Continuous Improvement Manager

3 days ago


Melbourne, Australia SunRice Full time

The SunRice Group is an Australian ASX-listed branded food group, comprising multiple businesses, assets and operations across Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, the United States, The Pacific Islands and Asia. SunRice was built by the Australian rice industry over many decades, and today is one of Australia’s leading branded food exporters, with approximately 2,000 employees and operations in 11 countries. SunRice is a great place to work, providing a real opportunity for passionate people to make a difference.
About the role
Working with an incredible brand which is disruptive in the market - this is a position which will stimulate you.
The Continuous Improvement Manager is responsible for supporting and improving the performance of our manufacturing business through finding better ways of operating. This is hands on role, we’re looking for someone who understands how to design an experience to test scenarios.
**Your responsibilities will include**:
Play a key role in supporting the operational improvement across our Plants
Working closely with operations to understand problems and identify opportunities for improvement appreciating how this potentially feeds into capital.
Partner with the Manufacturing Business units to improve production outputs, material usage and waste management.
Timely and accurate reporting, investigation of department variances and problem solving.
About You
A natural problem solver with strong mechanical aptitude you enjoy finding out how big an opportunity could be. You also have:
Relevant engineering experience, ideally within a fast-moving consumer goods environment
Proficient in establishing continuous improvement goals and objectives and overall direction
Commercially astute you are also experienced in prioritizing and managing activities
Identifying problems proactively and creating and implementing solutions
You have strong mechanical aptitude and understand plant equipment
Communicating technical information effectively verbally and in writingTechnical curiosity, continuous learner and a drive to ensure technical rigor.
Strong project management skills
Good inter-personal skills/stakeholder management on all levels
All correspondence will be dealt with in strict confidence.
SunRice is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SunRice will consider qualified applicants for employment based on their merit, individual skills, qualifications and other appropriate criteria relevant to the role for which they are applying.



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