Regional Manufacturing Manager - Bendigo, Australia - Ridley

Ridley

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Bendigo, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

About Ridley
Ridley has been an integral part of Australian agriculture for over 30 years. Our purpose is to lead animal nutrition by solving the production challenges of today and tomorrow.

We believe:

Meaningful change happens through meaningful partnerships
Feed needs to be viewed as part of an endtoend Ecosystem
Animal Nutrition is the key to more sustainable and profitable farming

About the Role

This is a key leadership role and requires high level communication skills and focused leadership to get the best out of people.

The purpose of the position is to:

To manage and control all site operations at Wellsford through:
Ensuring a safe workplace where risks are identified, assessed and mitigated to ensure the health and safety of our employees
Regional Leadership covering St Arnaud, supporting, leading, coaching and ensuring delivery of all KPI's at St Arnaud site through Site Manager
Plan and deliver effective resources to achieve site goals including OHS&E compliance, production targets, quality assurance, budget control and labour resources.
Responsibility for site production targets including efficient manufacturing of finished goods to specification, on time and in full
Manage all costs within the site budget
Proactive and efficient customer service activities. Covering all aspects of customer enquiry and complaint handling
Efficient and effective control all inventory associated with the site
Ensuring all administration processes are completed at the site
Support, direct and develop site staff into an effective and reliable team
Develop, implement and achieve improvement goals across all site functions

About you

You will have proven management experience within a food or stockfeed manufacturing and be able build positive relationships with your team.

You will have a demonstrated ability to communicate and influence effectively with key internal and external stakeholders that has resulted in set business objectives being met or exceeded.

The key requirements are:

Minimum 5 years' experience in a food or stockfeed manufacturing industry with exposure to plant management and process automation
Knowledge of Lean Principles and proven experience in planning and delivering a Continuous Improvement plan, including a proactive preventative maintenance program
Demonstrated experience managing, leading and developing employees in a production environment
Demonstrated experience with production planning, control and measurement methodologies
Understanding of OHS&E, QA and other statutory management standards and requirements
Experience in safety & quality management systems
Understanding of HR and EEO requirements
Understanding of stock control issues and methodology
Must have current driver's license and flexibility to travel regionally as required
Ability to be hands on in both attitude and skills
Understanding of mechanical equipment
Milling Experience

Next steps
This is an exciting opportunity if you want to further develop your career within the agricultural industry.

Ridley is an Equal Opportunity Employer who also offers a competitive package including bonus structure, a fully maintained?tool of trade car and a range of other employee benefits.