# PACKAGING TEAM LEADER

**Company**: Unilever
**Location**: Isipingo, South Africa
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Packaging Team Leader to lead and manage our packaging operations across assigned shifts. As a Packaging Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring production targets are achieved safely, efficiently, and consistently within established quality standards.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Lead and manage packaging operations during assigned shifts, ensuring effective execution of the production plan.

- Ensure production targets are achieved in terms of volume, efficiency, waste, quality, and cost.

- Supervise and manage key performance indicators, including OEE, line efficiency, production losses, downtime, waste, and material utilization.

- Identify performance gaps, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions.

- Drive the implementation and sustainability of Manufacturing Excellence principles and practices.

- Ensure all packaging operations align with established quality standards, procedures, and product specifications.

- Maintain and implement quality management systems and relevant food safety requirements.

- Ensure compliance with applicable standards and systems, including FSSC 22000, HACCP, GMP, and internal quality management requirements.

- Ensure a safe working environment across all packaging operations.

- Drive compliance with occupational health and safety legislation, company safety standards, and internal safety management systems.

- Support the establishment and operational readiness of a new packaging line.

- Coordinate new-line projects from initiation through implementation, commissioning, handover, and operational stabilization.

- Develop and implement operational procedures, standard operating instructions, quality controls, safety systems, and daily management routines for the new line.

**Requirements:**

- Diploma or Degree experience in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production Management, Operations Management, or a related field.

- Minimum 3–5 years shown experience in a manufacturing or FMCG production environment.

- Demonstrated experience in packaging operations and shift management.

- Strong working knowledge of Manufacturing Excellence methodologies and systems.

- Experience implementing and sustaining quality and safety management systems.

- Shown experience coordinating projects and delivering improvement initiatives.

- Experience in equipment commissioning, production line implementation, or operational readiness would be highly effective.

- Demonstrated experience in people leadership and performance management.

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## Skills

### Required
- Manufacturing Excellence
- Lean Manufacturing
- Total Productive Maintenance
- OEE
- 5S
- Autonomous Maintenance
- Root Cause Analysis
- FSSC 22000
- HACCP
- GMP
- Quality Management

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