About this role
- External Job Description Assistant Manager – QA (TBR Curing & Final Finish) Department: Quality Assurance | Grade: M1 Functional Role: Plant TBR Process QA Reports to: Manager – TBR Plant Quality Team: Shift Auditors
- 1. Position Summary Drive process improvement and ensure product conformity to specifications and process standards, eliminating waste, defects and rework in-house and at the customer end.
- 2. Key Result Areas (KRAs) Audit Compliance: Complete 100% of planned process and product audits and close findings on time. Non-Compliance Analysis: Conduct parameter-wise analysis to identify deviation drivers and prevent recurrence. Internal Quality: Reduce internal cure tyre defects. Warranty & Complaints: Reduce warranty claims and customer complaints; ensure timely closure. Mould Quality: Inspect new, transferred and in-use moulds; ensure daily inspections, SAP release before use and accurate mould grading. PDI: Ensure Pre-Dispatch Inspection (PDI) compliance and prevent inspection escapes.
- 3. Key Responsibilities A. In-Process Quality Control Develop and implement quality control and inspection procedures for TBR curing and final-finish processes; ensure stage-wise product quality and standards compliance.
Conduct Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), review control plans, and support verification and validation of process changes.
- Stop the line and quarantine affected parts during process deviations.
- Promote quality standards and correct working practices on the shop floor.
- B. Mould Management Inspect new and transferred moulds at vendor sites and in the plant before release.
- Ensure daily inspections, closure of findings, recording of results and mould release in SAP (QA32).
- Maintain SAP mould grades based on inspection results.
- C. Inspection & Testing Monitor visual inspection, X-Ray, shearography, ROB and PDI.
- Guide shift auditors on special follow-ups; review inspection trends, recurring issues, line and set-up rejections, and drive corrective actions.
- Participate in DWM, rejection meetings and Statistical Process Control (SPC) discussions.
- D. Defect Analysis & Corrective Action Analyse deviations, defects and non-compliances to identify root causes, patterns and critical process parameters.
- Review Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports, verify corrective actions and ensure adherence to quality norms.
- E. Warranty & Customer Complaints Review warranty part analysis and customer complaints.
- Identify production process gaps contributing to warranty claims and drive improvements through analysis and process improvement.
- F. Audits, Safety & Compliance Prepare audit calendars and conduct process and product audits.
- Ensure SOP compliance and closure of audit findings.
- Coordinate customer, ISO and IATF external audits.
- Monitor safety practices and procedures.
- G. MIS & Documentation Maintain procedures, flowcharts and documentation aligned with quality standards, QMS requirements and Customer Specific Requirements.
- Track KPIs and report rejected tyres, scrap, critical parameters, premature failures Competencies Quality Adherence Driving Continuous Improvement Problem Solving Working with Diverse Populations Critical Thinking Communicating Effectively Managing Time