- Ensure the quality of Packaging components complies with specification and approved artwork.
- Ensure compliance with site, 3rd party customer /local and international regulatory requirements and project timelines.
Planning & Section Management
- Provide input into and independently implement and coordinate systems and procedures.
- Provide section staff with day-to-day direction and tasks.
- Determine, allocate and request required assets and resources for the fulfilment of work objectives; and monitor its use.
- Develop new and facilitate implementation of current processes.
- Propose changes or improvements to management on processes, tools, techniques, and products.
- Provide input into and manage budgets and resource requirements.
- Train and assist junior staff.
- Manage the QC release process for printed components against approved artwork files.
- Manage QC release process of packaging components against approved specifications.
- Manage packaging specifications evaluation and implementation.
- Ensure compliance with MCC and International Regulatory Authority requirements.
- Ensure the on time release of all packaging components to meet production schedules
- Coordinate and conduct package testing according to SOPs.
- Review labelling/ artwork and identify mislabelling/ breaches; manage discrepancies.
- Ensure packaging is staged for sampling and testing, in line with requirements.
- Ensure labelling is complete as per SOP.
- Consolidate information for reports on weekly/ monthly basis.
- Analyse consolidated data and provide recommendations.
- Compile detailed reports and consolidated documents.
- Monitor and control access to and set-up of electronic databases.
- Provide input for improvement of risk-based compliance systems.
- Monitor implementation and correct own and/or team compliance with legislation, policies and procedures;
Skills required
- National Diploma/ Degree in Packaging Technology or related with 5 years related experience.
- Supervisory experience
- Advanced knowledge of packaging equipment, artwork origination, and printing processes, and package testing
- Scientific report writing skills.
- Understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing and corrective action programs
- Pharmaceutical standards and compliance requirements
- Ability to interpret and implement policies, processes and objective.
- Managing Performance
- Planning and Organising
- Meeting Deadlines
- Customer Awareness
