General Manager

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

General Manager | Food Manufacturing & Export | Vanuatu

Osborne Richardson is working exclusively with Forney Enterprises, a founder-led food manufacturing and export business based in Luganville, Espiritu Santo.

Forney is now in its twentieth year, with significant manufacturing capability, an established international market presence, and a strong reputation for quality and trusted customer relationships.

The founders are ready to hand over day-to-day leadership. The business doesn't need rebuilding as it needs a General Manager who can strengthen the leadership, systems and financial discipline to take it to the next stage of growth.

The role

Reporting to the founders, you'll have full P&L accountability and lead the Senior Leadership Team across Operations, Finance, People & Culture, Quality, Supply and Commercial.

You'll:

• 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

About you

• 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

Why this role

This is a rare chance to step into a business with real substance and become the leader who secures its future. It's a meaningful executive role with genuine autonomy, a close working relationship with the founders, and a lifestyle few roles can offer.

An attractive expatriate package is on offer as the position is based permanetly fulltime in Vanuatu.