National Operations Manager

1 day ago

Truganina, Australia DLF Seeds & Science Full time

DLF Seeds is a market leading proprietary seed company operating across each state of Australia. We focus on all aspects of the seed market, from R&D to product supply and technical support for customers.

We enrich land, life and people through seeds and science.

Our values are built on a foundation of acting with respect, trust, and integrity. It’s important to us that we are **empowering** our people, creating** innovation and entrepreneurship**, realising **global synergies**, and operating in an **environmentally sustainable** way.

**About the Role**:
The **National Operations Manager** oversees the operations at our five processing and distribution facilities in Australia ensuring alignment with the company's strategic objectives. This role involves leading, mentoring, and developing a small team of managers, and implementing best practices across all operational sites. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on our national operations while developing and leading high-performing teams.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Foster and maintain a safe and healthy work environment across all facilities, ensuring compliance with health, safety, and wellbeing regulations
- Develop and manage financial budgets for national operations while monitoring income and expenses to ensure financial targets are met
- Drive efficiency improvements across all processing and distribution facilities while optimising inventory management systems and maintaining consistent product quality standards
- Deliver exceptional service to customers (internal & external) through operational excellence and ensuring timely order fulfilment across all regions
- Identify and implement process improvements while leading continuous improvement initiatives and staying current with industry trends

**Qualifications & Skills**:

- Ideally a tertiary degree in a related field - Business, Engineering, Supply Chain or Agriculture
- Demonstrated commitment to a strong Health, Safety and Wellbeing culture, experienced in leading teams with a Safety-First mindset.
- Experience leading and developing teams in values-based environments, with a proven track record of building high-performing collaborative work cultures that prioritise safety, quality, and operational excellence.
- Desired experience overseeing capital investment projects, particularly related to automation and robotics.
- Proven experience in the areas of operations leadership, risk management and compliance and a knowledge of supply chain, logistics, warehousing, storage and transportation.
- Strong background managing manufacturing / processing teams through process and efficiency improvements, project management and equipment reliability initiatives ensuring business continuity
- Desired experience in managing multi-site operations (some remote) with time / geographical differences
- Proficient in MS Office, large ERP systems and knowledge of planning and inventory management tools.

**Why Join Us?**
- Work in a dynamic and supportive environment with a strong purpose, a values based safety-first culture and a commitment to a fiscally secure and stable business
- Join a global network of supply chain professions who enjoy cross functional collaboration and professional growth.
- Competitive salary package and career development opportunities.

**How to Apply**:
DLF Seeds is committed to creating long lasting, successful careers for our people. If you believe you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role, we would like to hear from you.

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