Manufacturing Operations Manager

2 weeks ago


West Melbourne, Australia HAYS Full time

Amazing opportunity for a Manufacturing Operations Manager to join a Fortune 500 company $170k + super

**Your new company**

As a Fortune 500 company and a global manufacturing leader, this corporation believes in "powering your potential" every step of the way within this diverse and innovative team. With a strong focus on meaningful work and an inclusive workforce, this American corporation is a leading supplier of axles, brake and safety systems, suspensions and trailers; engineering products for Daimler, Volvo and Navistar. Now, they are hiring a Manufacturing Operations Manager to join their ever-expanding team on a full-time, permanent basis.

**Your new role**

As an Operations Manager in this business, you will take responsibility for providing manufacturing leadership with a strong focus on continuous improvement through driving results, providing motivation, setting expectations in safety and quality and overall ensuring a positive work place for employees.

Reporting to the Supply Chain Director who is based overseas, this is quite an autonomous role which requires a real leader to provide motivation to a team of around 50+ staff.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

- Effective management of the Operations team to ensure that customer needs are met and personally leading change to improve organisational effectiveness
- Recognising areas in which a process can be improved by properly implementing process improvement and waste reduction methodologies to reduce process cost and improve quality
- Contributing to the establishment of an annual budget and financial targets for the business including monitoring departmental financial performance in line with approved budgets
- Being aware of environmental legislation, codes of practice, standards, policies, operating procedures and work instructions

**What you'll need to succeed**

To excel in this role, you will possess the following qualifications and skills:

- 10+ years as a top lean manufacturing leader at a manufacturing company
- A good business knowledge of operational management in product engineering, manufacturing capabilities, processes, inventory and supply chain
- Experience working with Lean Manufacturing, 6-sigma, Project Management etc.,
- Excellent written & oral skills
- Commitment to leading by example and getting the best out of the team

**What you'll get in return**
- A competitive salary of $150k -170k + super + 22k car allowance + bonus (230k package)
- A collaborative and dynamic work environment that encourages professional growth
- Career progression
- Free on-site parking
- Ongoing training & development

**What you need to do now**

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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