Production Manager
Ready to take the next step in your manufacturing leadership career?
At Essity, we're looking for an emerging leader who is ready for a bigger challenge. Based at our Springvale manufacturing site, you'll have the opportunity to lead a team of approximately 25 employees, drive operational performance, and develop your leadership capability within a global organization committed to improving the well-being of millions of people every day.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has built a strong foundation in manufacturing and gained early people leadership experience and is now ready to take ownership of a production area and make a lasting impact.
About the Role
Reporting to the Site Manager, you'll lead the Tampons production area, ensuring the safe, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of operational targets. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Technical and HR to drive performance, support continuous improvement initiatives, and create a highly engaged team culture.
This role offers a unique blend of hands-on operational leadership, people development, and continuous improvement, making it an ideal next step for a high-potential manufacturing professional.
What You Will Do
- Lead and develop a team of approximately 25 employees through frontline leaders.
- Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and quality requirements.
- Deliver production plans while meeting performance, quality, waste, and efficiency targets.
- Lead root cause analysis of production related problems and lead the implementation of sustained solutions.
- Support the management of operational budgets and resources.
- Coach and develop team members to build capability and engagement.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, reliability, quality, and cost reduction.
- Partner with Engineering, Maintenance, and Quality teams to improve equipment performance and manufacturing processes.
- Support new raw material introductions and process improvements.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and open communication.
- Contribute to positive employee relations and support the effective application of workplace agreements and policies.
Who You Are
You are a motivated manufacturing professional who enjoys leading people, solving problems, and improving performance. You are looking for an opportunity to step into a broader leadership role where you can continue to grow your career while making a meaningful contribution to a high-performing manufacturing operation.
To be successful, you will bring:
- Approximately 8 years' experience within manufacturing, FMCG, packaging, consumer goods, or a similar production environment.
- Minimum 2 years of people leadership experience, either as a Team Leader, Production Supervisor, Shift Leader, Area Leader, or similar.
- A degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent manufacturing experience.
- Experience within a GMP high-volume manufacturing or FMCG environment.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence methods including root cause analysis, 5S and six sigma.
- A solid understanding of manufacturing safety and quality requirements.
- Experience working with operational KPIs and production performance measures.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- A collaborative approach and the ability to build strong relationships across multiple functions.
- A passion for developing people and creating high-performing teams.
Highly regarded:
- Six Sigma Green Belt qualified through a credible organization, with improvement projects delivered with real benefits.
- TPM and Autonomous Maintenance experience.
- Experience producing TGA regulated products.
- Experience working in ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 certified sites.
- Familiarity with Enterprise Agreements or unionized manufacturing workplaces.
What We Can Offer You
Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-Being , provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere.
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Application End Date:
04 Sept 2026
Job Requisition ID:
Essity264389
Production Manager employer: Essity
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