About this opportunity
Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Production Manager is responsible for the overall management and performance of the full production area.
The focus of the role is to build a culture that has a solid Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence mindset driving towards achieving production KPIs within the organization.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
Champion a safety‐first culture
Lead and develop the production team, with a focus on talent building for the mould change team and the production technicians
Ensure all products are made on time and to specification
Promote a culture of LEAN & Continuous Improvement towards world‐best practice
Model direct, respectful communication across the site
Ensure all standards ISO, HACCP and GMP are achieved
Plan weekly production with a focus on minimising waste and maximising machine uptime
Collaborate with the reliability manager to review machine setups and optimise product manufacture
Work with the Supply Chain Team to optimise planning and scheduling, ensuring key issues impacting customer delivery are identified and understood
Support the maintenance and logistics teams
Maintain a Continuous Improvement mindset to improve Safety, Productivity, Quality and Reliability
Your skills and experience
To be successful in this role, you'll have




Previous experience in a manufacturing/production environment
Proven experience in Lean and Operational Excellence
Management experience in a manufacturing environment that embraces continuous improvement
Strong problem‐solving and analytical skills
Ability to motivate, lead and supervise
Ability to coach and mentor
Leadership, influencing, negotiation, change management, conflict resolution, financial and computer literacy skills
Qualifications
Degree qualified is preferable in addition to solid experience in supervision within a manufacturing environment.
About us
Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse and recycling solutions.
We are a future‐driven group committed to creating lasting value.
As the largest plastics recycler in Australia and New Zealand and one of the region's biggest users of recycled materials, we operate 110 manufacturing facilities across 15 countries and serve some of the world's largest brands.
We've committed to lead the circular economy through a $500 million investment plan and focus on finding new and better ways of doing things—ways to grow business, give back to the environment and enrich people's lives every day.
Our promise is to create a better and more prosperous world all around.
That's our future, Pact.
Let's lead the way together.
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📌 Production Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Pact Group Holdings
📍 Melbourne