Shift Leader Packaging Engineer

gsknch; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon is seeking a Shift Leader for the Packaging Area to oversee safe, compliant, and efficient packaging operations on the assigned shift. You will lead Packaging Associates and coordinate with Process, QA, Maintenance, Engineering, and Supply to ensure right‑first‑time packaging and reliable supply.

The role focuses on daily plan delivery, shift readiness, AM/PM activities, and continuous improvement, with KPIs around safety, quality, OEE, and schedule adherence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical or related discipline.
• 5-7 years manufacturing experience with 2-3 years leading shop-floor teams.
• Experience in FMCG/pharma-like regulated environments is preferred.
• Exposure to automated packaging lines and commissioning is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead shift to deliver production plan while safety, quality, service, and people goals are met.
• Manage daily shopfloor activities: manpower, readiness, AM/PM tasks.
• Ensure materials, equipment, utilities, and docs are ready for GMP operations.
• Oversee start-up, shutdowns, changeovers, cleaning, and batch execution per SOPs.
• Monitor OEE, yield, throughput, waste, downtime, and schedule adherence.
• Lead issue resolution: safety, quality, equipment, material; support root cause analysis.
• Coach technicians; enable multi-skilling and succession planning.
• Coordinate with maintenance, engineering, QA, and supply for reliability.
• Drive 5S, visual management, waste reduction, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain audit-ready, safe manufacturing environment for internal/external audits.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Safety focus

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering

Tools

SAP

MES

OEE systems

Power BI

Job description

Welcome to Haleon. We're a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we've grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter - one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands - including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® - lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it's time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose - to deliver better everyday health with humanity - at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

Location: Indore

About the Role

The Shift Leader - Packaging Area is accountable for safe, compliant and efficient packaging execution during the assigned shift and provides frontline leadership to Packaging Associates and other Packaging team members.

The role leads daily packaging-plan delivery, GMP and EHS compliance, line performance, shift coordination, people deployment, capability building and continuous improvement across assigned packaging lines.

The incumbent partners with Process, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Warehouse and HAPS teams to deliver right-first-time packaging, reliable supply and effective resolution of operational issues

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Process operations during the shift to deliver the production plan while achieving Safety, Quality, Service, and People objectives.
• Manage daily shopfloor activities, ensuring manpower allocation, resource availability, shift readiness, and coordination of AM (Autonomous Maintenance) and PM (Preventive Maintenance) activities.
• Ensure raw materials, equipment, utilities, documentation, and production areas are ready for compliant and efficient execution of manufacturing operations.
• Oversee process activities including start-up, shutdown, changeovers, cleaning, sanitization, and batch execution in line with GMP, SOPs, and validated process requirements.
• Monitor key performance metrics such as OEE, yield, throughput, waste, downtime, equipment performance, and schedule adherence, taking timely corrective actions to address gaps.
• Lead resolution of safety, quality, equipment, and material-related issues, supporting investigations, root cause analysis, CAPA, risk assessments, and escalation management.
• Coach and develop Process Technician Associates through training, performance feedback, multi-skilling, and succession planning initiatives.
• Partner with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Supply teams to support equipment reliability, commissioning, validation, operational readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive HAPS, AM/PM, 5S, visual management, equipment care, waste reduction, and loss elimination activities to improve operational performance.
• Maintain an audit-ready, safe, compliant, and inspection-ready manufacturing environment while supporting internal and external audits.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, Electrical or a related discipline from a reputed engineering Institutes.
• Relevant training in GMP, packaging technology, safety, Lean or frontline leadership is desirable.
• 5-7 years of manufacturing experience, including 2-3 years leading shop-floor teams or shifts.
• Experience in FMCG, consumer healthcare, pharmaceuticals, food or another regulated manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Exposure to automated packaging lines, greenfield commissioning, qualification, validation or manufacturing start-up is desirable.

Technical Skills

• Process equipment, systems, material flow and line operations.
• GMP, line clearance, coding and labelling controls, reconciliation, batch documentation and data integrity.
• Production planning, shift execution, OEE, throughput, changeovers, rejects and waste.
• First-line troubleshooting, root-cause analysis and CAPA support.
• DDS/DMS, HAPS, 5S, visual management and continuous improvement.
• Working knowledge of SAP, MES, OEE systems, Power BI or related manufacturing systems is desirable.

Leadership Skills

• Frontline leadership, coaching and capability development.
• Clear decision-making and escalation under operational pressure.
• Strong communication and effective shift handover.
• Collaboration across Packaging, Process, Quality, Maintenance and Engineering.
• Ownership, accountability and a strong safety and compliance mindset.
• Fair people deployment, constructive feedback and respectful conflict resolution.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Safety & Compliance - Safe shift execution, GMP adherence, training compliance and timely closure of assigned actions.
• Quality - Right-first-time performance (RFT), documentation accuracy, process adherence and deviation reduction and defect reduct