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About the Role

We are seeking a Plant Manager to drive and lead initiatives required to achieve the site cost budget using a continuous improvement outlook. The role is accountable for P&L cost lines through production forecasting, driving safety, operational excellence, supply chain, and reliability. You will have full accountability for the operations and overall management and performance of the site, applying a hands-on leadership approach to the full supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Drive and lead initiatives to achieve the site cost budget.
• Manage P&L cost lines through production forecasting, safety, operational excellence, supply chain, and reliability.
• Oversee operations and overall management and performance of the site.
• Apply a hands-on leadership approach to the full supply chain, from materials management to customer delivery.
• Build a culture with a strong Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence mindset.
• Drive improved performance, productivity, and efficiency.
• Ensure operations are cost and time effective while aligning with quality and safety requirements.
• Ensure the highest level of safety is achieved.
• Foster growth in team capability.
• Deliver the strategic plan.
• Ensure manufacturing activities achieve the most effective outcome in support of business objectives.
• Ensure products are made on time and to specification.
• Ensure productivity meets and challenges established standards.
• Establish a culture of Continuous Improvement towards world's best practice.
• Promote open, direct, and respectful communication across the site.
• Lead change strategies and programs that reinforce desired values and behaviors, improve culture, climate, morale, and enhance performance and productivity.
• Ensure all ISO, HACCP, and GMP standards and practices are achieved.

Requirements

• Strong people management skills.
• Technical aptitude.
• High motivation and commitment to quality, people, and plant performance.
• Commitment to customer service excellence.
• Senior leadership experience and tenure.
• Extensive experience with profit and loss responsibility.
• Experienced commercial negotiator in a competitive environment.
• Superior communication skills.
• Personable leader across all levels.
• Strong manufacturing background.
• Experience in the plastic moulding industry.
• Materials Handling Industry background.
• Plastics Industry background.
• Trade background.

Skills

• Continuous Improvement
• Operational Excellence
• Production Forecasting
• Safety Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Reliability Management
• People Management
• Commercial Negotiation
• Communication
• Leadership
• SAP (preferred)

Location

• Villawood

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior leadership experience
• Extensive experience with profit and loss responsibility

Education Level

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Appropriate post graduate qualifications in Business and/or Engineering
• Production and Manufacturing Management qualifications preferred
• Trade background

About the Company

• Pact Packaging is part of Pact Group, an Australian-headquartered leader in packaging, recycling and reuse solutions.
• Pact Packaging designs and manufactures rigid plastic packaging for some of Australasia’s leading brands across food, beverage, health, personal care, and industrial sectors.
• Pact's large scale manufacturing and advanced recycling delivers practical, sustainable packaging solutions by combining recycled materials and circular design to reduce waste across the entire packaging lifecycle.
• PACT Group’s Household and Industrial packaging division specialises in the manufacture and supply of packaging for the Paint & Construction, Auto Fuel, AgriChem, mining and Household and Cleaning industries.
• Products are produced in various sizes including plastic bottles, jerry cans with closures and pourers, small and large pails, cubes, drums and microdrums at our Villawood site.