
Department Head - Quality Control
Aditya Birla Chemicals · Posted today
- Andhra Pradesh, India (On-site)
- Full-time
About the role
Principal Accountabilities
Accountability
Supporting Actions
- Quality control:
Develop and ensure implementation of quality control parameters so as to produce the best quality product as per the requirement of the customers.
- Develops quality control norms for incoming raw materials, packing material, water, processes & finished products. Creates awareness of the plant & quality control.
- Review quality control reports and suggests remedial measures for quality variances.
- Arrange for export inspection. Product audit for export consignment related to quality, packing condition etc.
- Ensure calibration of test equipment & their annual maintenance as per AMC
- Process Control:
- Established and implement quality control techniques across the organization.
- Review daily reports to detect process failures and communicate to concerned functioning personnel, and ensure corrective actions.
- Suggests remedial measures.
- Proactive measures on process parameters to avoid
- People Development: Development of skilled, motivated & performance-oriented workforce.
- Identify skill gaps. Structure suitable training program & monitor effectively.
- Implement an agreed action plan for improving OHS. Identify and reward a suitable person for reward & recognition. Plan for career development for subordinates.
- System Management:
- Initiate, implement & monitor quality systems and ensure implementation of WCM activities
- Co-ordinate activities related to external audits of BIS, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001.
- Ensure corrective & preventive actions to close the non- conformances / observations of auditors as and when required.
- Create awareness about WCM activities & monitor adoption of WCM practices.
- New Developments:
- Play key role in conceiving, experimenting, and developing cost effective new products, processes and formulations to meet the customer expectations and market demand.
- Co-ordinate with the marketing department to understand the new requirements.
- Discusses with the production department and analyzes the existing products/ processes.
- Helps to develop new products / processes. Value addition to existing products.
- New quality product development. Provide samples of new product to different customers as per marketing dept. advice.
- Also, dispatch samples of various existing products to different customers as per marketing dept. to increase market share and approach to new, customer.
- Customer Support:
- Responsible for providing technical support to marketing department.
- Co-ordinate with the marketing head for providing customer service on quality aspects.
- Suitably meet the expectations of internal customers. To attend to customer complaints about quality matters.
- Co-ordinate third party inspection as per marketing demand and customer requirement regarding finished goods dispatch.
- Cost Optimization:
- Cost control & optimize departmental expenditures.
- Ensure the best use of resources, minimize wastage of costly chemicals & their proper use, and avoid breakage of glass wares.
- Educate raw material and packing material suppliers on quality related issues and ensure always supply better quality and cost effective.
- Earn money through testing of samples of an outside party by utilizing an existing facility.
- Safety:
- Implement the consequence management framework, ensure adherence to safety under intense focus and build safety as a non-negotiable culture pillar.
- People Development and Management
- Ensure the development, guidance, and motivation of subordinates to ensure superior performance and employee satisfaction.
Skills
Quality control managementProcess control techniquesPeople development and trainingSystem management and WCM activitiesCustomer support and serviceSafety implementation and adherence