FULL TIME PERMANENT POSITION
- INDUSTRY LEADING COMPANY
- NEGOTIABLE SALARY DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE
**SALARY $90,000 + Super Negotiable**
**Position Summary**:
Direct, develop and control the implementation of operational strategies and activities to enable the operation to achieve output and quality objectives.
Develop and implement processes for operations by formulating policies, planning resources and meeting performance objectives aligned to the business plan.
**Operations**:
- Direct, maintain, and enforce policies and procedures to uphold legislation and workplace agreements and ensure OHS compliance
- Maximise efficient use of production equipment
- Optimise length breaks of all product to minimise wastage ensure efficiency and maximise return of resource
- Direct and coordinate activities of departments concerned with the production and/or distribution of products
- Direct operation plans and business activities for the achievement of short and long-term operating and profit objectives
- Review departmental performance reports and direct the resolution of problems to ensure minimum costs and maximum performance
- Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with appropriate senior management
- Monitor external businesses and suppliers to ensure that they meet contractual obligations and stay within budgetary limits
- Input to pricing decisions based on demand forecasts
- Recommend new facilities/plant and equipment
- Review sales and activity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and improvement
- Establish quality control standards, budget and cost controls
- Ensure all established costs, quality, performance and delivery commitments are met
- Compile and store operational data for reporting and analysis
- Review work orders to determine work priorities and resources to ensure effective completion
- Establish and maintain key customer relationships
- Schedule and coordinate the activities of employees to meet work priorities
- Track, analyse and improve key operational performance indicators
- Develop and implement new methods and procedures to improve operations and productivity, minimise operating costs
- Confer with other departments to identify measures to improve operational performance
- Ensure activities related to the function comply with relevant Acts, legal demands and ethical standards
**Business Planning and Financial**:
- Participate in business planning and establish operations plans, forecasts, budgets and performance measures
- Review financial statements, sales activity reports, and performance data to measure productivity and determine cost reduction and improvement
- Monitor contractual deliverables and expenditures
- Provide regular reports on operational performance
**People Management**:
- Determine and document responsibilities of staff positions to accomplish performance objectives
- Recruit, train, induct, develop and review employee performance
- Delegate tasks to direct reports in line with skill, knowledge and ability and review performance
- Provide assistance to resolve workplace disputation and investigate/resolve policy breaches
- Lead and motivate teams to achieve objectives
- Develop a positive workplace culture that promotes openness and transparency in all business activities
**Continuous Improvement**:
- Develop and implement Waste Reduction programs
- Actively participate in and support the new ERP implementation project
- Create a more visual yard/workplace ensuring Mistake Proofing ideas are implemented to reduce the ability to make errors
- Ensure that Root Cause Analysis is used to identify the underlying cause of problems/issues
**Professional Development**:
- Keep up to date with latest requirements and engage in professional development activities
**Competencies**:
- Inventory management and control
- Commercial acumen
- Financial ability
- Capacity to develop relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
- Team leadership
- Planning, forecasting and budgeting
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes
- Inter-personal skills
- Problem solving and decision-making skills
- Written and oral communication skills
- Customer focused
- Commitment to quality, environmental and HSE standards
- Project Management
- Report writing
- Negotiation skills