Job Description

This is a transformational leadership role responsible for defining, deploying, and governing Total Productive Maintenance across multiple manufacturing locations.The position drives TPM maturity, pillar excellence, safety integration, capability building, and measurable improvements in OEE, quality, cost, and equipment reliability.

• Define the group?wide TPM vision, roadmap, and governance framework.
• Lead TPM deployment across all existing plants, new projects, and acquisitions.
• Drive JIPM?aligned maturity progression, assessments, gap closure, and sustainability.
• Coach and support pillar owners (AM, PM, QM, KK, EEM, E&T, SHE, Office TPM).
• Integrate TPM with daily management, Hoshin Kanri, and SQCDMS practices.
• Strengthen safety culture through HIRA, near?miss systems, and embedded safety rituals.
• Build capability across leadership, engineers, supervisors, and operators.
• Develop and standardize TPM training content under the corporate learning academy.
• Ensure measurable business impact on OEE, breakdowns, MTBF/MTTR, PPM, cost, and EBITDA.
• Lead internal audits, interface with JIPM/MSIL/customer auditors, and prepare plants for assessments.

Lead TPM strategy across multiple advanced manufacturing plantsShape a zero?defect, world?class excellence & safety culture
A successful GM-TQM should have:

• 20+ years of manufacturing experience with 10+ years in TPM/Lean leadership roles.
• Hands?on experience leading JIPM Special Award or Advanced Special Award implementation.
• Strong background in multi?plant TPM deployment and governance.
• Deep expertise in AM, PM, QM, FI/KK, EEM, training systems, and safety integration.
• Proven track record of driving OEE improvement, breakdown reduction, and quality/cost gains.
• Experience working within automotive OEM/Tier?1 ecosystems preferred.
• Strong coaching, change leadership, and cross?functional influence skills.
• High integrity, shop?floor orientation, and mastery in embedding TPM culture sustainably.

The client is a large, established Indian manufacturing group known for its strong legacy of operational excellence, high?precision engineering, and strong partnerships within the automotive ecosystem. With multiple facilities across India and overseas, the company is recognized for its disciplined culture, innovation mindset, and commitment to continuous improvement. It is currently strengthening its enterprise?wide excellence framework to achieve benchmark performance in productivity, safety, quality, and reliability. The organization values leaders who embody integrity, respect, passion, and a drive for excellence.

• Strategic enterprise?wide role with strong CXO visibility.
• Opportunity to shape TPM culture across multiple advanced manufacturing plants.
• Platform to drive JIPM Special/Advanced Level achievements.
• Leadership role influencing safety, quality, productivity, and long?term competitiveness.
• High?impact position with significant autonomy and organization?wide influence.

If you are passionate about quality management and have the expertise to excel as a GM-TQM in the industrial and manufacturing sector, we encourage you to apply!

Skills Required