Production Manager

Te Kuiti Meats New Zealand; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression

Training opportunities

Job summary

Te Kuiti Meats New Zealand is seeking an experienced production manager to lead from the front and drive performance across all production departments. The role involves coordinating labour planning, quality control, and safety targets while delivering high quality meat products to global customers.

You will empower teams, foster cross-functional collaboration, and push continuous improvement initiatives in a fast-paced environment, balancing competing demands with delivering results.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading successful teams.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to listen to others.
• Sound understanding of Health and Safety requirements.
• Experience making urgent decisions in a fast-paced environment; balancing competing demands with delivering results.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships at all levels.
• Previously identified and implemented process and productivity improvements.
• Strong customer service skills; being a key contact for customers.
• Commitment to developing people and building strong teams.
• Experience in a meat processing, or food production environment is useful, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Managing the production of all departments, including labour planning and quality control.
• Maintaining safety culture with focus on health and safety targets.
• Meeting service level and product quality targets for key customers.
• Processing outputs for each line and monitoring costs.
• Contributing to productivity improvement projects.
• Developing an improvement culture and fostering a positive team culture through development and engagement.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Communication

Health & Safety

Process improvement

Customer service

Job description

Te Kuiti Meats New Zealand is a leading processor and exporter of value added, high quality ovine products. Our people have a real passion and commitment to produce the best lamb in the world, providing the ultimate dining experience.

About the role

Our production manager role is essential in getting things done within our dynamic and fast-paced environment. This senior management role works closely with all departments within our organisation and plays a critical part in giving our team leaders the tools and confidence they need to get the best out of our people so we can deliver high-quality products to our global customers.

Get back that work-life balance, with a rotating roster of 4 days on and 4 days off during the summer! Although some of the year, you will be required to work 5 days on/2 days off.

You will be responsible for:

The effective management of all departments associated with production i.e., Stockyards, Slaughter, Boning, and Packing, with the primary purpose of maximising productivity, yield recovery and customer satisfaction.

Key responsibilities include:

Managing the production of all departments, including labour planning and quality control.

Keeping our people safe with a strong focus on health and safety targets.

Meeting Service level and Product Quality targets for key customers.

Processing outputs for each line and monitoring of costs.

Proactively contributing to productivity improvement projects.

Developing an improvement culture that continuously strives to do better.

Promoting and encouraging a positive team culture through development, performance, and engagement.

About you

You are an experienced leader who leads from the front. You enjoy working with a diverse group of people and can organise and motivate everybody around you. You empower those you lead and acknowledge the small and incremental gains you all achieve together.

You will have

proven experience leading successful teams.

excellent communication skills, with a willingness to listen to others.

a sound understanding of Health and Safety requirements.

experience in making urgent decisions in a fast-paced environment; focusing on balancing competing demands with delivering results.

the ability to build and maintain strong relationships at all levels.

previously identified and implemented process and productivity improvements.

strong customer service skills; being a key contact for our customers.

a commitment to developing people and building strong teams.

experience in a meat processing, or food production environment is useful, but not essential.

What can we offer you

Continuous training and development opportunities.

Career progression and opportunities within a large organisation.