Position Title: PFD Line Lead/Shift Lead –Capsules

Organization Context

Position Title

PFD Line Lead/ Shift Lead - Capsules

Employee Name

Grade

Department

PFD

Location

Shirwal

Reports To

Team Lead

Reported By

Operators

ACG is the world’s only integrated pharma manufacturing solutions company. We are headquartered in Mumbai, India. ACG has a presence in over 100 countries with its products and services that strive to provide world-class technology across multiple domains.

We offer a complete range of solutions beginning with empty capsules; granulation and tablet coating; capsule filling; tabletting; packaging films; blister packing and carton packing to the end-of-line solutions and track and trace systems.

We have an opportunity in ACG Capsules / ACG Engineering / ACG Pharma Packaging / ACG Inspection.

- Job Objective

- Coordination of activities within a shift at Post Production (ATS, Printing, Camera, Packing) to achieve AFOE@Despatch on shift basis with desired Quality

- Shift lead will be responsible for managing all the below shift activities for the entire Hall/all machines.

- Primary responsibilities

Strategic and planning

Functional

Shift Lead (all m/cs in one shift)-

Line Lead –

- Monitoring and verifying all shift activities (Manning, Execution of Post Production Planning ) for the allocated lines

- Prepare shift machine performance report for the allocated lines to support HOD/Incharge for decision making

- Implement Quality corrections (Ink Viscosity, Camera challenge test, NOU test etc) to minimize Printing defects & achieve the target AFOE@Despatch

- Ensures that all requirements (Material, Condition) are in place for Colour Change

- Monitor ATS Operation with Production and Quality

- Check line clearance of ATS, Printing, Camera, FCS, Checkweigher machines as per SOP

- Monitors Print and Camera Process parameters to ensure desired quality is achieved

- 100% SAP entries of Dips & Counting and printing confirmation and downtime for that shift is to get right information from SAP.





- Supervise the color change with required cGMP and GDP requirements

- Co- ordination with interfacing functions in case of colour change, Machine downtime to run Line efficiently with no backlog/WIP

- Monitor and provide feedback to production line WIP for batch cut off.

- Ensure all the necessary Material for the shift is available for Printing (Shift Plan, CC plan, MR,RR ,Spare availability ,ink ,clothes, IPA ,Packing material (Types of box, metalized bags , fractionated material, required necessary material as per requirement) to ensure Line runs efficiently

- Communicate Online rejection analysis (Attribute defects to Production and Printing defects to Line operator) to maintain consistent quality

- Wherever required execute Camera teaching and challenge test in presence of QC

- Ensure proper SOP is followed, with cGMP and Regulatory guidelines for regular and Audit compliance

- CAPA or complaints is to be communicated to associates in meetings to prevent it for next supply

- Implementation of continuous improvement actions which are reviewed by Section head for future smooth operations

- Optimize consumption of consumable and non-consumable to reduce losses

- Training of operators for multi-skilling for people development.

- People Development – Contract training/down the line as required. Interview process for down the line jointly with the Team lead

- Highlighting of internal stranger complaints in regular meetings to ensure no future failure occurs

- Review of shift documents.

- Plan and give training to the operators on GDP.

- Ensure associate are attending training on GMP % DI policy.





- Ensure adherence to safety guidelines/ Workplace Management System - ISO14001-2015 / Occupational Health and Safety - ISO45001-2018, c-GMP, regulatory & statutory compliances, TPM and other applicable norms.

- Ensure compliance with all safety procedures and company policies.

- Support quality inspections, audits, and process improvements.

- Monitor attendance, discipline, and employee performance.

- Support Lean, Kaizen, 5S, TPM, or other improvement programs.

- Monitor equipment performance and report abnormalities.

- Ensure accurate documentation of incidents, production, and quality data.

- Ensure compliance with applicable standards, procedures, policies, and regulatory requirements within the assigned area of responsibility.

Internal process

- Preparation of various reports.

- Monitor and review Multiskilling initiatives in order support Departmental goals.

People development

- Ensure proper manning and shift handling, shift activities.

- Effective training to the operators with evaluation for compliance.

- Effective manning to utilization of available sources.

Any other additional responsibility could be assigned to the role holder from time to time as a standalone project or regular work. The same would be suitably represented in the Primary responsibilities and agreed between the incumbent, reporting officer and HR.

- Key Result Areas

- OTDIF,

- PML,

- AFOE Despatch

- % reduction of complaints in Printing, packing & Camera.

- No of Print defects

- % Compliance (safety, regulatory)

- Key Interfaces

Internal Interfaces

External Interfaces

- Production

- Quality

- Vendors

- Customers

- ACG Persona

Leadership Excellence Framework

Technical Competency – T Compass

Persona

Level

Competency

Level

Partner

1

Troubleshooting

3

Builder

1

Printing

3

Entrepreneur

1

Problem Solving

3

Camera Inspection

3

- Educational and Experience Requirements

Minimum Requirement

Desired

Level of Education

- Diploma, BE/ B.Tech Mech

- BE / B. Tech- Mechanical

Experience

- 0-1 Year

- 2 Year

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