Department: Ops and Production

Reporting To: Plant Operations Manager

The Packaging Lead is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the packaging floor, ensuring all products are packaged safely, efficiently, and in compliance with quality and regulatory standards. This role will lead the packaging team, oversee equipment readiness, manage packaging schedules, and drive continuous improvement in packaging efficiency, quality, and safety.

1. Packaging Operations

• Oversee the entire packaging operations and floors, including filling, labeling, capping, and cartoning, and transfer all stocks to the warehouse on time, in full, and error-free.
• Coordinate with production to ensure timely liquid handovers and avoid bottlenecks. All product should be transferred to warehouse within the set timeline
• Ensure packaging is completed according to planned schedules and production priorities
• Primary packaging planner of all packaging materials on the packaging floor.
• Strictly ensure all packaging SOPs, workflows, and checklists are fully filled, signed, and executed.
• Strictly adhere to all respective regulatory standards within the packaging operations
• Enforce GMP, FSMS (ISO 22000), and food safety protocols on the packaging floor.
• Verify packaging quality, including fill levels, label placement, seal integrity, and coding accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory labeling requirements for domestic and export markets. 
• Ensure packaging floor safety compliance and proper PPE usage.
• Report and address safety hazards promptly.
• Participate in safety audits and close out CAPAs.

2. Packaging Equipment Management

• Ensure all packaging equipment is ready and operational in a timely fashion and ready before production shifts.
• Lead and be part of cleaning of all beverage lines within the shifts and ensure smooth handover in all shifts
• Coordinate preventive maintenance and repairs with Engineering.
• Supervise equipment changeovers, line startups, and shutdowns

3. Inventory Management

• Monitor stock levels of packaging materials to prevent shortages and leakage. ● Requisition packaging materials in a timely and accurate predefined format.
• Track material usage, yields, and wastage.
• Ensure correct segregation, storage, and labeling of packaging materials.

4. Team Supervision and involved oversight

• Lead and Be actively part of the training of the packaging line operators and casual staff to deliver all the packaging KPIs and exceed company ambition
• Lead by example by attendance, performance, and adherence to SOPs and checklists of the entire team.
• Foster a safe, collaborative, and high-performance work culture.

5. Continuous Improvement

• Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance productivity and reduce costs.
• Support new product launches with packaging line setup and trials.

6. Reporting and Data Management

• Input and report all requisite post-blending reports, such as, but not limited to, packaging material usage, output, and stock holding in the packaging operations at any point in time
• Perform all requisite software system processes (on our ERP) to ensure accurate financial reporting in the prescribed formats.
• Be the primary data owner and data manager (including safekeeping) of all packaging operations reports and documents, including the source data sets.
• Monitor and report line efficiency, downtime, and OEE performance

• Minimum 2–3 years’ experience in a beverage packaging role, preferably in FMCG or alcoholic beverage manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of packaging line operations, maintenance, and food safety standards.
• Proficient in production reporting, planning, and inventory control.

• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation discipline. 
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting ability.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

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