Production Manager

Pact Group Holdings Ltd; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading packaging solutions provider in Australia is looking for a Production Manager to oversee the production area and drive operational excellence. The successful candidate will champion a safety-first culture and lead a dedicated team while ensuring timely production and quality standards. Experience in manufacturing and a strong background in LEAN methodologies are essential. The role includes promoting continuous improvement practices to enhance safety, productivity, and reliability.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a manufacturing/production environment.
• Management experience in a manufacturing environment that embraces continuous improvement.
• Ability to motivate, lead and supervise a team.

Responsibilities

• Champion a safety-first culture.
• Lead and develop the production team.
• Ensure products are made on time and to specification.
• Promote a culture of LEAN & Continuous Improvement.
• Collaborate with the reliability manager on optimising product manufacture.

Skills

Lean and Operational Excellence

Problem-solving

Leadership

Analytical skills

Coaching and mentoring

Negotiation

Education

Degree in relevant field

Job description

About this opportunity

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Production Manager is responsible for the overall management and performance of the full production area. The focus of the role is to build a culture that has a strong Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence mindset driving towards achieving production KPIs within the organization.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Champion a safety‑first culture
• Lead and develop the production team, with a focus on talent building for the mould change team and the production technicians
• Ensure all products are made on time and to specification
• Promote a culture of LEAN & Continuous Improvement towards world‑best practice
• Model direct, respectful communication across the site
• Ensure all standards ISO, HACCP and GMP are achieved
• Plan weekly production with a focus on minimising waste and maximising machine uptime
• Collaborate with the reliability manager to review machine setups and optimise product manufacture
• Work with the Supply Chain Team to optimise planning and scheduling, ensuring key issues impacting customer delivery are identified and understood
• Support the maintenance and logistics teams
• Maintain a Continuous Improvement mindset to improve Safety, Productivity, Quality and Reliability

Your skills and experience

To be successful in this role, you’ll have

• Previous experience in a manufacturing/production environment
• Proven experience in Lean and Operational Excellence
• Management experience in a manufacturing environment that embraces continuous improvement
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills
• Ability to motivate, lead and supervise
• Ability to coach and mentor
• Leadership, influencing, negotiation, change management, conflict resolution, financial and computer literacy skills

Qualifications

Degree qualified is preferable in addition to solid experience in supervision within a manufacturing environment.

About us

Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse and recycling solutions. We are a future‑driven group committed to creating lasting value. As the largest plastics recycler in Australia and New Zealand and one of the region’s biggest users of recycled materials, we operate 110 manufacturing facilities across 15 countries and serve some of the world’s largest brands. We’ve committed to lead the circular economy through a $500 million investment plan and focus on finding new and better ways of doing things—ways to grow business, give back to the environment and enrich people’s lives every day. Our promise is to create a better and more prosperous world all around. That’s our future, Pact. Let’s lead the way together.