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Production Manager - Flexible Packaging Line

New Zealand💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-28 → 2026-10-04

Core

Lead the Production Plant or line(s) for a nutritional product business, ensuring 24-hour operational performance, safety, and quality.

Role type

Senior IC production manager (food manufacturing)

Builds

Nutrition products (Similac, PediaSure, Pedialyte, Ensure, Glucerna)

Domain

Healthcare / Nutrition / Dairy Manufacturing

Required skills

Dairy manufacturing processes, Food Safety and HACCP systems, Team leadership and development, Process reliability management, Health, Safety, and Environmental compliance, ISO quality standards adherence, Shift management and workforce deployment

Preferred skills

FMCG operations experience, Nutritional plant experience, Succession planning, Stakeholder engagement

Technologies

ISO standards, HACCP systems, Occupational Health and Safety protocols

Responsibilities

Ensure 24-hour multiple shift accountability for business results and line capability; Manage H&S performance, practices, and culture; Deliver deployed targets and standards; Lead team development, succession planning, and talent management; Meet people engagement targets and deploy employees efficiently across shifts; Ensure product quality measures and performance; Comply with ISO Quality policies and Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental procedures; Report accidents or incidents within 24 hours; Maintain up-to-date knowledge of standard operating procedures and policies.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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