Production & Operational Excellence Manager

Treasury Wine Estates; Marlborough; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee product allowance

TWEforME Day

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Flexible working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Treasury Wine Estates in Marlborough (Matua Winery) seeks a Production and Operational Excellence Manager to lead winery operations and drive continuous improvement. This role ensures safe, efficient and compliant execution while embedding data-led decision making and sustainable performance improvements.

You will lead systems, people and improvement initiatives, reporting to the Site Operations Manager - Matua, and collaborating with Winemaking, Quality, Maintenance and Supply Chain to optimise

Qualifications

• Experience leading operations within a winery or FMCG/manufacturing environment.
• Proven throughput and labour productivity improvements.
• Strong knowledge of safety, quality and environmental standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe, efficient and compliant winery operations, achieving production targets.
• Drive Operational Excellence using Lean, problem solving and data-led decisions.
• Lead large, seasonal workforce; develop capability and engagement.
• Identify bottlenecks and improve flow, throughput and reliability.
• Champion safety, quality and environmental compliance and audits.
• Collaborate with Winemaking, Maintenance, Engineering and Supply Chain.
• Drive site improvement projects on productivity, cost reduction and sustainability.

Skills

Operations leadership

Lean / Six Sigma

Data-driven decision making

Team development

Production planning

Safety & compliance

Asset optimisation

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Operations, Engineering, or related

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Production & Operational Excellence Manager

Treasury Wine Estates – Witherlea, South Island

Production and Operational Excellence Manager

We're seeking an experienced Production and Operational Excellence Managerto lead winery operations and drive continuous improvement across our Matua Winery. This is a critical leadership role responsible for ensuring safe, efficient and compliant winery execution while embedding operational excellence principles, data‑led decision making and sustainable performance improvements.

About us

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is one of the world’s largest wine companies. At TWE we are led everyday by our purpose, Boldly Cultivating. We are boldly cultivating value through our brands, wine, people & environment for enriched & joyful communities.

At TWE we cultivate our teams to be their very best. And in turn, our people push us to make bigger and bolder decisions. Our focus on Boldly Cultivating unites us as a global team and fuels our vision to become the world’s most desirable luxury wine company – known for the experiences we create for our consumers, customers, partners, suppliers and our people.

About the Role

As a key member of the Matua Winery leadership team, this role owns production execution performance across the winery. You will lead the systems, people and continuous improvement initiatives that convert production plans into safe, efficient and repeatable operational outcomes while improving throughput, labour productivity and cost performance.

Reporting to the Site Operations Manager - Matua, you will provide leadership across winery operations, vintage readiness, production execution planning, safety, quality, compliance and continuous improvement culture.

Working closely with Winemaking, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain and Site Leadership teams, you'll play a key role in optimising operational performance, developing team capability and driving a culture of operational excellence across the winery.

This is an exciting opportunity for a hands‑on operations leader who thrives in a dynamic production environment and is passionate about delivering both operational results and long‑term performance improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead safe, efficient and compliant winery operations, ensuring production, vintage and quality targets are achieved.
• Drive Operational Excellence across the site through Lean practices, structured problem solving, continuous improvement and data‑led decision making.
• Lead and develop a large operational workforce including team leaders, permanent employees and seasonal vintage personnel, building capability, engagement and operational excellence.
• Identify operational constraints and bottlenecks, leading initiatives that improve production flow, throughput and execution reliability.
• Champion safety, food safety, quality and environmental compliance, ensuring audit readiness and adherence to all regulatory and company standards.
• Partner with Winemaking, Engineering, Maintenance and Supply Chain teams to optimise asset utilisation, operational performance, development opportunities and production reliability.
• Lead site improvement projects focused on productivity, cost reduction, waste minimisation, sustainability and long‑term operational performance.

About You

You are an experienced operations leader who combines strong production management capability with a passion for continuous improvement, people leadership and operational excellence.

You’ll bring:

• Experience leading operations within a winery, FMCG, food and beverage, manufacturing or supply chain environment.
• Proven experience improving throughput, labour productivity, team development and operational performance in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong Operational Excellence, Lean, Six Sigma, TPM or continuous improvement experience.
• Demonstrated success delivering improvement projects and sustainable business outcomes.
• Strong understanding of production flow management, operational planning and execution disciplines.
• Experience leading large seasonal or variable workforce models.
• Strong understanding of safety, quality, food safety and environmental compliance requirements.
• Commercial acumen with experience managing labour, operational and project budgets.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability with a data‑driven approach.
• The ability to effectively collaborate across multiple functions and drive positive change.

Preferred Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Oenology, Viticulture, Business or a related discipline.
• Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, Operational Excellence or Project Management certifications highly regarded.
• Leadership qualifications or equivalent leadership experience.

Why you’ll love it here:

Our culture is built on bringing our whole selves, being courageous and delivering together – it’s our DNA and the heart of who we are at TWE.

We prioritise your growth with access to global career opportunities and structured programs designed to support your health, wellbeing and careerdevelopment.

Enjoy the world’s most desirable wines through our generous employee product allowance

• Plus, you’ll get an extra day off each year with your “TWEforME Day” – a day to spend however you choose!

We offer a range of great benefits such as flexibility, rewards and discounts and health and wellbeing initiatives.

It takes all varietals!

At TWE, we proudly celebrate diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the consumers who enjoy our products.

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. If you require any assistance to be included in our process, please contact***********@tweglobal.com, quoting the job title and reference number.