Quality Assurance Manager (HOD) - KARAD PROJECTS AND MOTORS LIMITED - Karad
(2025-04)
Working as a proactive quality culture by embedding quality into product design and early development stages, ensuring prevention-focused practices.
- Contributed to strategic planning and implementation of the company's quality vision, policies, and continuous improvement roadmap.
- Evaluated new business initiatives to identify and mitigate potential quality risks, ensuring alignment with operational goals.
- Integrated lessons learned from both supplier and customer quality issues into documentation and workflows to prevent recurrence.
- Reported monthly on key quality KPIs and collaborated with cross-functional teams to analyze trends and drive corrective actions.
- Built and led a high-performing Quality Operations team by defining KPIs, monitoring performance, and developing training plans and matrices.
- Ensured consistent team alignment with organizational goals through regular performance reviews, coaching, and leadership support.
- Ensured that all quality functions operated in line with Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) policies and conducted departmental risk assessments.
- Delivered quality improvement initiatives and programs within defined budgets while maintaining compliance with internal and external standards.
- Represented the Quality function in cross-functional leadership and project review meetings to ensure alignment with business objectives.
Quality Assurance - WILO MATHER & PLATT PUMPS PVT.LTD. - Kolhapur
(2018-11 - 2024-10)
- Conduct product and process benchmarking to evaluate and select the most suitable technology for new projects, ensuring optimal performance, cost-effectiveness, and manufacturability.
- Actively participate in design reviews to ensure suppliers fully understand technical specifications and are capable of meeting project requirements.
- Led supplier root cause analysis (RCA) using structured problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, Fishbone Diagram, and 5-Why Analysis to drive effective and sustainable corrective actions.
- Ensure that lessons learned from supplier quality issues are documented and deployed across the supply chain to enhance overall process reliability.
- Drive supplier improvement programs, leveraging continuous improvement strategies to enhance supplier quality performance, reduce defects, and improve operational efficiency.
- Performed inspection and quality validation of Castings, machined parts, fabrication and bought out finish components rubber, forging, stamping and plastic components.
- Conducted supplier audits and visits for RCA, corrective action verification, and continuous improvement
- Work with Engineering (Design and Manufacturing) team to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective to meet product and process requirements.
- Conducted detailed review of drawings, specifications and inspection plans with suppliers prior to outsourcing products.
- Lead the supplier approval process by assessing manufacturing/technology capabilities and Health, Safety and Environmental risks, Supplier evaluation, re-evaluation, assessment
- Review & improvement in FTR, NPD, FAI, supplier rejection & customer complaints PPM.
- Driving Supplier Quality Performance to enhance product quality and support new product development.
- Conducted Suppliers Internal and External System Audit, dock audits, MRM, Process & Product Audit.
- Prepared & identify CTQ product/process parameter for process improvement to continuously upgrade product performance and manufacturing processes
- Certified Internal Auditor for IATF 16949, ISO 9001, EMS14001 & OHAS 45001. (IMS)
- Preparation of the Quality Control Plans and Quality Procedures, and work procedures for different activities in compliance with ISO Standard requirements.
- Conduct detailed supplier APQP reviews using cross-functional teams for all outsourced products prior to approving PPAP.
- Analysis of In-house rejection, customer complaint & submit action through 8D methodology.
- Lead the Customer audit and Customer Quality Requirements Implementation in plant and action closure
- Ensure compliance to RoHS, REACH and Conflict Minerals statutory requirements.
- Develops, implements, and manages processes to ensure that products meet required specifications.
Quality Management Representative - SAROJ IRON PVT.LTD. - Kolhapur
(2016-06 - 2018-03)
- Reduction in rejection by taking corrective action, POKAYOKE, 5S & KAIZEN tools implementation.
- Ensure that the performance of the QMS is reviewed at planned intervals to ensure its continuing suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness.
- Preparation & involvement in ISO 9001 document such as Process flow Diagram, FMEA, Control Plan, PPAP, SOP & work instructions.
- Handling and providing the necessary response to all internal and external customers concerning audit related queries
- Liaise with the external assessment body on all matters related to the external accreditation process.
- Evaluating, Analyzing, and troubleshooting problems, identifying potential solutions, recommending, and implementing methods, procedures and/or techniques for resolution.
- Layout inspection plan, Lean Manufacturing and 5S
Quality Management System Consultant (ISO9001, ISO-TS 16949, EMS 14001) - NEMI QUALITY CONSULTANTS PVT.LTD. - Kolhapur
(2015-04 - 2016-05)
- Implement quality management system (QMS) into all departments and ensure its ongoing efficiency.
- Coordinate in developing ISO System - processes, procedures, objectives, Quality Manual, controlled documentation, records, functions, and services to lead to ISO 9001/14001 certifications.
- Coordinate & Perform Internal/External audits and ensuring adherence to process/standard requirements
Quality Assurance & Process Excellence Engineer - POSCO MAHARASHTRA STEEL INDIA PVT.LTD
(2012-09 - 2015-03)
- Establish, manage, and continuously improve the supplier QA processes.
- Conduct Process control (SPC), Gauge R&R (MSA).
- Take corrective, preventive actions and continual improvement to eliminate In-house rejections.
- Calibration of all measuring instruments and maintain of calibration records.
