Candidate of the week - Operations/Production Manager, Sydney & Brisbane

6 May 2008

As an Operations Manager and a Production Manager our candidate has developed an outstanding record of innovation and a reputation for raising standards and increasing profitability within the Printing Industry. He has successfully managed multidisciplinary teams with full responsibility for administration, resourcing and manufacturing. If you are seeking an Operations or Production Manager his track record merits your attention. His accomplishments and skills include the following:

  • Implemented major structural and cultural changes achieving improved employee and customer loyalty, satisfaction and business benefits such as reducing sick leave by 20%, reducing annual leave on company ledger by 25% and reduced average company non-conformances from 2.7% pa to 0.8% pa

  • Reduced staffing levels by 13% and at the same time decreased overtime by 31.5% by redeploying roles, natural attrition and re-engineering workflows

  • Re-engineered scheduling increasing on time deliveries by 72% and at the same time eliminated part deliveries and shortages on orders

  • Project managed implementation and presentation of numerous training programs creating more staff awareness of Quality Assurance, OH&S and manufacturing requirements

  • Initiated and implemented numerous business process improvement programs including Balanced Scorecard Program for department managers, Performance Review and Succession Planning programs


You may also be interested in his experience in Occupational Health & Safety and Quality Assurance ISO 9001:2000 which he has held as a dual role and been the main driver of for over 12 years

With a passion for print and never one to stand still our candidate is also excited by the prospect of offering his knowledge and skills to other print related professions such as Procurement and Production Manager within the commercial and financial sectors, media, advertising and the arts

Amongst his personal qualities are creativity, a capacity for “getting things done”, good inter-personal skills with stakeholders and customers, and a good feel for maximising profit contribution

Our candidate of the week has been senior management team member for over a decade and is currently residing in Sydney, however if the opportunity arose he would relocate to the Brisbane area.