Job Title: Industrial Quality Leader

Location: Hyderabad

Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering – Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics / Industrial / Manufacturing or related discipline

Experience: 5–8 Years

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Industrial Quality Leader to lead industrialization quality activities for new product introductions, product transfers, and industrialization projects. The role will focus on APQP compliance, quality fundamentals, risk mitigation, launch readiness, and ensuring successful product and process quality throughout the industrialization lifecycle.

The candidate will work closely with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Project Teams, and other cross-functional stakeholders to achieve quality, cost, delivery, and customer satisfaction objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and monitor APQP activities for new product development and industrialization projects.
• Ensure implementation of Industrial Quality Fundamentals throughout the industrialization process.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and product launch activities from concept through production.
• Ensure compliance with Offer Lifecycle Management (OLM) industrial processes and governance requirements.
• Lead quality readiness reviews and validation activities to ensure timely and successful product launches.
• Identify and mitigate quality risks in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Participate in design reviews and industrialization gates to ensure product and process quality requirements are met.
• Drive closure of product and process quality actions before launch.
• Ensure effective implementation of PFMEA, Control Plans, Process Validation, and PPAP.
• Provide quality leadership during product transfer, localization, and industrialization projects.
• Supervise, coach, mentor, and develop cross-functional team members.
• Drive structured problem-solving for quality issues and support corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor project quality KPIs and launch milestones.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to improve product quality, process capability, and operational efficiency.

Skills Required:

• APQP / PPAP
• New Product Introduction (NPI)
• Industrialization & Manufacturing Quality
• Quality Fundamentals
• PFMEA & Control Plans
• SPC, Gauge R&R & MSA
• Process Validation & Quality Planning
• Root Cause Analysis & Problem Solving
• Product Launch Management
• Quality Management Systems
• ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 – preferred
• Risk Management
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Team Leadership
• Stakeholder Management
• Decision Making
• Communication & Influencing Skills
• Analytical Thinking
• Customer Focus
• Continuous Improvement

Preferred Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering – Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Industrial, Manufacturing, or related discipline.
• 4–8 years of experience in Manufacturing Quality, Industrialization Quality, Product Quality, or NPI.
• Proven experience in APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, and product launch quality activities.
• Experience working in cross-functional and global project environments.
• Strong knowledge of industrialization processes, manufacturing systems, and quality management methodologies.
• Experience driving quality improvement and launch readiness activities in manufacturing organizations.