At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a large production team to drive safety, quality, and performance in food manufacturing.
- Company: Join Turosi, a leading Australian food business with a focus on innovation and operational excellence.
- Benefits: Be part of a collaborative culture with opportunities for career growth and development.
- Other info: Turosi is committed to safety and creating rewarding careers for its employees.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a fast-paced environment while developing high-performing teams.
- Qualifications: Experience in high-volume manufacturing and strong leadership skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 82800 - 101200 $ per year.
Lead People. Drive Performance. Deliver Results.
High-volume food manufacturing operation. Lead through frontline leaders across a large-scale production environment. Drive safety, quality, productivity and continuous improvement.
Torusi is seeking an experienced Production Manager to join our Broadmeadows Further Processing / Value-Add operation. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you'll lead a large production team through your frontline leaders, driving operational performance across safety, quality, labour, yield and customer service. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and enjoys developing people while delivering results.
About the Role
- Leading daily production operations to achieve safety, quality, service and cost targets.
- Developing and coaching Area Managers, Supervisors and frontline leaders.
- Driving improvements in OEE, yield, labour utilisation, waste reduction and overall plant performance.
- Building capability and accountability across production teams.
- Partnering closely with Engineering, Planning, Quality, Supply Chain and HR.
- Championing food safety, quality and compliance standards.
- Leading continuous improvement initiatives that deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Using operational data and production metrics to drive decision-making and performance.
About You
We're looking for a Production Manager who has successfully led large-scale manufacturing operations and can demonstrate measurable improvements in safety, quality, productivity and team performance. Experience within poultry, meat, protein, further processing, food manufacturing or FMCG will be highly regarded.
You will bring:
- Proven Production Manager experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading large teams through supervisors and frontline leadership groups.
- Strong understanding of OEE, labour productivity, yield, waste reduction and operational performance metrics.
- Demonstrated success implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
- A strong track record in safety, food safety and quality leadership.
- The ability to coach, develop and build high-performing teams.
- Strong commercial awareness and confidence using data to drive decisions.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM or similar CI experience highly regarded.
Why Join Turosi?
This is an opportunity to play a key leadership role within a growing Australian food manufacturing business. You'll have genuine influence over site performance, culture and capability while working alongside a collaborative leadership team focused on operational excellence.
If you're an experienced Production Manager ready to lead a large-scale manufacturing operation and make a genuine impact, we'd love to hear from you.
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