Assistant Manager, Packaging

6 days ago

North Brunswick, United States USPL NUTRITIONALS LLC Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Job Description

Date

09/2024

Location

1300 Airport Road, North Brunswick NJ

Title

Assistant Manager, Packaging

Department

Packaging

Reports to

Manager, Packaging

FLSA (Exempt or Non-Exempt

Exempt

Role Overview

The Packaging Assistant Manager is a hands-on position that will be responsible for overseeing the entire day-to-day packaging operation and ensuring packaging operations remain on schedule. Assisting with manager plans, schedules, strategizes, and oversees all Packaging activities while continually building quality and compliance. This person will demonstrate a high level of creativity and independence in the design and development of new or improved packaging processes, systems, prototypes, and projects from concept to production. Safety, sanitation, housekeeping, GMP standards, problem solving ability as well as good employee relations are considered key elements to success. The Packaging Assisting Manager will assist to manage the adherence to prescribed procedures to ensure first pass quality meets or exceeds planned goals.

Areas of Responsibility

  • Seek out process improvements to increase quality, improve line efficiencies, and increase safety.
  • Act as a key contact for packaging related topics for operational team and regarding in time delivery, quality, and supplier service.
  • Assist with the exception of the packaging planning based on the marketing requirement, manpower, and equipment capacity.
  • Execute IQ / OQ / PQ for packaging equipment.
  • Draft, Execute and prepare final reports for packaging line trial, packaging experimental order and validation runs.
  • Assist in designing bill of material for packaging SKUs.
  • Involves the most effective and efficient use of available resources to produce products that meet or exceed product requirements for cost, quality, and delivery.
  • Support delivery of bottom-line savings by working together with Suppliers, R&D and the Supply Chain to identify and implement cost saving and innovation programs.
  • Maintain a work environment which fosters teamwork and supports the company’s efforts to continuously improve processes.

Quality

  • Maintain proper gowning and hygiene to ensure integrity of the product as per cGMP’s and company policies.
  • Follow batch records, SOP’s, and cGMP guidelines to ensure product specifications and tolerances are met.
  • Ensures full compliance with Company policies, procedures, GMP’s, Ethical Business Practice, and SOP’s at all times.
  • Ensures documentation such as operation logs, batch records, etc. are fully completed, signed and in compliance with company standards and regulatory requirements.
  • Complete necessary Activity Reports for management.

People

  • Foster a collaborative environment in which diverse backgrounds are respected and valued.
  • Establish and maintain effective relationships with your peers, team, and senior managers to communicate effectively.
  • Provides clear direction & expectations for direct reports and assures that tasks & responsibilities are clear.
  • Sets goals and objectives in alignment with the organization for self.
  • Maintains open lines of communication with employees, peers, and management.
  • Assumes responsibility for the efficient, timely, and accurate completion of packing functions
  • Learns and understands specific manufacturing operations sufficiently and is able to provide support in other areas as needed.
  • Assists with personnel decisions including hiring, terminations, attendance management, wage decisions, transfers, and promotions.
  • Interpret and explain the policies of the USPL Handbook so employees can understand the application of each policy as well as management’s purpose for each policy.
  • Apply all company policies fairly and consistently across departments and develop a relationship of trust and transparency with their employees.
  • Identify strengths and weaknesses of all associates on their team to ensure optimal performance; knows which employees they can assign additional tasks to, and which need closer scrutiny.

Other Responsibilities Including Safety:

  • Responsible for ensuring each employee works in a safe and responsible manner in order to create an injury-free and incident-free workplace. Complies with all job-related safety and other training requirements.
  • Keeps management informed of area activities and of any significant problems.
  • Responsible for maintenance of warehouse equipment, providing both preventive maintenance programs and communicating all necessary repairs to Director of Facilities. Ensure that the warehouse personnel have safe, efficient equipment in order to perform the distribution functions
  • Responsible for warehouse safety programs in order to provide a safe and clean workplace for employees and within the regulations of all OSHA local and state regulations.
  • Ensure all associates are trained and following all standard operating procedures.
  • Works extended hours and occasional weekend overtime.
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Education & Qualification:

  • Bachelor’s Degree (Preferred) and/or 5 +years Supervisory experience.
  • Minimum of six (4) years of work experience in nutritionals, supplements, food, or pharmaceutical manufacturing industries.

Certifications, Licenses, Credentials:

  • N/A

Skills & Ability

  • Demonstrates ability to work in a team and assist others.
  • Able to follow written instructions precisely and perform basic math calculations as required.
  • Understands and is knowledgeable of cGMP, OSHA standards etc.
  • Mechanically inclined to understand inner workings of equipment.
  • Must know MS Office, particularly Excel.
  • Knowledge of ERP systems (Syspro, SAP).

Physical Requirements (lifting, etc.):

  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.; occasionally lift and move up to 75 pounds.
  • Able to stand and walk on packaging floor a minimum of 6 hours per shift when required.
  • Uses hands to finger, handle, feel, or operate objects or controls, lifting to waist height and/or above shoulder height, frequent bending from waist, or squatting, walking short distances.
  • Occasionally works from a rolling ladder or step stool.
  • Must be able wear all PPE including lab coat, face mask, booties, gloves, safety glasses/goggles and respirators.

Work Environment (Office, Warehouse, temperature extremes, etc.):

  • Work is regularly performed inside a manufacturing environment where temperatures can be moderate, exposure to dust, odors, noise, and fumes. The noise level is usually moderate. Employee can be exposed daily to chemicals and cleaning agents.
  • Able to work 1 day on biweekly basis on a second shift.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.

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