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Manufacturing Operations Manager

Adelaide, Australia💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead, direct, and optimize manufacturing operations to safely deliver high-quality products on time, at the right cost, and in line with customer and business requirements.

Role type

Manufacturing Operations Manager

Builds

High-quality products for global customers

Domain

Life Sciences / Manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Practical Process Improvement (PPI), root cause analysis, production planning, safety compliance, team leadership, budget management, inventory optimization

Preferred skills

Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, structured problem solving, succession planning

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Lead daily manufacturing operations to achieve production, safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets; Champion Lean Manufacturing and 5S principles to eliminate waste and improve flow; Develop and coach production supervisors and team leaders to build high-performance teams; Partner with Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure process capability and customer delivery; Manage manufacturing operations within approved budget and cost expectations.

Seniority

Manager, hands-on leadership

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