Plant Manager

1 week ago


New Zealand Technical Recruitment Solutions Full time

Progressive food manufacturer
- Site leadership opportunity
- Competitive salary
- Location commutable from New Plymouth or Hawera

**About our client**:
We are a New Zealand operated business focused on producing and exporting NZ Beef. We ensure quality products to our end consumers through our ability to source premium meat from New Zealand farmers, skilfully processed at our meat plants and delivered to our customers and partners worldwide.

**The position**:
Our rapidly expanding business means we require a Plant Manager to manage our beef export processing meat plant in Stratford, Taranaki. Reporting into the Board this key position is a chance to step up into a senior role and gain valuable experience. You will be responsible for ensuring the processing of stock to the required company, customer and regulatory standards, whilst maximising the plant’s efficiency. This busy plant is operational year-round and enabling you a stable environment to fine tune the plant.

**Responsibilities**:
The day-to-day management of the plant would be your responsibility, including:

- Efficiency of slaughter and boning throughput
- Meat and total yield management and by-product recoveries
- Ensuring finished product is produced in a safe manner that meets quality standards and specifications including customer audit approvals and compliance to relevant laws
- Monitoring cost drivers and managing them accordingly

**Ideally, you’ll have**:

- In-depth understanding of a meat or high risk food/dairy processing environment (or similar)
- At least two years’ experience overseeing day-to-day operations (80 people+)
- Solid knowledge of meat cuts/processing techniques
- Strong execution capability including past experience in monitoring and meeting KPIs
- A proven ability to lead a team of people with a hands-on management style
- The ability to facilitate improvement

In return, this progressive business is offering a competitive salary base plus bonus, and to be part of an expanding business with a strong international backing.


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