Head - Quality - Steel

- Minimum 17 to 20 years of experience - preferably from stainless steel Industry.

- Exposure in Steel melting shop (SMS) and wire rod mill (WRM) is a must

- Bachelor in Metallurgy from an institute of repute.

- Candidate should have knowledge in Statistical Process Quality.

- Ability to handle multiple units - establish quality process across the organization.

- Hands on - in computers, ability to work SAP.

- Abreast with different grades of stainless making, chemistry & quality checks.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Role holder will lead, develop, ensure implementation of the QMS, processes and SOP in the existing and newly acquired Business Units.

- Establish quality and reliability standards by studying industry benchmarks and the requirements of customers

- Continuous review of the existing SOPs to ensure quality excellence

- Be the main customer-facing contact for the company with key customers in presenting the company's quality program and addressing issues raised in customer quality audits

- Evaluates production operations from a strategic level to ensure that they are capable of consistently producing products that meet quality, integrity, functionality, and other specifications and requirements.

- Collaborates with management and senior resources across production departments and roles to draft acceptable quality standards.

- Assist the SBUs to develop methodologies to prevent non-conformances, customer complaints, concession and rework and to develop corrective and preventative actions within required timeframe

- Actively develop tools to measure the cost of quality and assist SBUs in developing programs to reduce these costs including through the reduction of in-house scrap and waste, rejects and customer returns.

- Explore low-cost automation techniques to assess and monitor quality levels while reducing manual sampling/testing including automated vision and inspection systems

- Develop quality KPIs and improvement targets for the company and individual SBUs and report progress to senior management and the board

- Drive the necessary culture change to ensure that all parts and functions of the company are customer focused.

- Be the subject matter expert to assist SBU s develop a common quality tool-box including TQM, 5-Why, brainstorming, fish-boning, SPC, 6-sigma, DOE and other such quality improvement techniques

- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal (Sales, Commercial, Opex, Plant Unit Heads) and external stakeholders.

- Recommend solutions without compromising quality or service while optimizing cost.