Factory / Production Manager - Fresh Produce Meals
5 days ago
**Minimum requirements for the role**:
- Previous experience having worked as a Factory Manager or Production Manager or related role is essential for the role.
- Previous experience managing production staff in a food manufacturing or related environment is essential.
- Previous experience in managing, monitoring and controlling 3rd party out-sourced specialist technical service providers service level agreements.
- Working knowledge and experience in the interpretation and enforcement of the OHS act and regulations is preferred.
- Managing and improving all processes in terms of effectiveness and efficiency.
- Spending 60 % daily inside the factories and improving process steps, yields, waste etc.
- Monitoring and managing productivity in the factory.
- Handling daily communication with regards to all factorys quality and supply of raw, packaging, labour and plant maintenance.
- Planning labour requirement, improving training, managing daily, hourly targets, ensuring labour discipline in factories, managing/monitoring the production staffs time and effectiveness as leaders of the supervisor inside the factories.
- Ensuring plant maintenance is kept to a high standard, that all maintenance job cards in all factories are managed.
- Driving and ensuring overall final product is of the best quality.
- Having daily inspections and communicating with QCs, technical and procurement staff.
- Managing and driving the packaging department to ensure all uninterrupted supply and mínimal waste.
- Ensuring good housekeeping/hygiene in all areas as well as the management of waste removal.
- Managing and driving hygiene and safety.
- Appraising and checking monthly technical reports.
- Presenting month end reports, to senior management discussing strategic improvements regarding production and the execution thereof.
**Salary package, including benefits, is highly negotiable depending on experience gained.
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