Production manager

About the business

Six Degrees are proud to continue their partnership with a globally recognised industry leader in the appointment of a key Production Manager role at their flagship processing site in Melbourne. Renowned as an employer with great lateral and upwards mobility, strong commercial partnerships and a demonstrated track record of commercial success, this opportuntiy comes off the back of internal promotion - highlighting their commitment to developing careers and fast-tracking high performers.

About the role

The Production Manager will lead a sizeable (100+) workforce at a key site in the national network. Running in a 24/7 environment, this fast paced environment is supported by a growing portfolio of frontline leaders, a strong safety and quality record and a site leader with strong tenure in the business. You'll be tasked with driving key accountabilities across:

• Safety - resourced well at site and network level, you'll be tasked with continuing to foster a safe workforce in a high-risk environment
• Quality - measured against both acceptable best practice and fostering a CI mindset across the business
• Development - the enablement of growth of both the frontline leaders as well as the operational workforce, with a strong historic success rate of internal promotions across the business
• Processing performance - output, efficiencies,labour utilisation

What we are looking for

• Demostrated Production leadership expereince within fast paced manufacturing environments - FMCG, packaging, etc.
• Strong change management capaility, particularly as they relate to implementation of new projects/processes
• People-centric leadership skills, someone able to engage workforce both up and down the organisational hierarchy
• Sound commercial acumen

Six Degrees Executive acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work and live. We are also committed to equal opportunity and strive to promote diversity, inclusion, belonging, flexibility, and accessibility in all that we do.

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