The Company

My client is a well-established organisation operating a growing food production and manufacturing function supporting a broader national service operation. With a strong focus on quality, operational efficiency and service delivery, an exciting opportunity has become available for a Production Manager to take ownership of day-to-day manufacturing performance and help shape the next stage of operational growth.

With ongoing investment across the operation and significant future development planned, this is an prospect to join a business where you can have genuine influence over people, processes and performance.

This role is based in Wollongong, NSW.

The Role

Reporting into the General Manager, the responsibilities of the role include:
• Lead day-to-day production across a high-volume food manufacturing operation
• Act as the operational 2IC to the General Manager
• Lead and develop frontline production teams and Team Leaders
• Ensure production plans are delivered safely, efficiently and to specification
• Drive improvements across labour utilisation, efficiency, waste and productivity
• Develop and implement systems to improve visibility of production performance
• Monitor production KPIs and use data to identify performance gaps
• Drive continuous improvement across processes, equipment utilisation and workflow
• Maintain high standards across food safety, quality and compliance
• Work closely with Maintenance, Transport, Supply and Purchasing functions
• Identify operational issues and lead root-cause analysis and corrective action
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership and continuous improvement

Your Background





In order to be successful in this role, you will be:
• An experienced Production Manager or senior Production Leader within FMCG or food manufacturing
• Experienced leading frontline production teams in a high-volume environment
• Strong technically, with a sound understanding of FMCG production practices and processes
• A proven people leader who can coach, develop and hold teams accountable
• Comfortable working across functions beyond production
• Experienced using operational KPIs and data to drive performance improvements
• Commercially and operationally minded, with a focus on efficiency and labour utilisation
• A hands-on leader who enjoys being close to the operation
• Comfortable operating autonomously with the ability to make decisions and implement change
• A strong communicator who can build effective relationships across all levels of an organisation
• Food manufacturing, HACCP and/or ISO22000 experience would be highly regarded

What's On Offer:

In return, you will be given the opportunity to take ownership of production performance within a growing food manufacturing operation, leading a frontline workforce and directly influencing key operational metrics.

This is a highly autonomous leadership position suited to a Production Manager who enjoys developing people, improving systems and turning operational strategy into tangible results. With further investment and growth planned, the role provides an opportunity to have a genuine impact on the future direction of the operation.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity further you can contact Luke Del Vecchio at Blackbook Executive on 02 •••• •144.

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📌 Production Manager (Wollongong)
🏢 Blackbook Executive
📍 Wollongong