Production Manager

Six Degrees Executive are proud to be continuing our ongoing relationship with Ridley Corporation to recruit a Production Manager at their Lara mill site. 
About Ridley
Ridley Corporation is proudly Australian owned and is the country's largest commercial provider of high-performance animal nutrition solutions. 
Ridley's 20 sites Australia-wide produce circa 2 million tonnes annually of finished feeds and feed ingredients from nationally grown cereal grains. These feeds improve the health, wellbeing and performance of a diverse range of animals in Australia's dairy, poultry, pig, beef, house, sheep, petfood, research and aquaculture industries. ASX listed with over 35 years of operations, Ridley have continued to grow and expand their operations with a wealth of joint-ventures and acquisitions, consolidating their position as the market leader in the feed industry space.
About the role 
The Production Manager role will be based out of the company's Lara site, unveiled and operational in 2017. The site runs 24/6 and is staffed by a team of circa 25, a mix of both technical and functional leadership and operating staff who support this highly operated vertical milling site.
Reporting into the Operations Manager, this role will be supported by Shift Managers, with a focus on driving site performance and the internal growth and development of the team. Ridley has a great track record of providing internal opportunities for their team, both within site and nationally across the business and this role will work with senior stakeholders to identify and grow talent. Your role will also involve:

• Driving the production schedule and ensuring key targets are met around production output and DIFOT
• Supporting CI initiatives across the site, centred around increasing throughput capability
• Monitoring the output and performance of plant operating equipment, collaborating with maintenance department to drive OEE

What we are looking for 

• Demonstrated functional leadership experience within a manufacturing setting. Industry experience within Food/FMCG will be well regarded but also open to other experience such as automotive, industrial etc.
• Strong people leadership skills, ability to grow and develop internal talent to support professional growth and organisational needs
• Sound understanding of basic CI tools such as 5Why and fishbone to help drive production performance
• Cross-functional stakeholder engagement, working both up and down the organisational chain to ensure plant performance meets requirements outside of purely production output
• Ability to embed good OH&S practices at the heart of manufacturing 

Why this role?
Ridley provides an excellent culture for people development, with extensive opportunities nationally across the business. By joining this local success story, you will be inheriting a highly engaged team at Lara who are looking to a production leader to help them take the next step in their career professionally. Across the board, Ridley is highly committed to sustainable manufacturing and business practices, with key pillars across Smarter Ingredients, Optimised Production, Effective Solutions and Meaningful Partnerships. 
Ridley's core business values around Ownership, Togetherness and Looking Ahead will align well with a manufacturing leader who can drive people, performance and growth both strategically and in day to day operations. 
What next? 
If this role sounds like you, hit APPLY NOW for consideration or reach out to Robert Scacco at Six Degrees Executive on 0483 956 390 or email RobertS@sde.com.au
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