Quality Manager

Quality Manager – Chennai

Head of Quality

Minimum 15 years of experience in Quality roles within manufacturing or engineering environments. Proven experience in a Quality Manager or senior quality leadership role, preferably in a growing or new manufacturing facility.

The Quality Manager is a key site leadership role responsible for establishing, implementing, and continuously improving the Quality Management System (QMS) for the Chennai manufacturing facility.

This role provides hands-on leadership across manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain functions to ensure high-quality standards, regulatory compliance, and defect prevention. The position drives a culture of right-first-time delivery, structured problem-solving, and continuous improvement aligned with the organization’s global quality strategy.

Act as the site quality leader, setting standards for quality, consistency, and accountability.

Drive a prevention-based quality culture through structured problem-solving and data-driven decision-making.

Collaborate with operations, engineering, and SCM teams to ensure quality is embedded across all processes.

Provide regular reporting on quality performance to senior leadership.

Establish, implement, and maintain the site QMS in line with ISO 9001 and applicable standards.

Manage document control, record management, and internal audit processes.

Oversee nonconformance management and corrective/preventive action systems.

Ensure scalability of QMS from initial setup to full production.

Lead external certification, regulatory, and customer audits.

Manage internal audit programs and ensure timely closure of findings.

Ensure compliance requirements are integrated into operational and supplier processes.

Act as the primary quality interface for Supply Chain Management.

Oversee supplier qualification, audits, and performance evaluation.

Manage supplier nonconformances and corrective actions.

Support supplier selection, sourcing decisions, and performance reviews.

Drive supplier development initiatives to improve quality, delivery, and cost.

Provide quality engineering support for production setup, ramp-up, and steady-state operations.

Ensure implementation of process controls, work instructions, and inspection systems.

Support resolution of production issues impacting yield, scrap, and downtime.

Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and ensure effective corrective and preventive actions.

Manage internal and customer nonconformances.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and data-driven methodologies.

Reduce cost of quality (CoQ) and recurring defects.

Build and lead a high-performing quality team.

Set objectives, provide coaching, and manage team performance.

Ensure capability development and scalability of the quality function.