Category Lead - Sheet Metal & Frame Body

Function

Procurement

Pay Band

E4 to M2

Role

Category Lead - Sheet Metal & Frame Body

A purpose driven role for you

Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:
1. Supplier Quality Excellence: Deliver high-quality sheet metal and frame components by implementing robust evaluation, auditing, and compliance systems.
2. Supplier Capability Upgradation: Drive handholding programs, training, and special projects to elevate supplier performance ratings.
3. Quality & Supply Stability: Ensure delivery and quality sustenance for mass production lines, new models, and multi-sourced parts.

A Day in the life

You will be working on day-to-day basis on following:
1. On-Site Plant Audits: Conducting planned process and product audits at supplier facilities based on sporadic defect trends.
2. Die & Part Inspection: Inspecting life-over dies for disposal, reviewing PDI reports with marked sample lots, and checking COP/emission compliance.
3. Defect Root-Cause Resolution: Validating root causes and verifying action effectiveness for incoming, FI, MI, BUQI, and warranty nonconformances.
4. QFR & CAPA Management: Driving suppliers to submit robust CAPA proposals to clear open QFRs and prevent repeat failures.
5. Special Improvement Projects: Executing IMP projects at supplier hubs to raise PIST scores and QA ratings on critical structural parts.
6. Audit Timelines: Meeting timelines for change management audits, multi-sourcing evaluations, and new vendor onboarding.
7. Stakeholder Negotiation: Communicating logically with top management to seek approvals and aligning cross-functional teams around quality targets.

Academic Qualification & Experience

1.Education: B.Tech / Diploma in Engineering.
2.Experience: 9 to 14 years of relevant cross-functional or inter-departmental experience.

Technical Skills/Knowledge

1.Domain Expertise: In-depth product and process knowledge in Sheet Metal fabrication and Frame Body manufacturing.
2.Quality Frameworks: In-depth understanding of FMEA, GD&T, and engineering design specifications.
3.Auditing Proficiency: Expert capability in conducting supplier quality audits and process evaluations.
4.Advanced Problem Solving: Structured application of root-cause analysis and defect tracking methodologies.
5.Tool & Die Design: Technical expertise in press tool/die design validation, inspection, and maintenance tracking.

Behavioural Skills

1.Stakeholder Alignment: Advanced ability to manage internal cross-functional peers and external vendor executives.
2.Decision Making: Capability to make sound quality decisions under high-pressure scenarios with limited initial data.
3.Conflict Management: Skill in navigating conflicting departmental priorities to enforce strict quality standards.
4.Assertiveness: Clear, assertive, and logical communication when dealing with top management and supply partners.
5.Team Leadership: Expert capability in building team competencies and fostering long-term supplier partnerships.

What will it be like to work for Hero

As the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters for the last 25 years, Hero is where you will get to work with the brightest innovators, passionate about being the best in what they do. You will become a part of India’s proudest legacy, a brand that is celebrated by 130 million Indians and is now taking over the world with its manufacturing superpower.

If you are someone who dreams big and goes after their dreams with absolute conviction, Hero is your place to be. At Hero, we are building a cutting-edge future of mobility, pushing frontiers of innovation and aiming for the very best. Choose to be with the best, choose to be your best.

About Hero

Hero MotoCorp, headquartered in New Delhi, India, is the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters for 25 consecutive years with ~$5 billion revenue. The Company's global footprint spans 52 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, Central and Latin America with a customer base of over 130 million. The Company operates eight manufacturing facilities - six in India and one each in Colombia and Bangladesh- along with two Research and Development centres: Centre for Innovation and Technology (CIT) in India and Tech Centre Germany (TCG).
Hero MotoCorp is driving the transition to electric mobility through VIDA, powered by Hero.

Strategic alliances with Harley-Davidson and Zero Motorcycles support the design and development of premium and electric motorcycles, respectively. Further demonstrating its commitment to the EV future, the Company has made strategic investments in two- and three-wheeler EV manufacturers, Ather Energy and Euler Motors. Hero MotoCorp is the only Indian two-wheeler manufacturer listed on the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index (D/SI).

Hero MotoCorp's Executive Chairman, Dr. Pawan Munjal, was named to the 2025 TIME100 Climate List of the 100 most influential leaders driving business climate action.

Beyond mobility, Hero MotoCorp is a major global promoter of sports, including golf, football, field hockey, and cricket. Hero MotoSports Team Rally is India's flag bearer in global rally racing.