Executive GM, Food Manufacturing & Export — Vanuatu

Osborne Richardson Australia; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 171,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

Osborne Richardson Australia partners with Forney Enterprises to appoint a General Manager for their food manufacturing and export operation in Vanuatu. You will lead the Senior Leadership Team, own P&L, drive strategy, financial discipline, and operational excellence, and develop Ni-Vanuatu leaders.

This is a rare, high-autonomy executive role reporting to the founders, with an expatriate package and a chance to shape growth in a developing market.

Qualifications

• A proven General Manager or equivalent executive with full P&L accountability.
• A background in regulated food manufacturing or processing.
• Commercially sharp, comfortable with budgets, margin, cost and investments.
• Able to strengthen and scale a business at a pace it can absorb.
• Culturally intelligent, grounded, and ready to commit to living in Vanuatu.
• Experience in a founder-led or family business in developing markets.

Responsibilities

• Turn strategy into clear priorities, accountability and measurable results
• Build a stable, capable leadership team and lead through them
• Drive financial discipline across cost, margin, cash, working capital and capex
• Lift production reliability, through output & yield + food safety
• Develop Ni-Vanuatu leaders and build succession for the long term

Job description

Osborne Richardson Australia partners with Forney Enterprises to appoint a General Manager for their food manufacturing and export operation in Vanuatu. You will lead the Senior Leadership Team, own P&L, drive strategy, financial discipline, and operational excellence, and develop Ni-Vanuatu leaders.

This is a rare, high-autonomy executive role reporting to the founders, with an expatriate package and a chance to shape growth in a developing market.