About the Role Based in Botany, you will lead multiple teams responsible for manufacturing of electromechanical devices. You will ensure all outputs meet customer demand, quality standards, labor cost targets, lead time targets and safety requirements. Key Priorities Production capacity: ensure necessary Australian installed capacity to supply complex subassemblies to all regional manufacturing hubs as well as finished goods for the APAC region and provide global surge capacity of finished goods. NPI & Transfer: partner with R&D and Production Engineering to ensure products and processes are ready for transfer to regional manufacturing hubs. Approach: balance strategic planning with handson leadership using a datadriven, communicative style. Roles & Responsibilities Lead the recruitment, onboarding, production training and professional development of the Australian Production teams. Build a highperformance culture aligned with company values, ensuring team skills evolve alongside product complexity and volume. Operational Execution Production delivery: execute the production schedule to ensure highquality products are delivered on time and within budget. Planning partnership: collaborate with the Supply Chain Planner to align floor capacity with inventory strategy and customer demand. Resource management: manage the daily availability and proper storage of production equipment; coordinate with Engineering to ensure calibration and preventative maintenance schedules are met without disrupting output. Own the accuracy of production data; measure and report weekly KPIs (e.g., yield, throughput, and labor efficiency). Drive a continuous improvement mindset, using production metrics to identify and eliminate process waste using Lean Manufacturing methodologies. CrossFunctional Collaboration Stakeholder management: provide transparent updates to Sales Ops, Engineering, and Leadership regarding lead times, supply risks, or technical delays. Engineering partnership: work with Production Engineering to optimize workshop layouts and ensure NPI are adequately resourced for volume and quality targets. Safety & Compliance Safety leadership: champion a Safety First culture, ensuring 100% compliance with HSE requirements and proactive hazard identification. Strategic Growth Business evolution: adapt team structures and processes as Advanced Navigation scales globally. Organizational literacy: maintain a deep understanding of how Production integrates with R&D and Supply Chain to drive the companys strategic vision. Qualifications & Experience 5+ years in a senior Production Management or Operations Leadership role within a hightech manufacturing environment. Proven experience in COTS manufacturing, managing the transition from raw materials to complex finished electronics. Demonstrated success in managing multisite teams and delivering against rigorous global supply chain requirements. Practical experience using tierone ERP systems (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Salesforce) to drive production data integrity and scheduling. Technical Knowledge & Standards Quality standards: indepth knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 and IPCA610 standards to ensure electronics assembly meets global quality benchmarks. Advanced manufacturing: direct exposure to robotics, automated test equipment, and highprecision assembly processes. Safety & compliance: expertlevel understanding of WHS/HSE practices and the ability to implement proactive safety cultures on the shop floor. Leadership & Character Attributes Strategic execution: strong analytical skills with the ability to manage highvolume data and oversee multiple, shifting project schedules simultaneously. Decisive leadership: responsive and decisive disposition, with the ability to provide handson support while maintaining a strategic view of future capacity. Operational discipline: high standard of attention to detail and a follow-through mindset, ensuring processes are not just started, but closed out and audited. Communicator: ability to translate complex production issues into clear updates for crossfunctional stakeholders (Sales, Engineering, Executive). #J-18808-Ljbffr
Job Title
Head of Production