At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead day-to-day production in a high-volume food manufacturing environment.
- Company: Established organisation focused on quality and operational efficiency.
- Benefits: Autonomous leadership role with opportunities for growth and impact.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team with ongoing investment and development planned.
- Why this job: Shape the future of food production while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in FMCG or food manufacturing and strong people management skills.
The predicted salary is between 82800 - 101200 $ per year.
The Company
My client is a well-established organisation operating a growing food production and manufacturing function supporting a broader national service operation. With a strong focus on quality, operational efficiency and service delivery, an exciting opportunity has become available for a Production Manager to take ownership of day-to-day manufacturing performance and help shape the next stage of operational growth. With ongoing investment across the operation and significant future development planned, this is an opportunity to join a business where you can have genuine influence over people, processes and performance. This role is based in Wollongong, NSW.
The Role
- Lead day-to-day production across a high-volume food manufacturing operation
- Act as the operational 2IC to the General Manager
- Lead and develop frontline production teams and Team Leaders
- Ensure production plans are delivered safely, efficiently and to specification
- Drive improvements across labour utilisation, efficiency, waste and productivity
- Develop and implement systems to improve visibility of production performance
- Monitor production KPIs and use data to identify performance gaps
- Drive continuous improvement across processes, equipment utilisation and workflow
- Maintain high standards across food safety, quality and compliance
- Work closely with Maintenance, Transport, Supply and Purchasing functions
- Identify operational issues and lead root-cause analysis and corrective action
- Build a culture of accountability, ownership and continuous improvement
Your Background
- An experienced Production Manager or senior Production Leader within FMCG or food manufacturing
- Experienced leading frontline production teams in a high-volume environment
- Strong technically, with a sound understanding of FMCG production practices and processes
- A proven people leader who can coach, develop and hold teams accountable
- Comfortable working across functions beyond production
- Experienced using operational KPIs and data to drive performance improvements
- Commercially and operationally minded, with a focus on efficiency and labour utilisation
- A hands-on leader who enjoys being close to the operation
- Comfortable operating autonomously with the ability to make decisions and implement change
- A strong communicator who can build effective relationships across all levels of an organisation
- Food manufacturing, HACCP and/or ISO22000 experience would be highly regarded
What’s On Offer
In return, you will be given the opportunity to take ownership of production performance within a growing food manufacturing operation, leading a frontline workforce and directly influencing key operational metrics. This is a highly autonomous leadership position suited to a Production Manager who enjoys developing people, improving systems and turning operational strategy into tangible results. With further investment and growth planned, the role provides an opportunity to have a genuine impact on the future direction of the operation.
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