Plant Manager for a Global Confectionary Manufacturer-Based in Campbellfield, Melbourne
Within the global Production & Supply Chain and country strategy and guidelines, the Plant Manager directs, plans, organises, develops & controls all activities of the production & supply chain function in order to meet short, medium and long term production & supply chain goals, whilst complying with Safety, Quality Assurance and customer requirements, rules, laws and regulations. The Plant Manager is also committed to our Food Safety and Regulatory requirement within the organisation.
Role
Daily interaction with the entire plant management team to ensure the operational activities remain well balanced between delivery targets, QA targets, EH&S; targets
Continuous interaction with local HR Manager to make sure the team is correctly manned, the team spirit in the factory is safeguarded,
the welfare of the employees is guaranteed and recent recruits are getting on board on time and well prepared.
-Continuous interaction with local Finance Manager to ensure the factory performance is also in line with the financial targets. Next, ensuring that the local finance and teams are working closely together to monitor the factory in the most accurate way.
During factory visits, representing to receive the customers or authorities as the site responsible.
-Take the factory lead for any external audit or inspection that could take place, announced or not announced and coordinate with the local team, Operations Director OSCO and relevant regional managers
Experience
Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Food Science or equivalent.
-15+ years of experience in a production workplace including food manufacturing methods, process improvement program and procedures