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Customer Quality Lead

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Your mission

Drive customer quality excellence by ensuring safe, reliable, and compliant train deliveries. Act as the key customer quality interface, lead complaint resolution, RCA/CAPA, and continuous improvement initiatives. Strengthen customer satisfaction, quality governance, and cross-functional collaboration while developing a high-performing quality team and fostering a strong zero-defect culture.

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Key Responsibilities

  • Own Customer Quality for rolling stock/train projects.

  • Ensure right-first-time, safe and compliant train delivery.

  • Act as the primary quality interface with customers.

  • Lead customer complaints, RCA, 8D, CAPA and closure.

  • Drive customer satisfaction, quality KPIs and punch-point reduction.

  • Ensure compliance with ISO 22163 (IRIS), QMP and customer requirements.

  • Lead final inspection, testing, acceptance and quality release.

  • Drive cross-functional resolution with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain and Quality.

  • Identify critical quality risks and initiate containment/escalation when required.

  • Drive continuous improvement, lessons learned and defect prevention.

  • Lead, mentor and develop the Customer Quality team.

  • Prepare and present quality performance reports to management and customers.

Minimum Qualification / Experience & Competency:

  • Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree with 14+ years or Diploma with 18+ years of experience, preferably in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering.

  • Industry Experience: Minimum 8 years of Customer Quality experience in Rolling Stock or Rolling Stock Components.

  • Quality Expertise: Strong knowledge of ISO 22163 (IRIS) and Quality Management Systems.

  • Customer Focus: Strong customer orientation with proven experience in customer complaint and quality issue resolution.

  • Technical Skills: Hands-on experience in RCA, 8D, CAPA, audits, inspections and quality improvement.

  • Communication: Excellent reporting, presentation, stakeholder management and communication skills.

  • Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive a zero-defect and continuous improvement culture.

Why us?

  • Lead a nationally significant railway project with transformative potential.
  • Engage with advanced technologies and industry-leading experts.
  • Thrive in a dynamic, supportive, and growth-oriented work environment

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