mfg Talent has been exclusively engaged by our well-established, leading food manufacturing client to recruit an experienced Production Manager to lead their afternoon shift operations.

The hours of work for this role allow for greater work / life balance:

Tuesday - Friday: 2pm-8pm
Saturday: 10am onwards

Sundays and Mondays Off

About the role

With a solid focus on operational excellence, the role is accountable for optimising production performance, growing and developing our teams, whilst maximising resource utilisation and driving continuous improvement across manufacturing processes, systems and procedures. This includes ensuring production schedules are achieved, downtime and waste are minimised, and all products are manufactured to the highest quality standards in compliance with internal policies, food safety requirements, our customer expectations and relevant industry regulations.

Key responsibilities

- Lead and oversee daily production operations to ensure manufacturing targets and plan adherence are consistently achieved across safety, quality, cost, efficiency and output
- Develop, implement and continuously improve skills, production processes, systems and workflows to optimise manufacturing performance
- Manage production activities within approved budgets, including direct and indirect hours, labour hire, overtime, waste,



yields and other production related costs
- Provide leadership, mentoring and direction to Production Supervisors and production teams to achieve operational objectives and maintain high levels of employee engagement
- Oversee daily production planning and resource allocation to ensure production schedules are met, customer requirements and manufacturing targets are achieved
- Ensure production activities support established operating procedures, quality standards, food safety requirements and relevant legislation
- Identify potential production constraints and bottlenecks and implement corrective actions to minimise downtime and maintain continuity of supply

About you

- Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing or Engineering, or equivalent work experience
- Strong experience in a Production Manager role (or similar) in the FMCG industry
- Working knowledge of budgets, forecasting and metrics
- Intermediate to advanced SAP (Business One) skills or similar MRP/ERP platform
- Strong knowledge of Work Health and Safety (WHS) requirements, legislation and compliance
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Proactive problem solver with a continuous improvement mindset
- Resilient under pressure and able to prioritise competing demands in a fast-paced environment

📌 Production Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 mfg. Talent Partners
📍 Melbourne