Production Manager

The Company
 
Our client is a well-established leader within the Australian food manufacturing sector, operating a large-scale production facility with a strong focus on operational excellence, safety, quality, and continuous improvement. Backed by significant investment in both people and plant operations, the business continues to strengthen its market position through innovation, reliability, and a commitment to high performance.
 
This organisation offers genuine long-term career opportunities, a collaborative leadership team, and the chance to play a key role in driving site performance and shaping future operational success.
 
The Role
 
Reporting directly to the Site Leader, this is a key leadership position responsible for overseeing end-to-end manufacturing operations across production, packing, and site operations. As a production manager, you will lead teams, drive operational performance, and ensure the safe, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of production targets within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Lead site production operations, ensuring production plans are achieved while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Drive performance across key operational metrics including output, yield, waste reduction, labour utilisation, and plant efficiency.
• Provide visible leadership across the site, developing team capability, accountability, engagement, and performance.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, cost optimisation, operational excellence, and process improvement.
• Manage operational budgets and labour costs while identifying opportunities to improve commercial performance.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements, including HACCP and relevant industry standards.

Your Background

• Proven experience in a Production Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Operations Manager, or similar leadership role within food manufacturing, FMCG, milling, processing, or industrial manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated success leading large operational teams within a fast-paced production environment.
• Strong leadership capability with experience developing teams, driving engagement, and building high-performance cultures.
• Experience managing operational KPIs, budgets, labour planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of food safety, quality systems, and manufacturing best practices.
• Exposure to ERP systems such as SAP and experience using operational data to drive decision-making.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Manufacturing, Food Science, Business, or a related discipline highly regarded.

What’s on Offer
 
This opportunity offers the chance to join a stable and well-established manufacturing business with strong long-term career prospects. You'll be supported by an experienced leadership team that values development, continuous improvement, and empowering leaders to make a meaningful impact.

For a confidential discussion, please reach out to Trisha Zhan Yu on [0426 203 434](tel:0426 203 434) or [email protected], or click Apply.