Manager - NPD Quality Planning

Date: 9 Sept 2025

Location:

Chennai, Chennai-MRV, IN

Company: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

Benchmarking and formulation of Quality Targets for New Products, timely Product evaluations to assess gaps and driving corrective actions. Product and Process Failure mode avoidance in project such as 7QC-tools, FMEA, DVP, DFA/ DFM, Risk analysis and Product quality design reviews throughout the product development phase. Generating Quality indicator dashboard for Senior Management reviews highlighting key quality risks and proposed contingency plans. Working closely with various stakeholders to capture customer latent needs and ensuring deployment during the product development. Driving Teams towards implementation of various Product and Process improvements identified during build phases. Building Quality competencies within the CFT/CDT by facilitating and delivering quality training programmes like PPAP, APQP, DFMEA, DVP and application skills in Reliability Engineering etc

Preferred Industries

Education Qualification

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical; Bachelor of Engineering in Automobile; Bachelor of Engineering in Production; Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery

General Experience

10+yrs

Critical Experience

System Generated Core Skills

Benchmarking

Target Setting - Quality Management

Product Evaluation

7 QC Tools

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Design Verification Plan (DVP)

Design for Assembly (DFA)

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)

Risk Analysis

Quality Assurance (QA)

Design Review

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Understanding Customer Needs

Understanding Consumer Needs

Continuous Process Improvement

Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)

Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)

Reliability Engineering

Data Analysis

Component Development

Engineering Design

Process Knowledge - Manufacturing Process

Quality Internal Control

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Quality Management System (QMS)

Component Design

AS 9100 - Quality Management System