Manufacturing Manager

7 days ago

Sydney, Australia Goodman Fielder Full time

Join leading FMCG company
- Based at our Erskine Park Facility
- Site leadership role - Drive a high performing team

About Goodman Fielder
Goodman Fielder Australia (GFA) is one of the largest branded food manufacturers and suppliers in Australia, serving customer needs with a portfolio of iconic, trusted food brands that Australians have grown up with and enjoy every day. We have 12 manufacturing sites and over 1,500 employees who produce a wide range of high quality baked and grocery items including bread, spreads, flour, dips, dressings, mayonnaise, frozen pasty, cake mix, and cooking oils. Our company occupies the number one or number two positions in most of the larger product categories in which it competes, with sales to almost 8,000 outlets in Australia every day including supermarkets, route outlets and food service customers.

About the Role
This role is responsible and accountable to drive performance of their team to deliver the GFA strategic plan and site objectives in safety, quality, CPU, waste and production efficiency. With their exceptional leadership they will embrace and drive positive change and build the capability within their team to create a high performing culture. In addition they will lead manufacturing improvement through implementation of continuous improvement.

**Specifically, the role will**:

- Delivery of the manufacturing plan ensuring team compliance to all manufacturing standards including safety, quality, GMP and cost
- Provide leadership and direction for your team, developing them through training and development into a high performing team level
- Establish effective communication mechanisms with other site support functions
- Support the development & implementation of the OH&S, Hygiene and Environmental programs for the manufacturing function
- Lead and drive the Continuous Improvement plans for your team, ensure RCA process followed for any downtime and corrective actions follow up
- Develop a culture & implement standards that support and ensure a safe workplace and prevent injuries
- Ensure that all safety, behavioural and quality incidents, occurrences and non-conformances are reported and managed according to policies and procedures
- Communicate all relevant information to the Team in a positive and timely manner, in accordance with site communication plans and requirements
- Management of Quality systems to eliminate external product failures and minimise internal quality costs
- Reductions in Overhead costs (R&M, Energy, Water) to meet Site Planned costs including manage direct labour plans to minimizing use of casual workforce and absenteeism
- Support the implementation of plans to minimise process waste through accurate recording and continuous improvement plans

**What you will Need**:

- At least 5 yrs proven manufacturing experience. 3+ yrs Supervisory experience
- Related industry experience (preferably within the food, dairy, beverage industry)
- Bachelor's Degree in Sciences or Engineering.
- Ability to build quality relationships at all levels
- Logical, analytical and problem solving abilities

With sites spanning across the Australasian region our employees have the opportunity to fashion their own home-grown career across functions, locations and brands. Our aim is to be a destination employer in the food industry where we don't just offer jobs - we offer careers.

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