Bulk Cheese Production Manager | Mon–Fri, Growth & Impact

Saputo; Cobram; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Bonus opportunity

Career development

Job summary

Saputo Dairy Australia is seeking a Production Manager - Bulk to lead a large production team in Cobram, ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency. You will oversee two direct-report Supervisors and ~80+ staff to meet production targets while upholding GMP and HACCP standards.

The role emphasizes floor presence, capability development, and continuous improvement across a high-volume dairy operation, with a permanent full-time arrangement in a premier cheese manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading large production or manufacturing teams.
• Strong leadership skills with accountability and engagement.
• Experience managing performance, attendance and employee relations matters.
• Background in manufacturing operations within a complex production environment.
• Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• Experience working with production KPIs and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a large production workforce through Supervisors.
• Drive a strong safety-first culture and ensure compliance with site and company standards.
• Deliver production, quality and labour performance targets.
• Manage workforce planning, rostering, leave approvals and labour utilisation.
• Partner closely with Quality, Maintenance, Reliability, HR and Production Planning teams.
• Lead investigations, root cause analysis and problem-solving initiatives.
• Manage employee performance, attendance, engagement and capability development.
• Drive continuous improvement activities that enhance productivity, reliability and operational performance.
• Ensure GMP, HACCP and food safety standards are consistently maintained.

Skills

People leadership

Safety culture

Communication

Problem solving

KPI management

Job description

Saputo Dairy Australia is seeking a Production Manager - Bulk to lead a large production team in Cobram, ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency. You will oversee two direct-report Supervisors and ~80+ staff to meet production targets while upholding GMP and HACCP standards.

The role emphasizes floor presence, capability development, and continuous improvement across a high-volume dairy operation, with a permanent full-time arrangement in a premier cheese manufacturing setting.