Production Manager

Vitality Brands Worldwide; Māngere-Ōtāhuhu; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vitality Brands Worldwide in Mangere, Auckland, is seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead our filling, packing and line setting operations at our manufacturing site. This full-time, onsite role offers ownership of a busy production environment and a key hand in delivering trusted products to our customers.

You will report to the General Manager of Operations and oversee daily production, ensuring safety, quality and schedule adherence while developing your team and meeting production

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day production operation, ensuring our lines run safely, efficiently and to schedule.
• Develop your team and deliver against production targets, while keeping operations running smoothly and maintaining high quality.
• Plan and coordinate daily production activities, ensuring people, equipment and resources are effectively utilised to meet production schedules. Champion Health & Safety, GMP and quality standards across all production activities.

Job description

At Vitality Brands, we build brands people love, including essano, Cancer Council Sunscreen, epzen, and Senne Skin. Our products are found in millions of homes across New Zealand and Australia, and we're continuing to grow.

We're looking for an experienced Production Manager to lead our filling, packing and line setting operations at our manufacturing site in Mangere, Auckland. This is a great opportunity to take ownership of a busy production environment and play a key role in delivering products our customers know and love.

Reporting to our General Manager of Operations, you'll lead the day-to-day production operation, ensuring our lines run safely, efficiently and to schedule. You'll be responsible for maintaining high standards of product quality, developing your team and delivering against production targets, while keeping operations running smoothly.

This is a full-time, permanent, onsite position working Monday to Friday, 5.30am–2.00pm.

What your day-to-day will look like:

Lead, coach and develop the Production team to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality operations.

Drive production performance against key targets, taking ownership of results and addressing performance challenges.

Plan and coordinate daily production activities, ensuring people, equipment and resources are effectively utilised to meet production schedules. Champion Health & Safety, GMP and quality standards across all production activities.

Identify and implement practical improvements to minimise downtime, reduce waste and improve production efficiency.

Partner with Planning, Engineering and Quality to resolve production challenges, maintain quality standards and support new product introductions.

About You

You're a practical, people-focused leader who takes pride in running a safe, efficient and quality-focused production operation. You know how to get the best out of your team, manage competing priorities and keep things on track in a busy manufacturing environment. Experience leading production teams within an FMCG, food, cosmetics or pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, develop and motivate teams.

Experience working within GMP or other quality-regulated manufacturing environments.

Sound understanding of production processes, machinery and equipment, with the ability to troubleshoot day-to-day operational challenges.

A continuous improvement mindset, with experience using KPIs to monitor performance and deliver results. Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and keep your team aligned.

Why Join Us?

• We invest in your development and support your journey through professional development, leadership opportunities and personal growth.
• Our brands are constantly evolving, and you'll have the opportunity to contribute ideas that improve how we work and support new product innovation.
• The number one feedback we get from our team is that what makes Vitality great is “its people"!We’re proud to be recognised as a Great Place to Work.
• From bake-offs and training to social events, cultural celebrations and volunteering opportunities, there's never a dull moment.

Vitality Brands Worldwide is dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community.