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Quality Excellence Jobs in Vadodara, Gujarat, India at Newen Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Title: Quality Excellence

Company: Newen Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Location: Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Role Purpose: The Quality Excellence professional is the Floor General of NQCX — the person who makes Built-in Quality real, every single day, across every workstation, every shift, and every team member. This role owns the daily operational heartbeat of PRAMAN and Built-in Quality Assurance (DRISHTI + NETRA), translating the NQCX vision into disciplined floor execution. With 70% technical grounding and an analytical mindset sharpened for reliability thinking, this leader ensures that quality is not inspected in — it is built in. They are the trusted executioner and the NQCX Head, responsible for cultural transformation, process excellence, and zero-escape quality delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

01 | Floor Ownership & Daily Governance

  • Own daily schedule adherence across PRAMAN, DRISHTI (Manufacturing Quality) and NETRA (Testing)

   functions

  • Conduct structured Gemba walks – identify deviations, enforce standards, and drive immediate corrective actions
  • Lead daily tier meetings with QX Captains – review previous shift performance, address blockers, set shift priorities
  • Maintain visual management systems on the floor-quality boards, FTR tracking, defect trend displays
  • Report daily floor performance, schedule adherence, and quality status directly to NQCX Head
  • Own escalation management – know when to hold, when to escalate, and never allow silent failures

02 | Technical Quality Leadership – Reliability Lens

  • Apply technical depth to assess manufacturing quality issues through a product reliability perspective –not just compliance
  • Distinguish between cosmetic deviations and reliability-critical defects – prioritise accordingly
  • Understand power electronics product architecture (Inverters, Chargers, BMS) sufficiently to assess downstream impact of floor quality issues
  • Interface with the Integrity Team rapidly when floor issues carry design or reliability implications
  • Drive process FMEA reviews with floor teams — identify process risks before they become field failures
  • Identify product quality glitches early – use floor data and reliability thinking to detect weak signals

03 | Analytics & MIS – Intelligence-Driven Operations

  • Build and maintain comprehensive MIS for floor quality – FTR, defect pareto, yield trends, rework rates,

escape rates

  • Analyse manufacturing quality data with structured methodology – 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, Is/Is-Not
  • Convert floor data into actionable insights – not just reports, but decisions
  • Track and report quality KPIs with trend analysis – provide early warning signals before issues escalate
  • Drive data-based daily management – no assumption-based decisions on the floor
  • Maintain audit-ready documentation across PRAMAN and BIQ functions at all times

04 | Cultural Transformation & People Leadership

  • Lead cultural transformation across a mixed team of 50-60 — upgrading mindset from inspection-based to Built-in Quality thinking
  • Develop QX Captains and HPATS into quality ownership champions — build the next layer of quality leadership
  • Drive the NQCX vision on the floor – make ‘Right First Time, Every Time, Everywhere’ a lived behaviour, not a poster
  • Create a psychologically safe environment where floor teams raise quality concerns without fear
  • Run structured capability building programmes for technicians and HPATs in quality methods and standards
  • Attract, retain and grow intrapreneurial quality talent aligned with Newen’s growth ambitions

05 | Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement

  • Own SOP development and improvement across manufacturing quality and incoming material processes
  • Drive Lean Manufacturing principles on the floor – eliminate waste in quality processes
  • Lead Six Sigma improvement projects for chronic quality issues – Green Belt minimum.
  • Identify process improvement opportunities through floor data and implement with cross-functional teams
  • Support internal and process audits (ISO 9001, VDA 6.3) – ensure floor processes are always audit-ready
  • Actively contribute to manufacturing quality improvement initiatives with data-backed proposals

Skills & Competencies:

Technical  Depth Required

  • Strong understanding of manufacturing quality principles – Built-in Quality, defect prevention, process control
  • Product reliability thinking ability to assess quality deviations through field failure and product life lens
  • Sound knowledge of power electronics manufacturing processes – assembly, PCBA, wiring, testing workflows
  • Process FMEA – identification and mitigation of manufacturing process risks
  • APQP/PPAP― working knowledge of new product quality planning in manufacturing context
  • ISO 9001-deep working knowledge, Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor certified (mandatory)
  • VDA 6.3 — Process Audit standard knowledge; certification strongly preferred
  • Incoming material quality-acceptance criteria, sampling plans, material disposition
  • Root cause analysis – 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, Is/Is-Not-structured and disciplined application

Analytical & Intelligence

 • MIS development and management-quality dashboards, KPI tracking, trend reporting

  • Manufacturing data analysis — FTR, yield, defect pareto, escape rate, rework cost
  • Reliability-informed analytics – reading data through the lens of product life and field impact
  • Early warning capability – identifying weak signals in process data before escapes occur
  • Structured problem solving — disciplined methodology, not intuition-only decisions

Leadership & Behavioural – Non-Negotiable

  • Positive and aggressive ownership mindset – drives outcomes without excuses
  • Cultural transformation capability – can shift team mindset from compliance to quality ownership
  • People leadership – develops, coaches and holds accountable a team of 50-60 across multiple sub functions
  • Change management – navigates mixed teams (existing + new) through transformation without losing momentum
  • Execution discipline-daily governance, schedule adherence, zero tolerance for silent failures
  • Intrapreneurial drive – runs their floor like an owner, not a supervisor
  • Cross-functional collaboration – seamless interface with Integrity Team, CX Team, R&D and Supply Chain
  • Communication – translates technical floor reality into crisp, data-backed leadership reports

Tools & Software

 • MS Excel (Advanced) — MIS, data analysis, quality tracking

  • Power BI / Tableau or equivalent — floor quality dashboards preferred
  • ERP / QMS platforms -or equivalent
  • MS Office Suite – documentation, SOPs, reporting

Qualifications & Experience

  • B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, or Production Engineering
  • 12 to 15 years of experience in Manufacturing Quality, Built-in Quality, or Quality Operations roles
  • Minimum 5 years in a people leadership role managing multi-disciplinary quality teams
  • Proven experience in ISO 9001 implementation and auditing – Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor certification mandatory
  • VDA 6.3 Process Audit knowledge
  • Six Sigma Green Belt minimum
  • Experience in power electronics, energy storage, or capital equipment manufacturing strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated track record of driving cultural transformation in a manufacturing quality environment
  • Prior experience managing incoming material quality (SQA / IQC) is an advantage

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