Job Description

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Sonder Executive has been exclusively engaged to recruit a Factory Manager for this large scale FMCG manufacturing plant based in Sydney’s inner south west. The site runs a large, multi-shift operation, is well invested, and has a strong culture built around safety, quality and continuous improvement. With a clear strategic agenda and ongoing capital investment, the business is now looking for an experienced leader to take operational performance to the next level.

The Role n

Reporting to the Site Director and sitting on the Factory Management Team, the Factory Manager is accountable for the day to day and strategic performance of site operations. This is a leader of leaders role. You will lead the Production, Planning, Sanitation & Warehouse teams, and you will own the operational results across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People and Environment.

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Key responsibilities include:

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- Driving all key operational metrics for the factory, including safety, quality, delivery, waste, workplace, engagement and conversion cost
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- Leading, coaching and developing the Team Manager group to build a highly engaged and high performing factory floor
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- Owning the factory cost lines for volume delivery, salaries, casual labour, overtime and scrap
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- Translating the site strategy into clear priorities and executing it through your teams, including leading the associated change management
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- Leading continuous improvement activity to lift line efficiency, reduce waste and downtime, and embed structured operational excellence ways of working across the site
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- Acting as project sponsor for capital investment projects within the factory
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- Playing a lead role in Enterprise Agreement negotiations and managing performance in line with its provisions
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- Championing a strong safety and food safety culture, ensuring all employees, contractors and visitors work to site standards
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- Building engagement through visible leadership, recognition and action on employee survey feedback
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The Company n





Sonder Executive has been exclusively engaged to recruit a Factory Manager for this large scale FMCG manufacturing plant based in Sydney’s inner south west. The site runs a large, multi-shift operation, is well invested, and has a strong culture built around safety, quality and continuous improvement. With a clear strategic agenda and ongoing capital investment, the business is now looking for an experienced leader to take operational performance to the next level.

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Reporting to the Site Director and sitting on the Factory Management Team, the Factory Manager is accountable for the day to day and strategic performance of site operations. This is a leader of leaders role. You will lead the Production, Planning, Sanitation & Warehouse teams, and you will own the operational results across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People and Environment.

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Key responsibilities include:

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- Driving all key operational metrics for the factory, including safety, quality, delivery, waste, setting, engagement and conversion cost
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- Leading, coaching and developing the Team Manager group to build a highly engaged and high performing factory floor
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- Owning the factory cost lines for volume delivery, salaries, casual labour, overtime and scrap
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- Translating the site strategy into clear priorities and executing it through your teams, including leading the associated change management
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- Leading continuous improvement activity to lift line efficiency, reduce waste and downtime, and embed structured operational excellence ways of working across the site
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- Acting as project sponsor for capital investment projects within the factory
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- Playing a lead role in Enterprise Agreement negotiations and managing performance in line with its provisions
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- Championing a strong safety and food safety culture, ensuring all employees, contractors and visitors work to site standards
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- Building engagement through visible leadership, recognition and action on employee survey feedback
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Your Background n

You are an experienced manufacturing leader who has led leaders and knows how to deliver results through a large workforce in a fast paced, unionised FMCG or food environment.

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You will bring:

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- Significant experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally within FMCG or food, including leading a multi shift operation
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- Proven experience as a leader of leaders, with a track record of building capability and engagement within front line management teams
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- Hands on experience with Integrated Work Systems (IWS), TPM, Lean or a similar operational excellence framework
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- Strong change management capability, with a working knowledge of structured methodologies such as ADKAR
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- Financial acumen and a solid understanding of conversion costs, labour management and budget ownership
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- A genuine safety and quality focus and the confidence to hold high standards
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- Experience operating within an Enterprise Agreement environment, including performance management and ideally EA negotiations
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- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across functions, both at site and above site level
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- A tertiary qualification in Engineering, Science, Business or a related discipline would be well regarded
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What's On Offer nn
- A senior manufacturing leadership role with a well invested and growing FMCG manufacturer
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- A seat on the Factory Management Team with real influence over site strategy and direction
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- A competitive salary package including bonus
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- The backing of ongoing capital investment and a clear operational improvement agenda
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- Career progression across a broader manufacturing network
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📌 Factory Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Sonder Executive
📍 Sydney