Production First Line Manager

PepsiCo; Depok; On-site; IDR 150,000,000 - 210,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo in Depok, Indonesia, seeks a Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day manufacturing activities, ensuring safe, efficient operations and consistent, high-quality output aligned with customer requirements.

You will supervise production teams, enforce GMP, SOP and Halal standards, track KPIs, drive 5S and continuous improvement, coordinate with Engineering, QA/QC and PPIC, and develop training plans to elevate team capability and operational performance on the floor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in food manufacturing; 3+ years as supervisor or team leader.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Knowledge of GMP, SOP, and Halal assurance systems.
• Experience with 5S, EHS, and KPI tracking.
• Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma basics.

Responsibilities

• Manage production site, maintain safe environment and 5S, monitor labour discipline per PepsiCo standards.
• Supervise production teams to meet process requirements and track quality and progress.
• Oversee GMP, SOP and Halal guarantee system implementation.
• Track KPIs and drive continuous improvement on the floor.
• Review and approve procedures and related production documents.
• Coordinate with Engineering, QA/QC, PPIC for smooth operations.
• Establish and improve training plans to develop team capabilities.
• Validate production status and escalate issues to Production Manager as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Ownership

Problem-solving

Lean

Kaizen

Six Sigma basics

Team management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

GMP

SOP

Halal Assurance System

Job description

Overview

The role is responsible in leading and supervising production activities in efficient and effective way during day-to-day operation of production and ensure production team delivering consistent and good quality product as per customer requirement.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing production site, safe environment, good 5S environment, labour discipline as per PepsiCo standard.
• Supervise production teams to carry out production as per process requirement and work instruction, keep track of quality status and production progress, handling unexpected situation, quality and on time delivery.
• Control/supervise implementation of GMP, SOP and Halal guarantee system
• Track key performance indicators that assigned in the area.
• Ensure continuous improvement culture is implemented on production floor and delivering continuous improvement idea from production floor to support the key performance indicator
• Review and approve procedures and document related per production activities
• Coordinating with the Engineering, QA / QC, PPIC for smooth processing
• Establish and improve training plan for the team and ensure team capabilities team in place as per expected requirement.
• Validate production status and escalated to production manager if there are any potential issues that impacting the product delivery

Qualifications

• Min. bachelor’s degree in engineering or other related degree
• At least 5 years in Food Manufacturing Industry, snack industry will be preferred with at least 3 years’ experience as supervisor or team leader
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong sense of ownership and responsibility.
• Strong leadership capability and managing people, proficient in safety and quality culture, especially in food industry
• Production management and process control in FMCG/food manufacturing
• Knowledge and application of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), SOPs, and Halal Assurance System
• Quality management and product compliance monitoring
• Knowledge of 5S, EHS, and labor discipline standards
• Ability to track, analyze, and improve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Continuous improvement and problem-solving methodologies (Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma basics)
• Documentation and procedure management in production activities
• Cross-functional coordination (Engineering, QA/QC, PPIC) for smooth operations
• Training, coaching, and capability development of production teams
• Risk identification, escalation, and handling of unexpected production issues