Plant Manager

Pact Packaging is part of Pact Group, an Australian‑headquartered leader in packaging, recycling and reuse solutions. Pact Packaging designs and manufactures rigid plastic packaging for some of Australasia’s leading brands across food, beverage, health, personal care, and industrial sectors. 

Pact combines recycled materials and circular design to reduce waste across the entire packaging lifecycle.

As part of a broader group with operations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and beyond, Pact combines large‑scale manufacturing with advanced recycling to deliver practical, sustainable packaging solutions.

PACT Group’s Household and Industrial packaging division specialised in the manufacture and supply of packaging for the Paint & Construction, Auto Fuel, AgriChem, mining and Household and Cleaning industries. Our products are produced in various sizes including plastic bottles, jerry cans with closures and pourers, small and large pails, cubes, drums and microdrums at our Villawood site.

About the role 

We are seeking a Plant Manager to drive, and lead initiatives required to achieve delivery of the site cost budget while using a continuous improvement outlook.  The role is accountable for P&L cost lines, achieved through production forecasting (S&OP), driving, and improving Safety outcomes, Operational Excellence, Supply Chain and Reliability across the site. With full accountability for the operations and overall management and performance of the site, you’ll bring your hands-on leadership approach to the full supply chain, from raw materials management through to delivery to customers. 

You’ll utilise your leadership expertise to build a culture that has a strong Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence mindset, driving towards improved performance, productivity and efficiency, ensuring operations are both cost and time effective whilst aligning with quality and safety requirements. 

The successful candidate will lead the team to ensure: 

• The highest level of safety is achieved
•  Growth in capability in the team, giving opportunities to those who seek out greater responsibility.
• the strategic business plan is delivered
• Manufacturing activities achieve the most effective outcome in support of the business objectives. 
• Products are made on time and to specification. 
• Productivity meets and continues to challenge established standards. 
• A culture of Continuous Improvement towards world’s best practice is established. 
• Open, direct, and respectful communication is practiced across the site.  
• Leading change strategies and programs that reinforce desired values and behaviors, improve culture, climate, morale and enhance performance and productivity.
• All ISO, HACCP and GMP standards and practices are achieved. 

About you

With strong people management skills and technical aptitude, you will have a relevant tertiary qualification as well as high motivation and commitment to quality, people and plant performance as well as customer service excellence.  

Your skills and experience

• Appropriate post graduate qualifications in Business and/or Engineering
• Senior leadership experience and tenure
• Extensive experience with profit and loss responsibility (senior operational manager)
• Experienced commercial negotiator in a competitive environment
• Superior communication skills. A personable leader across all levels (from shop floor to the board room)
• Strong manufacturing background with experience in the plastic moulding industry
• Materials Handling Industry background
• Plastics Industry background
• Education includes a trade background

• Production and Manufacturing Management qualifications preferred.
• Exposure and use of SAP in a manufacturing environment well regarded.
• Excellent communication, leadership and people management skills