Operations Manager

PERMANENT

• Operations Manager
• Salary
• Super + Vehicle + Relocation assistance

Glenorie NSW

Your Employer

Flower Power is a proudly family-owned and run chain of garden centres in Sydney. From a single modest nursery, they have grown to innovate and challenge the industry to become the largest Garden Centre chain in Australia with growing, wholesale, importing, bagging and garden maintenance operations. Flower Power grows over 6 million of their own plants every year.

Growing strong since 1968, four out of five Flower Power plants have been lovingly grown at their Arborglen nursery, located in Sydney's northwest suburb of Glenorie. Arborglen is Flower Power's wholesale production nursery and supplies all their stores plus a broad range of trade and industry customers. With its production spanning across 55 acres and a range of approximately 5000 plant varieties, Arborglen is one of the Southern Hemisphere's biggest growing nurseries.

Your Role

Reporting to Arborglen's General Manager, the

With a hands-on approach and a team-centric leadership style, you will be accountable for providing strategic direction by attending and actively contributing to any strategic or business planning sessions. Proactive and participative, you will be responsible for all operational aspects of the production department, from relevant planning through to execution, follow-up, and corrective action.

Duties

Your duties will include but not be limited to :

Develop project schedules for new nursery designs and improvement processes

Undertake and oversee the monthly stocktake and forward ordering requirements

Resource allocation & planning

Monitor all production related operations

Report across production facilities, equipment, machinery, and production management

About You

As an adaptable and energetic leader, you will possess well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with and motivate a diverse team, as well as engage with individuals at all levels within the company.

With a strong horticultural background, you will have had experience in a similar role and possess an understanding of pest and disease management, nutrition, water quality, irrigation management and a good overall knowledge of machinery and nursery production lines.

To be considered for the role, it is important that you can address the following :

Demonstrated experience in planning and scheduling production to meet company targets

Prudent budget management of the direct overheads for the production department

Outcome-focussed management ability

Demonstrable problem solving and analytical skills

Proactive production planning capability

Competitive remuneration

Genuine career development opportunities within the business

Supportive management

Ongoing training and professional development

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