Goodman Fielder New Zealand is one of the largest branded food manufacturers and suppliers in New Zealand, serving customer needs with a portfolio of iconic, trusted food brands that New Zealanders have grown up with and enjoy every day. Our excellent portfolio of consumer brands includes Vogel's, Molenberg, Freya's, Meadow Fresh, Tararua, Puhoi Valley, Edmonds and Ernest Adams… just to name a few! We are passionate about our iconic brands and products, and strive to be the best place to work in New Zealand. We are looking for talented and passionate individuals to join our business and be part of our success. The role of the Production Team Leader is an integral member of the Production and Site leadership team with management responsibilities for a high performing team and team culture.The Production Team Leader ensures production is delivered in a cost effective manner. Shift pattern available is: Tuesday: 12am – 7.15am,Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 7.00pm - 7.15am Total 42 hours per week over 3.5 days Key Responsibilities Lead the Shift Production team to ensure that resources are correctly allocated to deliver on Key Performance. Key measures include DIFOT, Waste %, OEE, giveaway, line utilization, productivity, and complaints per million. Mentor and develop direct reports so that they are able to make decisions in a timely manner as they relate to production, and warehousing. Deliver high quality finished product by ensuring compliance to all Food Safety Systems, and ensure that action is taken to escalate and resolve issues in a timely manner. Oversee the hygiene of the plant by ensuring cleaning occurs at correct times and to the correct standard. Ensure all measurement systems are implemented and maintained as required to meet the changing needs of the business. These include the OFS and SAP systems - the tools used to drive operational excellence. Ensure all reporting requirements are supplied in an accurate and timely manner. Manage the shift production team via a wide variety of communication techniques, for example tool box meetings (shift Handover, Daily Direction Setting, TALK meetings), focused improvement groups. Elevate issues relating to SHE, Quality, and delivery in a timely manner, utilizing agreed processes. Lead and participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives as outlined in the site roadmap. Develop, introduce and maintain visual workplace KPIs for production line teams. About You To be successful in your application, you will have: 5+ years manufacturing experience in the food industry 3-5 years established leadership of a mid-sized team Machine operation and/or engineering management practice Exposure to Quality Assurance and Food Safety Systems A great attitude towards health and safety Ability to drive performance SAP and SHE systems experience (desirable) Food manufacturing experience (desirable) With sites spanning across the Australasian region our employees have the opportunity to fashion their own home grown career across functions, locations and brands. Our aim is to be a destination employer in the food industry where we don't just offer jobs - we offer careers. This is where you'll find information about our current career opportunities.To search for a specific position or occupation, use the Categories option below. Browse Jobs Keywords: Job Title: Position Type: Category: Location: Date Advertised: Job Reference: Search Tips The easiest way to use the Job Search is to enter one or more wordsas Keywords and the Job Search will find jobs with any of your keywords in theskills, position title or location. However, the job search has more advancedsearching capabilities that allows you to include, exclude or even match wordstogether. What is a "key" word? A keyword is any word you wish to pinpoint in yoursearch. It may be a skill you have, a company you wish to work for, or thename of a particular project you want to look for. Spaces and Case Sensitive Leave one space only between words and do not include commas ( , ).The search field is not case sensitive. Example: Account Management This technology looks for and matches all commonly used/abbreviated terminology to ensure you get themaximum results to your search. Example: Accounts Receivable ,the search will look for accounts rec and acct rec Include a "Key" Word To include a word in your search, place a plus sign ( + ) directly in front of the word you wish to include.Do not leave a space between the plus sign and the word. F. Example: Accounts +Management Exclude a "Key" Word To exclude a word from your search, place a minus ( - ) sign directly in front of the word you wish to exclude.Do not leave a space between the minus sign and the Please place all exclude "KEY" words at the end of your list! Example: Accounts -Management Match Words that must Appear Together To search for two words together, place double quotes ( " " ) around the words. Example: "Accounts Clerk" #J-18808-Ljbffr
