Manufacturing Shift Leader: Safety, Quality & Lean Ops

PepsiCo Inc.; Yunusemre; On-site; TRY 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo Inc. is seeking a capable Shift Leader to oversee manufacturing operations on evening/night/weekend shifts. You will drive safety, quality, service, cost and people priorities while guiding frontline teams to meet production plans and maintain food safety standards.

In this role, you will coordinate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Planning and EHS, lead problem-solving, and mentor frontline staff to build capability and ensure business continuity across non‑standard hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelorb8s degree in Engineering.
• Experience leading manufacturing operations and frontline teams.
• Strong people leadership and talent development.
• Experience with cross-functional teams across Production, Quality, Maintenance, Planning, Warehouse, and EHS.
• Lean Manufacturing, CI, and Daily Management Systems knowledge.
• Knowledge of Food Safety, GMP, FSSC, AIB, Environmental and OHS standards.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate all manufacturing activities during the assigned shift to ensure the safe, efficient and compliant execution of production plans while delivering targets across Safety, Quality, Service, Cost and People.
• Direct frontline employees, plan deployment, coaching, and development.
• Act as the senior operational leader during the shift, coordinating between Production, Quality, Maintenance, Warehouse, Planning and EHS functions.
• Drive shift performance through daily management systems, KPI reviews, QCDM processes and structured problem‑solving activities.
• Ensure full compliance with PepsiCo Food Safety, Quality, GMP, FSSC, AIB, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety standards.
• Lead continuous improvement, productivity, waste reduction and cost optimization initiatives, ensuring effective implementation of Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence programs.
• Monitor production plan attainment, equipment performance and resource utilization for efficiency and timely delivery.
• Lead frontline communication processes including shift handovers, team meetings, performance reviews and employee feedback discussions.
• Develop organizational capability by identifying skill gaps, supporting training execution and strengthening technical and leadership competencies across frontline teams.
• Maintain end-to‑end accountability for plant operations during evenings, nights, weekends and periods when site functional leaders are not present.

Skills

People leadership

Shift management

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Lean Manufacturing

Operational Excellence

Data analysis

Safety compliance

English fluency

Education

Bachelore2a0s degree in Engineering

Job description

PepsiCo Inc. is seeking a capable Shift Leader to oversee manufacturing operations on evening/night/weekend shifts. You will drive safety, quality, service, cost and people priorities while guiding frontline teams to meet production plans and maintain food safety standards.

In this role, you will coordinate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Planning and EHS, lead problem-solving, and mentor frontline staff to build capability and ensure business continuity across non‑standard hours.