Manager - Quality (Centac & Blower)

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Job Description- Quality Leader

Job Title 

Quality leader

Location 

(Ingersoll rand Sanad Plant) – Ahmedabad

About Us

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.

Job Summary:

The quality leader is responsible for overseeing and enhancing quality management systems with in the manufacturing operations. This role involves leading quality assurance and control processes, ensuring compliance with industry standards & driving continuous improvement initiatives to meet customer expectation and enhance product quality.

Responsibilities

1. Quality Management Systems (QMS)

• Develop implement and maintain the QMS in accordance with ISO standards & industry best practices.
• Monitor compliance with internal procedure and external regulations.
• Timely closure of Audit points with permeant countermeasure.

2. Quality Assurance:

• Lead quality assurance initiatives throughout the manufacturing process from design to parts developments & PPAP & Process adherences till final hand over to production line. Establish SW at assembly area to ensure proper controls in place for prevention & detection.
• Conduct Layered and process audit with CFT & perform critical process review to ensure quality SW and quality at source culture deployment.

3. Team Leadership:

• Supervise and mentor quality assurance team & work with Engineering, Procurement , Operation team to resolve most chronic issues and deploy corrective actions.

• Fostering a culture of quality within the organization and accountability.
• Collaborate with external and Internal team for customer facing issues & engage team for problem solving & quick resolution and work with service team.
• Work with Suppliers for process improvement and deploy proper mechanisms to ensure parts meets drawing requirement each and every time.
• Work proactively for NPD launches to comply APQP at early stage to ensure trouble free new product launch and monitor performance in the field.

4. Continuous Improvements

• Identify area of improvements & implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Utilize tools such as Sic Sigma & lean manufacturing and SPC tools & 7QC tools to drive improvements & customer complaint issues resolution.

5. Customer Focus:

• Address customer complaint and feedback related to product quality and ensuring timely resolution and communication to external team with proper documents and effective communication.
• Work closely with the Sales / Service team to understand customer needs & expectations on product quality improvement.
• Conduct monthly review with cross functional team and distributors to address their concern on quality and drive counter measures to ensure prevention of defects

6. Training and developments:

• Develop and deliver training programs for quality professional for quality standards, procedures and sharing industry best practices in all aspect to improve quality and reliability of the product.

7. Supplier Managements:

• Work with suppliers for on-site assessment audit & establish systems in line with Ingersoll rand global supplier quality manuals and standards.
• Review supplier critical process and establish controls in place.
• Sub supplier process controls & review.
• Develop quality objective and requirement of the product.
• Define requirement, verification and document controls
• PPAP requirements for critical parts

8. Reporting & documentation:

• Prepare quality reports and present to Senior leadership team for QA matrix and performance highlighting trends, issues , and improvement activity along with customer compliant review and actions.

 9. Skills

•  Proven experience in quality management within a manufacturing environment preferably in compressor or related industry.
• Strong knowledge of quality standard and lead team for problem solving.
• Excellent analytical skill, problem solving and decision-making abilities in crunch situations.
• Strong leadership and team management abilities
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skill
• Experience: Minimum 20 Years experience in quality field and worked in high & medium manufacturing environment with strong capabilities
• Extra advantage knowledge of casting & machining & fabrication is preferable.

What we Offer

We are committed to helping you reach your professional, personal and financial goals. We offer competitive compensation that aligns with our business strategies and comprehensive benefits to help you live your healthiest. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse culture that engages as well as values the different backgrounds and experiences of our employee, which, in turn, spurs innovation, generates creative solutions and enhances our customer relations.  

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.