THE ROLE ITSELF?

Reporting to the Managing Director and as a key decision maker in the business, the successful person will need to:

• Have an ability to implement manufacturing principles, procedures and foster a lean manufacturing culture
• Lead, coach and manage a mixed team of up to 30 skilled and unskilled people and ensure that they are reaching line, production and corrective action standards
• Drive process improvements and change management through best practice application focusing on, line efficiencies, QA and productivity
• Communicate consistently, concisely and transparently with key staff across the production site; providing and requesting timely information that will lead to you being able to forecast, manage and lead
• Drive and promote continued training and development of their supervisory staff, team leaders and skilled labour
• Manage their team in compliance with all relevant policies, procedures, legislation and regulations
• Support and improve current business processes through continuous performance improvement
• Ensure team members are safe, productive, inducted & appropriately skilled to do their work

WHAT KIND OF PERSON WILL FIT THE ROLE?

To be considered for this position you must have:

• 3+ years experience in managing a high intensity food or consumables production, processing or packaging environment
• Brilliant communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to build relationships at all levels of the organisation
• Strong people management experience in the blue collar industry, preferably FMCG
• Previous experience in implementing LEAN or similar manufacturing principles
• A person with strong accuracy, attention to detail and analytical skills
• A confident, calculated professional with an innate ability to self-reflect and assess
• High level analytical and problem solving abilities with excellent time and organisational management skills