We’ve been proudly bringing joy to tables and smiles to faces with the delicious food we’ve been crafting for over 100 years.
A large part of our strong growth and success is because we’re always looking for new ways to do things and thinking about how we can create a better, more sustainable future world together.
Our success as an industry leader in providing deliciously good food means we can continue to invest in our future as we work towards becoming Australia and New Zealand’s first choice for poultry.
Your opportunity to join at Ingleburn!!
As Production Manager, you will engage, develop and lead your team to deliver world class products. As a leader within the business, you will drive best practice and continuous improvement initiatives to maximise efficiencies and improve operational performance. With a focus on safety, and a passion for quality, you will partner with stakeholders to deliver consistent results by living the principles of open, honest and collaborative.
Your Responsibilities include:
- Engage, lead, motivate and develop your team through effective people management strategies ensuring capability of people to achieve individual, team and overall site objectives
- Involve the team by encouragement and motivating to deliver safety excellence and promote risk awareness
- Drive performance on a daily basis across the further processing facility ensuring delivery on time sensitive production deadlines
- Ensure that the labour cost base is the most productive, efficient and cost competitive for the industry
- Assist in the development of reporting for key operational indicators including labour optimisation, overtime, throughput rates and inventory control
- Identify, drive and embed continuous improvement initiatives and operational efficiency programmes
- Monitor and keep within budget, seeking approval for out of scope spend
- Working cross functionally, building strong relationships with different stakeholders and working as one team
Selection Criteria
- 4+ years’ experience working in a Production Manager role/level with experience in managing a manufacturing facility with a proven track record of achieving positive operational outcomes
- Passionate about driving continuous improvement initiatives, to improve safety, efficiencies and reliability
- Inclusive in management style, with the capabilities to engage a large team and create a collaborative working environment
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate cross functionally to build strong relationships and influence key stakeholders
- Excellent analytical skills with the strong capabilities of working with multiple pieces of data and transforming them into meaningful relevant information for employees to understand
- Proven track record of achieving departmental business plans and productivity agendas
- Implemented and promoted continuous improvement initiatives, familiar with a culture of 5S, TPM, LEAN/Six Sigma
- Degree qualified in relevant discipline desirable but not essential
We’re looking for people who are curious, caring, courageous and committed to join us. People who want to contribute their best work every single day and continue delivering delicious food that’s… Always Good.
