Production Manager - Dryer

Abbott Laboratories; Pokeno; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories is seeking a Production Manager for its New Zealand Pokeno Plant in Waikato. The role leads the production plant and lines, overseeing safety, quality, process reliability, and people development across shifts.

The successful candidate will have a tertiary degree or diploma in a related field, 3+ years of spray drying experience in a nutritional dairy setting, and proven leadership capabilities. Compliance with food safety/HACCP and mandatory training is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of leadership or management experience in a dairy/manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of dairy manufacturing processes and systems.
• Proven knowledge of Food Safety and HACCP systems.
• Capability to ensure timesheet completion and mandatory training compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24-hour, multi-shift leadership for production lines.
• Ensure H&S performance and culture across lines and teams.
• Ensure process reliability and delivery of deployed targets.
• Deliver standards and drive team development, succession planning and capability building.
• Maintain product quality measures and engagement with shifts and personnel.

Skills

Leadership experience

Dairy manufacturing knowledge

HACCP & Food safety

Team development & engagement

Education

Tertiary degree or diploma in related field

Job description

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands, including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure® and Glucerna®, to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

Why Join Us

Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Benefits that support you and your family to stay healthy, financially secure, and supported throughout life's journey, including comprehensive medical insurance coverage, wellbeing support, and competitive rewards that recognize your contributions.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

The Opportunity

As the Production Manager, the purpose of the Production Manager role is to lead the Production Plant or line(s) and be responsible for overall performance.

What You’ll Do

• This role has 24-hour, multiple shift accountability for the business results and capability of the production line.
• Accountable for H&S performance, practices and culture across the production line and teams.
• Accountable for process reliability.
• Accountable for delivering the deployed targets.
• Accountable for deploying and delivering standards.
• Accountable for team development, succession planning, capability build and talent management.
• Accountable for meeting people engagement targets and effective and efficient deployment of employees across the shifts.
• Accountable for product quality measures, quality performance, practices, standards, and culture across the production line.
• On-call duties likely to be required to support the 24/7 nature of the business.

Requirements

• Tertiary degree, diploma, or minimum 5 years in a dairy manufacturing.
• Minimum 3 years Spray Drying experience, preferably in a Nutritional Plant.
• Experience in leading, developing and engaging teams.
• Proven understanding of dairy manufacturing processes and systems.
• Proven knowledge of Food Safety and HACCP systems.
• Ensure the timely completion of the timesheet via allocated system.
• Completion of all assigned Training to this role before the scheduled due date is mandatory.

Location

This position is based in New Zealand. Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. The base pay for this position is N/A. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. JOB FAMILY: Manufacturing DIVISION: ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain LOCATION: New Zealand > Waikato: Pokeno Plant ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Not specified MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

About Abbott

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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