Essential Duties and Responsibilities
· Promote a strong safety culture by communicating hazards, concerns, and near-miss incidents.
· Report all safety incidents promptly to the supervisor.
· Submit work orders for safety-related issues and equipment repairs.
· Ensure compliance with all Safety, GMP, Quality, and sanitation procedures.
· Support investigations and root cause analyses related to safety, quality, and process issues.
· Raise non-conformances (NCs) for any raw material or process-related issues.
· Maintain departmental quality, sanitation, and ILVT practices.
· Randomly audit shop floor documentation to ensure completeness and accuracy.
· Reconcile label counts per process order and coordinate verification with Quality Control.
· Perform post-cleaning swabs to verify sanitation effectiveness before starting the next process order.
Operations & Workflow Control
· Control workflow to maximize capacity utilization and ensure effective use of labor, tools, and equipment.
· Distribute process orders to the team and align execution with planning strategies and sequencing.
· Continuously evaluate operational capabilities, employee skills, and resource needs.
· Keep storage areas organized; ensure pallets are properly wrapped and maintained in good condition.
· Maintain area readiness for the next shift to ensure smooth handover and continuity of production.
· Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and communicate performance gaps to the supervisor.
· Complete required reports, including packing and shift reports.
· Accurately enter and confirm process orders (POs) and finished goods locations in SAP and related spreadsheets.
Production & Team Leadership
· Lead and supervise employees during assigned shifts to meet production schedules while maintaining safety, quality, efficiency, and delivery requirements.
· Conduct a Tier 1 (T1) start-of-shift meeting to communicate safety and quality topics, production goals, targets, and other relevant updates.
· Assign daily targets and expectations to operators and material handlers and actively track performance throughout the shift.
· Manage employee break schedules and coordinate with Maintenance to support required maintenance activities.
· Act as a working lead, providing hands-on support on the floor as needed.