Senior Manufacturing Operations Leader

Easy Signs P/L; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Easy Signs P/L, based in South West Sydney, seeks an experienced Operations Manager to guide our Australian manufacturing operation through its next growth phase. You will lead through Shift Supervisors and functional leaders across Production, Warehouse and Dispatch, Maintenance and Training.

With a 24-hour cycle and ~130 production team members, your focus will be on building leadership capability, strengthening planning, systems and processes, and improving productivity and performance across

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Operations Manager, or in an equivalent operational leadership position, within a complex, high-volume manufacturing environment, with responsibility for multiple teams, departments and/or shifts.
• Demonstrated success leading through Supervisors or Managers, including coaching, performance management, leadership development and succession planning.
• Strong forward production and workforce planning skills, balancing demand, labour, equipment capacity, maintenance and customer commitments.
• Demonstrated experience establishing measurable operational KPIs, driving accountability through leadership teams and delivering sustained improvements in manufacturing performance.
• Confidence using production systems and operational data to identify constraints and make decisions.
• Experience working across production and supporting functions such as warehouse, dispatch, maintenance, training, quality or facilities.
• Commercial awareness, sound budget management, strong stakeholder communication and a commitment to workplace safety.
• A calm, approachable and accountable leadership style, with the confidence to make difficult decisions.
• Experience in signage, print or digital manufacturing is beneficial but not essential; we value transferable manufacturing leadership and demonstrated results over industry-specific technical knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, develop and hold accountable the Shift Supervisors and other operational leaders, building their capability to manage day-to-day delivery and their teams.
• Champion a safe, respectful and accountable workplace, managing operational risk and compliance.
• Oversee production performance across day, afternoon and night shifts, with consistent standards, handovers and clear ownership of outcomes.
• Lead forward capacity, labour, equipment and production planning; identify bottlenecks, manage competing priorities and implement practical contingency plans.
• Set clear KPIs, targets and a regular reporting cadence, and ensure operational data is accurate and acted on.
• Drive sustained improvements in throughput, workflow, productivity, quality, on-time delivery and resource utilisation.
• Oversee the performance of Warehouse and Dispatch, Maintenance and Training.
• Build equipment reliability and preventative maintenance discipline, balancing production commitments with asset care.
• Partner with Quality, Customer Happiness, Finance, IT, Innovation and other stakeholders to resolve cross-functional constraints and improve the customer experience.
• Manage operating expenditure within agreed budgets and contribute operational insight to commercial decisions and delivery commitments.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching & development

Operational planning

KPIs & metrics

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget awareness

Safety & compliance

Signage industry knowledge

Job description

Easy Signs P/L, based in South West Sydney, seeks an experienced Operations Manager to guide our Australian manufacturing operation through its next growth phase. You will lead through Shift Supervisors and functional leaders across Production, Warehouse and Dispatch, Maintenance and Training.

With a 24-hour cycle and ~130 production team members, your focus will be on building leadership capability, strengthening planning, systems and processes, and improving productivity and performance across