The Opportunity
Visy Fibre Packaging is entering a defining phase in the evolution of its Specialties division – requiring bold, entrepreneurial leadership to reshape and elevate performance.
This is not a caretaker role. It is a mandate to integrate and grow a complex, national manufacturing business into a unified, high‐performing enterprise.
As General Manager – Specialties, you will hold full accountability for a 400+ person, multi‐site operation spanning operations, sales and finance. You will operate at the centre of the business, aligning people, assets and strategy into a single national platform.
You will be expected to bring strong commercial instinct – identifying opportunities to strengthen product offering, refine pricing and unlock new markets, while driving innovation and sustainable profit growth.
The mandate is clear: simplify, integrate and elevate performance across safety, culture, growth, operations and commercial outcomes.
What You'll Be Accountable For
* Full P&L ownership including revenue growth and EBITDA delivery
* Integration of sites and platforms into a single operating model and culture
* Embedding a zero‐harm safety culture across all operations
* Development and execution of innovation and strengthening the product portfolio
* Pricing, product mix and commercial outcomes
* Satisfying our customer's needs for service, quality and DIFOT performance
* Delivery of operational excellence through lean manufacturing and asset optimisation
* Strengthening governance, compliance and financial discipline
Why this role stands out
This is a rare opportunity to take true end‐to‐end ownership of a national manufacturing business at scale and directly shape its next phase of performance and growth.
You will have a clear transformation mandate, with the authority to simplify operations, integrate sites and drive meaningful commercial and operational uplift.
The role offers genuine entrepreneurial scope – allowing you to influence product strategy, pricing, market expansion and innovation while building a more connected and high‐performing national business.
You will operate with high visibility and impact across a 400+ person workforce, with direct influence on culture, capability and enterprise performance.
What You Will Bring
* Proven leadership of a manufacturing or industrial business at scale
* Demonstrated success delivering transformation, integration or growth outcomes
* Strong commercial acumen with measurable impact on profitability
* Experience in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
* Experience leading large, multi‐site teams with accountability for performance
* Strong stakeholder influence at executive level
* Strategic mindset with strong execution discipline
About Visy
Visy is powering the circular economy, closing the loop between packaging, remanufacturing and recycling. Over 75 years, we've grown to 7,000 employees and 150 global operations – predominantly in Australia and New Zealand.
We believe materials are not recycled until they've been made into new products. We collect and sort recyclable materials like paper, cardboard, glass, plastics and metals from households and businesses, and locally remanufacture them back into new, sustainable packaging.
From cardboard boxes, water bottles and jam jars to food and beverage cans, we are using recycled content to power Australia and New Zealand's food and beverage packaging industry.
You will be required to meet Visy's employment criteria which will include a criminal history check and psychometric assessment.
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