Operations Manager - Melbourne, Australia - HOBAN Recruitment

HOBAN Recruitment

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

4 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Primary Accountabilities

Actively lead and support a Safety culture within the team by adopting the Culture of Care practice.
Develop and implement strategies to maximise production efficiencies in keeping with meeting customer and business requirements.
Develop and monitor, report on operational KPIs, and initiate corrective actions when required.
Ensure all products are made on time to specification and dispatched on time.
Lead the development of production based continuous improvement objectives.
Ensure Preventative Maintenance processes are in place and coordinate any contract maintenance as required.
Review all incoming goods collections on packaging materials plus any other high level spends.
Coordinate in conjunction with Branch Manager quarterly stock takes.
Receipt of goods in a timely manner to ensure system is live.
Ensure loading of trucks is done safely and efficiently.
Controls stock of pallets and orders as required.
Liaise with customer and couriers with regards to distribution.
Ensure all pallet dockets correspond with invoice details and reconcile pallet transactions to outside stores daily.
Ensure appropriate inspection of incoming materials/supplies against orders.
Ensure that finished goods storage is appropriate to minimise damage and double handling.
Develop and recommend improvements in supply and warehouse practices to promote greater efficiency.
Arrange for the quarantine of returned product.
Based on customer demand develop a valid, feasible production schedule, daily, for finishes goods and component items based on equipment, labour, and raw material availability.
Schedule all work in order to minimise WIP and maximise throughput volume and speed.
Achieve target customer service levels and stock levels based on forecast error and bias trends, manufacturing capacity/flexibility and customer service and inventory turn goals.
Plan freight run for next day to maximise full utilisation of trucks.
Drive the ongoing development of the business quality system with the Quality Coordinator.
Ensure all production and warehouse activities are carried out consistently with the quality system and quality objectives of the business.
Thoroughly investigate quality issues using a structured problem solving process, provide feedback to employees and customers and put in place corrective actions as prevention.
Identify process capability issues which impact quality performance.
Monitor quality performance and ensure corrective action is taken and to provide customer feedback on issues raised.
Use continuous improvement techniques to drive improvements in all areas of production and warehousing.
Ensure standardised processes and conditions are developed, understood, implemented and used across all teams on both coater and winder to meet customer and business requirements.
Participate and lead in continuous improvement projects by implementing lean manufacturing and where appropriate statistical process controls.
Set goals and development plans with the team and track progress against set goals.
Regularly track performance against KPIs and frequently communicate progress to business stakeholders.
Provide ongoing coaching to the team to improve customer performance, operational efficiency and the like.
Develop, build and foster an engaged high performance culture across the team through effective leadership and management, demonstrating clear alignment with company values and behaviour.
Performance Management moving beyond compliance to a true performance culture.
Proactively identify ways of improving the effectiveness of teamwork.
Model Opal's values and behaviours in all internal and external dealings, exhibiting desired behaviours and approaches in business activities. Mentor employees in a manner consistent with Opal's values, behaviours and policies.
Demonstrate leadership styles appropriate to situations in all personnel activities.
Effective delegation of responsibilities in the absence of team members. In addition, ensure the responsibilities of this role are also delegated during extended leave.

Person Specification

Preferably tertiary qualification in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related discipline.
Trade qualification in Printing or other manufacturingbased qualification is also desirable and can demonstrate an ongoing commitment to learning and personal development.
At least 3 years' experience in production management or managing a warehouse within a distribution environment.
Strong focus on safety, quality, modern manufacturing, and supply chain systems.
Strong knowledge of planning techniques and supply chain principles.
Highly developed communication skills with ability to collaborate productively and professionally with all levels of people.
Proactive, organized, and meticulous.
Ability to prioritise and work to tight demands.
Current driver's licence, forklift