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Sr. Manager Customer Advocate

Schneider Electric
Hyderabad, IndiaPosted Discovered via the company's careers siteMatch locked
8+ years expSoftware Engineering

TITLE

Sr. Manager, Customer Quality

LOCATION

Hyderabad, India •

Customer Quality Manager

acts as the

voice of the customer within the plant

, ensuring robust handling of customer complaints, field issues, and requests while driving systemic prevention. The role focuses on improving

customer satisfaction, product reliability, and confidence

through structured problem solving, strong cross-functional collaboration, and transparent communication with internal and external stakeholders •

Customer Advocacy & Satisfaction

  • Act as the

primary customer advocate

within the plant for all customer quality topics.

  • Own customer experience metrics such as

CNPS, FFR, DCR, CR, RTA, PIQ, Field Failure Rate (PPM)

and drive continuous improvement actions.

  • Ensure

timely and effective communication

with customers, Front Office, and Service teams on complaints and request

Complaint Management & Technical Analysis

  • Lead

end-to-end management of customer complaints

, ensuring response within

24 hours

and closure within defined lead times.

  • Conduct and coordinate

technical analysis of field return products

, ensuring robust root cause analysis and effective corrective and preventive actions.

  • Work with

Technical Experts / Design teams

to deliver high-quality technical reports that build customer confidence

Issue Prevention & Systemic Improvement

  • Initiate and lead

PRBs / I2Ps (Issue to Prevention)

to ensure sustainable resolution of customer issues.

  • Drive

FMEAs

for customer-related processes to identify hot points and prevent recurrence.

  • Develop and deploy

"test-to-fail" strategies

for known and potential product failure modes

Customer-Centric Culture & Knowledge Building

  • Lead and promote

"Customer First" culture initiatives

within the plant.

  • Develop

customer stories, instruction videos, and troubleshooting guides

to strengthen customer confidence and internal capability.

  • Actively incorporate

Voice of Customer (VOC)

insights into plant improvement actions

Governance & Stakeholder Management

  • Represent the plant in

monthly governance meetings

with Global, Front Office, and Service teams.

  • Collaborate closely with

Production, Process Quality, IQC, SCM, Logistics, IG Plants, and LOB teams

to drive customer quality performance.

  • Provide clear visibility on risks, actions, and progress to leadership.

•

Relationship

  • Customers
  • Front Office & Service Teams
  • Technical Antenna / Design
  • Production & Process Quality
  • IQC, SCM & Logistics
  • Line of Business (LOB)
  • Internal & Global Quality Teams

•

Measure of performance

  • Customer Net Promoter Score (

CNPS

)

  • Field Failure Rate (

PPM

)

  • Delivery Complaint Rate (

DCR PPM

)

  • Complaint & Request Closure Lead Time
  • Return-for-Analysis Performance (

RTA %

)

  • Technical Expert Analysis Closure Lead Time (≤ 5 working days)
  • Prevention Index (%)

•

Background and Skill

  • BE / BTech in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) with 8-12 years of experience
  • Strong experience in manufacturing quality / customer quality / field quality
  • Proven capability in problem solving, FMEA, and structured quality methodologies
  • Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
  • Sound knowledge of LV switchgear, ACB, MCCB, Contactors, etc

•

Personal Trait Profile

  • Strong

customer mindset

with ownership mentality

  • Results-oriented, proactive, and resilient
  • Ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority
  • Passion for

continuous improvement and change leadership

•

Scope and Impact of Position Responsibilities

.

  • This role has a

direct and significant impact on customer satisfaction

, product reliability, and brand confidence. By driving robust issue resolution and prevention, the role contributes materially to business performance and long-term customer trust.

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