The Opportunity
This is a rare chance to take full operational ownership of an established, well-resourced manufacturing site and genuinely take the team in a new direction.
Reporting directly to the Managing Director and sitting on the leadership team, you'll be the driving force behind a clear operational strategy - leading innovation across productivity, automation and AI, and modernising a site that has run largely the same way for decades.
The Business
Our client is a long-standing manufacturer with a 60+ year history in Australia, now part of a major global manufacturing group.
Operating from a single Western Sydney site for 40 years, the business produces a broad range of printed products for major national retail and corporate customers, with a growing focus on direct-to-consumer.
The business is well established, financially stable, and entering a genuine period of transformation - new investment and a clear appetite for change.
The Role
You'll take full accountability for operations across Production, Warehouse & Logistics, and Procurement (including global/offshore resourcing), leading three direct reports with deep tenure and site knowledge.
Key focus areas include:
This is a 60 headcount business, you will lead 30 headcount across manufacturing and logistics
You will have 3x direct reports - Production, Warehouse and Procurement




Building and implementing a clear operational strategy and framework
Driving productivity, automation and AI adoption across production and back-office processes
Managing global procurement and resourcing alongside local supply chain and warehouse operations
Driving equipment and systems upgrades, including improvements to ERP usage
Reviewing and improving workforce planning, including casual labour usage and overtime allocation
Building genuine, visible relationships with the team on the floor while leading them in a current direction
About You
You're a commercially minded leader who can relate to and communicate with the shop floor, while genuinely driving change and innovation - not simply maintaining what's already in place.
You bring strong, well-rounded experience across production, warehouse and procurement, ideally with exposure to global or offshore resourcing.
You're an innovator at heart - someone who sees opportunities for automation and AI and knows how to bring a team along on that journey, rather than someone who has spent decades doing things one way.
Ideal candidate will have previous experience in a manufacturing environment, with exposure to warehouse and procurement functions as well.
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📌 Operations Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 Agrifutures
📍 New South Wales