Our Client

Our client is a leading food manufacturer with a trusted brand, creating high quality products loved by Australians for years. They have built a strong reputation for their premium products which has contributed to their success, enabling them to continuously invest and grow. After a recent restructure, our client is now seeking a passionate Production Manager, who will be based in their site located in Liverpool, NSW. 

The Role

Reporting to the Site Manager, your responsibilities will include;

• Effectively manage a medium sized production team, with a focus on continued development across people to build a strong team consistence with growth across the site.
• Drive a safety first culture and promote staff to identify and implement OH&S improvements.
• Educate, coach, engage and develop to create high performing team to achieve/exceed KPI’s.
• Meet all targets across employee engagement, OEE, safety, quality and any other KPI’s set by the Manufacturing Manager on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Contribute to plant improvement initiatives through active leadership and implementation of LEAN and CI methodologies.
• Work cohesively with other business units including Engineering & Maintenance, Quality and Warehousing to develop and implement strategies to meet common goals across plant performances.
• Ensure all operational reports are reported accurately and in a timely and professional manner.

Your Background
 
To be successful in this role, you will have the following experience:  

• Experience in a similar production leadership role, within the food/pharma manufacturing industry.
• A strong leadership background and skillset, with an ability to coach and develop team leaders/supervisors and operators to deliver excellent results.
• Experience with driving and monitoring key performance measures focusing on yield analysis, labour costs and waste.
• Proven experience in LEAN manufacturing and delivering change as well as implementing continuous improvement.
• Experience with implementing and monitoring performance of the quality, safety and production team, including the setting measurement of team objectives and KPI’s.
• A hands-on leader with a can-do attitude.
• Strong communication, coaching, consultation, and negotiation skills with an ability to engage and influence stakeholders as well as being able to connect with people at different levels.

What’s on Offer

This is a rare opportunity within the current market and will give you exposure to a world class organisation, with an attractive salary on offer for the right candidate.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity further you can contact Maurice Tranchina at Blackbook Executive on (03) 9823 7413.