the completion of the quality portion of theERP. Monitoring of the 5S in the QA department as well as inother departments where all 5 S impact the quality of he product.AUTHORITIES: To stop production in case of any non-conformance. To reject material / products supplied by sub-contractor incase of non-conformance. To approve inspection report provided by the supplier forthe raw material / BOP Approval of inspection reports for release of in-housetooling after try out has been satisfactory. Authorization for all quality related documents includingPPAP inspection reports Approval of inspection standards. Authorized for approval of APQP processes. Authorized to provide deviation or allow to segregatematerial under certain given conditions (afterforming CEO) for definite lot