Sr Officer, Packaging Equipment SME

Overview

POSITION SUMMARY STATEMENT

 

Responsible for ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant packaging operations across CM (Contract Manufacturing) sites to support Operations team meet production targets, maintaining product quality standards, optimizing equipment performance, minimizing downtime, wastage, and ensuring strict adherence to GMP, Food Safety requirements, adhering to SOP.The role involves conducting qualification and validation activities for new packaging equipment and products, including Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), Engineering Studies, Component Trials, and New Product Development (NPD) Trials. The incumbent will play a key role in the successful onboarding, validation, and commercialization of new equipment and products within packaging lines, while driving operational excellence, process reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives.

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

•    Troubleshooting during Packing line breakdowns at Contract Manufacturers(CM) and resolution of packaging-related challenges by identifying root causes,•    Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and support the implementation of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) at CM sites to address packaging-related issues, improve process robustness, and prevent recurrence.•    Implement corrective actions derived from RCA, monitor and collect performance data. Follow PDCA principle. •    Visit the OEM works to Conduct FAT, SAT, initiate Trial request Form(TRF) to arrange RM/PM. Circulate the reports for respective activity.•    Support the project teams and CMs for the preparation and review of User Requirement Specifications (URS), Validation Protocols, and the initiation of Trial Request Forms (TRF) for Raw Materials (RM) and Packaging Materials (PM) to execute trials in the packaging line.•    Identify improvement opportunities and drive CI projects at CMs towards improving the OEE, Line efficiencies/capacity/capability enhancements.•    Conduct Technical assessment of Proposals for feasibility by reviewing the equipment specification, KLD etc. •    Provide Technical advise to the CM for all packaging equipment -related solutions, through effective communication, timely resolution and seamless execution of product filling trial and commercialization.•    Provide technical training to the technicians of CM to enhance their knowledge of packaging processes, equipment functionality, and packaging quality requirements.•    Conduct filling trials at CMs for NPDs, new PM development, New Mold, new PM supplier onboarding etc in accordance with the QA aligned success criteria. Support Packaging Engineering & procurement to successfully onboard new vendors, new mold etc. •    Investigate the Quality complaints and find the probable root cause and use tools(like Fishbone), draft action plans, implement , monitor for sustenance.•    Coordinate and provide support to CM sites, Quality Assurance (QA), and Sourcing teams for the investigation and resolution of seal integrity failures, equipment breakdowns, and packaging component-related issues.•    Support conduct Feasibility, Validation for New Product Introductions (NPI), including fill tests, durability assessments, and packaging material runnability evaluations, to ensure packaging performance and process suitability.•    Attend Daily department meetings and important Business decision meetings (Like NPI meetings, Mater Trial etc) and provide inputs to facilitate Business decision.•    Prepare reports for daily, weekly, and monthly Business Updates, packaging performance updates, operational metrics, trial progress, and key activities to the MIS team for monitoring and management review.•    Working with CMs to identify the capacity and capability enhancement like modifications, Kaizens in filling lines.•    Identify packaging process improvement opportunities and provide technical recommendations to enhance packaging capabilities and support Business growth objectives.•    Associate to Task forces for improvement initiative pertaining to packing materials / packaging integrity.•    Partnering with core manufacturing team members to ensure the right first time for the FG dispatched from the plants.•    Drive packaging footprint expansion by proposing viable growth opportunities and supporting the fulfillment of all operational, technical, and infrastructure requirements.

Qualifications

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Roles & Responsibility : Covered above

 

Skills :-

 

•    Hands-on experience in setting up, troubleshooting, and optimizing packaging equipment, •    Knowledge on operation & Maintenance of filling lines for Vertical Form Fill Seal (VFFS), Horizontal Form Fill Seal (HFFS), Jar Filling Machines, Checkweighers, Metal Detectors, Capping Machines, Labeling Machines, Induction Sealing Systems etc•    Troubleshooting of Packaging equipment.•    Project execution, Packing line design & selection, vendor assessment, Installation & commissioning of filling lines. •    Experience in filing line for Greenfield projects and preparation of required documents for qualification.•    Conversant with TPM tools on AM & PM Pillar.•    Equipment selection & OEM assessment.•    Hands on in Filling & Packing lines for Nutraceuticals in Powder, Solid dose, Pouch category lines.•    Must be conversant with Microsoft office (Word, Power point & Excel), making PPTs•    Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively.•    Persuasive skills to work with Cross function teams, CM partners, OEMs, and stakeholders.

 

Experience:

•    5-8 Years of experience in Packing & filling lines in Nutra Powder line, Solid dose, Pouch, stick pact, glass bottle etc•    Execution of Projects, line qualification, Vendor Technical capability evaluation. •    Exposure on packing material development., Knowledge on the Product Physical properties.•    Knowledge of Filling line automation & Latest technology.•    Experience in Best in class Tools application TIMWOOD / SMED / RCA will be added advantage