Plant Manager

**Build your Career with an Industry Leader**

Multi-Color Corporation manufactures labels for some of the biggest FMCG brand names found on supermarket shelves, bars, restaurants and hotels globally. We also produce premium-quality labels for high-profile brands in the pharmaceutical, durables and home & personal care sectors. Given the fact our labels are applied to wine, spirits, beverage & soft drinks bottles, food packaging, bathroom products, medicine containers, white goods and automotive products, it is likely that you will put your hands on our labels on a daily basis. It is our labels that identify, promote and help sell our customer's products With 109 manufacturing sites, and 12,000+ employees, we are the Global #1 for prime labels.

**About the Role**

We are looking for a highly energetic and experienced Plant Manager to join our dynamic team at MCC Melbourne, where you'll lead the charge in fostering a culture of safety and operational excellence.

Reporting to the Regional Operations Director, you'll oversee all aspects of site operations, driving performance to align with business strategies and objectives.

Your expertise in lean management will be crucial as you implement the MCC lean framework and lead continuous improvement initiatives. With a strong focus on safety, quality, and cost efficiency, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline workflows and enhance overall performance.

Join us in shaping the future of our organization and making a positive impact in the printing industry.

In this exciting and varied role, you will:

- Direct, drive and champion a zero-incident culture, ensuring that all employees have a safe work environment and engage in safe working habits, complying with regulatory requirements and MCC polices and behaviours.
- Responsibility for overall site operations, driving MCC policy to deliver business strategy and plant objectives by setting production performance standards and aligning the organization, to achieve those standards.
- Lead the MCC lean framework in the Plant, fully supporting the Managing Daily Improvement (MDI) system, and all its components. Exhibit leadership, take ownership and be a role model for MCC values and MDI discipline.
- Develop a diverse high performing operational team, capable of achieving business improvement objectives and fostering a positive culture of accountability, action and continuous improvement, where safety is paramount.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline workflows, reduce costs, enhance margin, and deliver overall performance improvement.
- Rigorous focus on improving Safety, Quality, Cost & Delivery (SQCD) performance metrics, and sharing best practice across the organization.
- Build people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for both management and front-line hourly personnel.
- Responsibility for managing cost by effective approval expenditures, overtime and effective budget monitoring and monthly variance reporting.
- Develop and implement cost saving initiatives to improve operational performance within the plant.
- Exhibit leadership and drive best practice work habits to improve productivity. Personally conduct process confirmations to support an improving and productive work environment.
- Communicate effectively to all levels of the organization; working closely with labour unions and works councils to meet overall MCC goals.

**About You**
- Experience in Operations/Lean Management, preferably with a printing focus, and with Cost Centre / P&L responsibility at the plant level, necessary.
- Experience in being the lead change agent in complex transformational activities.
- Proven success designing, implementing, communicating, and meeting KPI goals, including reducing supply chain costs, improving through-put, shortening cycle time, and improving inventory turns.
- Expert business knowledge
- Excellent proven communication skills

**The Benefits**
- Competitive remuneration
- Free onsite parking
- Local & global career opportunities.
- Private health insurance discount.
- To help employees thrive at home & at work, we offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee referral program, our employees are rewarded for helping us find great talent
- Reward & recognition programs aligned to company values with high performance.
- Supportive & inclusive environment
- Part of an organisation that strongly believes in sustainability goals to make a difference to our planet.

**Why MCC?**
- You will work in our modern manufacturing facilities, at the cutting-edge of production-environment innovation; we challenge the status quo and are transforming operations every day.
- You will gain experience in a fast-paced environment, with an ambitious team; we look forwards and continuously improve to be the best we can; we have a strong drive for results.
- You will be part of a team that shares our values of integrity; passion, p