Packaging Supervisor/Manager (Bottle Packaging Line Experience Required)

Granules•Manassas, VA

About The Position

The Packaging Supervisor/Manager is responsible for the day-to-day packaging operations at Granules Consumer Health. The individual supervises, motivates, and supports the staff daily, applying a team approach and maintaining open communication. The Packaging Supervisor/Manager also plans, schedules, strategizes, and oversees all packaging activities while continually building quality and compliance.

Requirements

BS in Science, pharmacy, or related degree
8-10 years of packaging supervisory/management experience within the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
Must have bottling experience within a pharmaceutical/nutraceutical manufacturing environment.
Solid writing skills with strong leadership qualities.
Strong organizational and planning skills.
Strong analytical skills.
Knowledge of computer programs.
Time management and planning skills.
Strong ability to lead and motivate people and deal appropriately with and difficult situations, as well as a good awareness of current employment relation laws.

Responsibilities

Executing the packaging planning based on the marketing requirement, manpower, and equipment capacity.
Ensure product quality meets the specification all the time.
Supervising a team in packaging, training them on SOPs, cGMP, investigations, CAPAs, protocols and handling quality issues with respect to packaging department.
Maintaining a GMP compliant work area.
Ensuring the production of high-quality products while meeting FDA, OSHA, and company requirements for manufacturing department
Involves the most effective and efficient use of available resources to produce products that meet or exceed product requirements for cost, quality, and delivery.
Handling of packaging related business tool (ERP) and ensuring the appropriate date entries.
Responsible for execution of packaging exhibit, characterization, and validation batches.
Responsible for execution of cleaning verification/validation of packaging equipment.
Monitoring of packaging related change controls, deviations, investigations, and implementing the CAPAs for completion on time and implementation of action items.
Ensure packaging records, protocols and reports review and approving as necessary.
Responsible for enforcing all safety procedures and SOPs.
Report to departmental head about ongoing measurement identifying progress, issues and corrective action status, and planned projects.
Performs other duties assigned.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned at the discretion of management.