Production Manager

The Organisation

‍Our client is a true local success story who has enjoyed significant growth in recent years and is fully committed to continue this with the addition of export market opportunities. They are focused on the health of their customers and provide a unique product offering to NZ and Australian consumers.

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‍The Role

‍The Production Manager will be responsible for leading a growing production team and developing production capabilities and capacity, the role is tasked with scaling production as the business accelerates its growth globally. The ideal candidate has experience leading a growing production team, developing production strategies ideally for high growth companies, implementing continuous improvement that have had a material impact on the business, managing food safety and quality in high compliance, food manufacturing or dairy or beverage sector. This is a very 'hands on' role managing multiple responsibilities including Production, Planning, Quality Management, Health & Safety with a consistent focus on Continuous Improvement across the business.

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The core responsibilities will include:

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• Management & leadership of the production team
• Overseeing the manufacture of food products
• Develop and improve processes to achieve maximum productivity
• Programming/Planning – maintaining accurate up to date production schedules, setting and maintaining of manufacturing standards
• Oversight on raw material ordering, tracking, storage
• Manage repairs and maintenance

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About you

‍We are seeking a proven Production Manager, ideally with:

• Minimum of 5 years of production experience, ideally in food, dairy or beverage. Ideally, you’ve had minimum of 2-3 years in a leadership role.
• Innovative thinker, ability to recommend solutions
• Be self-motivated and have a ‘can do’ attitude!
• Positive, team friendly, hardworking person – a go-getter!
• Champion of Health & Safety and experience in implementing best practices across the workplace
• Appreciation for and understanding of food safety and food quality.
• Someone who is up for a challenge, reliable, resilient; have strong attention to detail
• Great people management skills are also essential.

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Benefits‍

• The opportunity to be developed, mentored and work alongside operational experts; mentorship from specialised consultants and internal leaders alike
• Strong focus on leadership skill training and development; External training opportunities
• Involvement in management team
• Flexibility and autonomy to achieve supply chain objectives
• Capex budget to improve productivity through automation
• A clear career path as you develop experience and expertise
• Be part of a growing, fast-paced and rapidly growing young company
• Be part of a close-knit team of people

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