People Leader

5 days ago


Christchurch, New Zealand Goodman Fielder Full time

Goodman Fielder is a leading global food company committed to making everyday food better for everyone. We own a host of iconic brands that generations of people have grown up with and put in their supermarket trolleys every week including Meadow Fresh, Puhoi Valley, Meadowlea, Bouton D'Or and many others. We are a team that believes that anything is possible. A team that understands our business and focuses on the right things that make the biggest difference and one that considers our end to end value chain when making decisions to optimize our business. We drive change as an opportunity for us to innovate and transform our business and to achieve beyond what we think is possible.

**Our Opportunity**

Due to an internal promotion we have a rare opportunity available for a People Leader in production to join our team. You will play a critical role in ensuring production is delivered in a cost effective and timely manner.

Key responsibilities include:

- Lead the Production team to ensure that resources are correctly allocated to deliver on Key Performance. Key measures include DIFOT, Waste %, OEE, giveaway, line utilization, productivity, and complaints
- Manage the production team via a wide variety of communication techniques, for example tool box meetings (shift Handover, Daily Direction Setting, TALK meetings), focused improvement groups
- Mentor and develop Shift Supervisors so that they are able to make decisions in a timely manner
- Deliver high quality finished product by ensuring compliance to all Food Safety Systems and ensure that action is taken to escalate and resolve issues in a timely manner
- Oversee the hygiene of the plant by ensuring cleaning occurs at correct times and to the correct standard
- Ensure all measurement systems are implemented and maintained as required to meet the changing needs of the business
- Elevate issues relating to SHE, Quality, and delivery in a timely manner, utilizing agreed processes
- Lead and participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives as outlined in the site roadmap
- Drive a health & safety culture - Promotion of injury prevention and management

About You
- 5+ years manufacturing experience in the food industry
- 2+ years established leadership of a mid-sized team
- People management skill track record
- Proven quality assurance and food safety systems understanding
- Machine operation and/or engineering management practice
- Experience or participation in project management
- SAP and computer navigation skill

**What we offer**

You will be joining a driven team of professionals who genuinely enjoy working together, resulting in a highly collaborative environment. In return for your passion and success, we will reward you with a competitive remuneration package and help you to achieve personal and professional growth and development.

At Goodman Fielder, we aim to be a destination employer in the food industry where we don't just offer jobs - we offer long term careers.

For more information about us or to learn about other roles available at Goodman Fielder, please visit our careers page and register your details so that we can notify you of jobs which interest you.


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