Plant Manager

2 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Pact Packaging Full time

Company Description

Our Pact Packaging division is pioneering a whole of product life cycle approach to sustainable packaging. Partnering with global brands to local producers, we integrate supply chain efficiencies and sustainable practices into everything we design and manufacture.

We specialise in the manufacture and supply of rigid plastic and metal packaging servicing for the consumer and industrial sectors.

**Job Description**:
We have a great opportunity to lead our Laverton site. With an experienced and driven team, your primary focus will be to drive operational improvements across the site acting as the catalyst for change and continual improvement.

This includes the constant review and unpacking of processes to question the status quo and unlock reliability, capacity and maximise plant performance.

**Your key responsibilities will be to**:

- Ensure all employees understand their contribution to Safety First commitment.
- Translate PACT Group’s short and long-term strategic objectives into a plan for year-on-year success across every area of plant operations.
- Develop, lead and drive continuous improvement road map with direct impact on Safety and P&L.
- Effectively manage site-based project initiatives
- Provide strong people leadership and demonstration of Pact values in decision making and behaviours
- High level data analysis identifying every possible opportunity for manufacturing and financial efficiency.
- Actively contribute ideas that improve the efficiency, effectiveness and productivity of the Plant and Divisional team.

**Qualifications**:
To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

- Degree qualified in Manufacturing Operations, Engineering or similar (highly regarded)Demonstrated manufacturing warehouse operations management experience in a similar fast paced industrial environment
- Innovative and continuous improvement mindset and previous experience executing continuous improvement initiatives
- A strong track record in building high performing cross collaborative teams
- Experience in managing people across and ER landscape
- Senior level business acumen with previous P&L responsibility

Additional Information
**About us**

Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse and recycling solutions. It’s a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.

We’re the largest plastics recycler in Australia and New Zealand and one of the region’s biggest user of recycled materials. We have 6,000+ team members, operate 110 manufacturing facilities across 15 countries, and our customers include some of the world’s largest brands that consumers know and trust.

As a global leader in circular and sustainable packaging solutions, we’ve committed to lead the circular economy through a $500 million investment plan.

For us, it’s about finding new and better ways of doing things. Ways to grow business, to give back to the environment and to enrich people’s lives every day.

Our promise is to create a better and more prosperous world all round.

That’s our future Pact. Let’s lead the way together.

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