Production Manager

20 hours ago

Wiri, New Zealand George Weston Foods Full time

**About us**

George Weston Foods makes some of Australia & New Zealand's favourite and most innovative products, living our purpose to Create Everyday Moments of Goodness. We are a quality and customer focused FMCG, employing more than 6,000 people across 40 sites. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Foods plc. GWF's product range is diverse, and includes leading brands of bread and baked products, small goods, flour, milled products, animal feed, as well as cleaning and hygiene solutions.

Our Baking Division is renowned in New Zealand for our iconic brands which include Tip Top Bread, Ploughman’s, Burgen, Golden and Big Ben Pies - just to name a few. As a diverse business with a proud heritage, we offer a broad range of career opportunities, where we challenge and support our people to 'Be Yourself - at your best.' We are also very proud to have been recognised as the Inclusive Workplace and Supreme Winners at the 2021 Diversity Awards.

**About You**

You embody our values of SAFE, COURAGEOUS, TRUSTING, and COLLABORATIVE. You are committed to meeting our HSE obligations, doing the right thing even when it’s not the easy thing. You build open and trusting relationships, follow through on commitments, work creatively with others for better outcomes, and embrace diversity.

**About the role**

As the Production Manager, you will lead a team of 5 Supervisors and drive performance excellence across our Wiri operations. Reporting to the Manufacturing Manager, you will collaborate with the Senior Leadership Team, including Warehouse & Distribution, Maintenance, FSQ, Hygiene, HSE and P&P.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

- ** Continuous Improvement**: Design and implement the site’s continuous improvement program with guidance from the Business Improvement Manager to achieve incremental gains in service levels, food safety, quality, and overall equipment effectiveness.
- ** Production Planning**: Maintain optimized and efficient production planning processes to support continuous improvement and daily operations management.
- ** Leadership Development**: Enhance the site’s frontline leadership capabilities through effective people management.
- ** Capital Projects**: Develop, oversee, and implement the site’s capital projects plan.
- ** New Product Development**: Ensure the execution of new product development on-site, continually improving product quality and GMP standards.

Key Skills & Experience:

- Proven experience (10+ years) in leading teams and managing others effectively within a manufacturing/FMCG environment.
- Strong process control experience within a manufacturing setting.
- Thorough knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), HACCP, and Continuous Improvement principles.
- Ability to mobilize people through effective communication, participation, and teamwork encouragement.
- Self-motivated with high performance standards for yourself and your team.
- Strong internal and external customer orientation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

**What we offer**

We are passionate and enthusiastic about our people and our business. We seek to ensure every person grows during their time at GWF and is proud to work here.
- Values driven culture
- Competitive salary and annual incentive
- Ongoing support and training opportunities for personal and professional development
- Free products
- Caring Everyday community programme - paid days to volunteer
- Parental support
- Study assistance and much more

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