Line Leader, Packaging

at  Taro Pharmaceuticals INC Canada

TITLE: LINE LEADER, PACKAGING

Date: Oct 31, 2024
Location: Taro Pharmaceauticals CAN
Company: Taro Pharmaceuticals INC, Canada
Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a multinational, specialty pharmaceutical company with a vision of reaching people and touching lives globally as a leading provider of valued medicines. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of our customers and the overall community through the innovation, development, manufacturing and marketing of the highest quality healthcare products.
Established in 1950, Taro’s world class production facility is located in Brampton, Ontario, with a current team of over 600 Canadian employees. Our company’s focus on the dermatology sector has made us a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialized topical products with a diverse portfolio of creams, ointments, liquids, and gels.
With support from our parent company, Sun Pharma, one of the world’s largest specialty generic pharmaceutical companies, we are committed to providing a healthy, safe and rewarding environment for all of our employees.
Our reward packages have been designed to meet the needs of our diverse workforce and their families. For additional information visit: www.taro.com.
What we offer:
A safe and clean; GMP regulated work environment
Opportunities for career growth and development
A competitive wage/salary
Employee training and organizational development programs, internal mobility programs, and employee recognition programs
Our Brampton location is presently looking for Line Leader, Packaging

GENERAL SUMMARY:

To ensure the safety, quality, productivity and training needs of the team members to achieve the goals defined for the packaging department.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent math skills.
• Proficiency with computers.
• Excellent organization skills.
• Interacting with shop floor personnel on a daily basis.
• Proactive, thinking ahead.
• Ability to multitask.

BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE:

• Exposure to current G.M.P. requirements.
• Previous experience working in a similar role in a pharmaceutical packaging environment.

• Complete G.M.P. documents, such as the Packaging Work Order, and forward to the documentation review clerk.
• Ensure equipment log books (stationary/non stationary) are accurately completed.
• Reconcile components used for the packaging operation. ( BPCS )
• Review and ensure accurate data is recorded and entered into Shop Floor Data collection system.
• Perform housekeeping tasks such as washing floors, walls etc. required in the SOP’s.
• Perform the tasks as directed on the Packaging Work Order (PWO).
• Perform in-process checks
• Retrieve samples as per PWO ie: Routine, Stability, Validation etc.
• Participate in Line Clearance process
• Safety: ensure team members are knowledgeable and aware of the equipment and environment they are expected to work in.
• Quality: monitor and be aware of excessive scrap from the line.
• Complete BPCS transactions in a timely manner.
• Accurately complete PWO and reconcile components in a timely manner.
• Productivity: minimize downtime and maximize up-time by comparing standard line efficiencies to current real time productivity. (Checkweigh Display Data & Shop Floor Data Control).
• Effectively communicate safety, quality and productivity issues to the line mechanics.
• Ensure efficient labour utilization of all team members.
• Delegate on-line tasks.
• Perform “in process” checks.
• Assist with training “line leaders in training”.
• Perform documentation review.
• Supervise / co-ordinate off line packaging activities.
• Complete all GMP Documentation correctly and in a timely manner
• Complete all training assignments and maintain personal training records
• Participate in and/or lead Non Conformance Investigations
• Complete Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA’s)
• Initiate, and follow through with actions required to close Change Controls
• Participate in Internal, Customer and Regulatory Audits.
• Will be required to perform other duties as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.