Head Quality Assurance (PSS06517)

About the client: PSS has been mandated to hire a Head - Quality Assurance for one of the leading cement manufacturing organizations.

Job Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to ensure the quality of products with minimum cost conforming to Bureau of Indian Standards and Group Internal norms.

Key Responsibilities:

To ensure the quality of products with minimum cost conforming to Bureau of Indian Standards and Group Internal norms through –

a. Monitoring quality of Raw Materials, in-process and finished Products.

b. Standardizing quality assurance across Units, including calibration and accuracy of measurements by laboratory & field quality control equipment.

c. Evolving quality standards for packaging materials

d. Planning and execution of lab & plant trials of new products and modified products as per customer requirement

Enabling achievement of Market share for sustainable growth of UTCL.
To collect & analyze data for periodical review of group internal norms and provide inputs & propose required revision.
To conduct benchmarking of products in different regions of the market across the country to identify gaps w.r.t. major competitors and to initiate quality & productivity enhancement projects in coordination with manufacturing units, to sustain leadership position.
To resolve/meet customers’ needs, complaints, and quality issues in the light of customer’s voice captured through interaction with Marketing Technical Services.
To organize laboratory and plant trials with units for development of New Products and modified products as per customer's need.
To facilitate and ensure statutory compliance with the requirements of BIS and the Weight & Measures department across all manufacturing units
To represent the Company and work with national standards committees (BIS) for evolving National Policy on Quality / Standards / Statutory Norms for cement & building materials safeguarding the interest of our Company and the society.
To organize laboratory proficiency study of group cement units and training for skill up-gradation of quality personnel.
To review and evaluate quality-related Capex of all units.

KRAs:

Educational Qualifications And Experience:

Bsc / Msc Chemistry / PHD in Chemistry & Materials (Cementitious)
A minimum of 20+ years of overall experience in Cement manufacturing quality (plant quality), corporate quality.