Business Unit Manager - Wellington
In-person · Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ... more
In-person · Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ... more
Job Description
The Role
Reporting to the General Manager Operations, Pact Packaging New Zealand (PPNZ) and part of a collaborative Operational team. This position is to provide strong leadership to the Wellington site, develop and drive a consistent culture of operational excellence across the business, focused on optimizing safety, customer service and manufacturing performance.
About this opportunity
This is a great step up in your career to build on the strong operational aspects of the site to continue to deliver all agreed targets for the business, including
- Overall responsibility of the Business Unit performance
- Health & Safety performance
- Effective leadership and staff performance
- Operational excellence and continuous improvement, including quality, plant reliability, productivity sales, cost and waste
- Optimisation of profitability
- Maintaining and building strong customer relationships
- Creating a business that our people are engaged and proud of
- Promoting training and development through front line leadership development and succession planning
About you:
Your personality and experience are able to proactively manage multiple activities and adapting to changing scenarios throughout your day. You love finding solutions and getting the work done through a great team of people leaders. You’re a leader that others want to follow. You create context and meaning for people by building frameworks and sharing experience.
To be successful in the role, you will need:
- Minimum 5 years management experience in a manufacturing or Logistics environment
- Leadership skills
- Strong experience across operations, commercial and sales.
- Professional & commercial knowledge and acumen
- Able to work under pressure and show empathy when necessary
- Strong conceptual and analytical skills
- Demonstrates good judgment and efficient decision-making skills
- Customer service focus
- Flexible and adaptable
- Project management and multi-tasking skills