Description Te Tranga | About the Role The Group Leader is a senior production leadership role and is responsible for whole shift delivery in the Secondary Butchery department at our Pareora site. Critical to the effective operation of the entire department, the Group Leader provides direction to their people, daily operations, health and safety, quality, and compliance. Strong leadership skills are imperative to the success of this role, and we are looking for someone who can run a large department.

The successful candidate will need to have a strong focus on safety and compliance; with a drive to look for continuous improvement opportunities within your department. This role will primarily work on our evening shift, although there will be times of year where working on the day shift will be required instead. Te Mahi | Key Responsibilities Providing leadership direction to the department to achieve daily production targets whilst developing a positive team culture Review daily production performance, investigate and provide corrective actions with department leaders when required Build an uncompromising safety culture Champion continuous improvement and encourage team members to find new ideas to improve work practices u Pkenga | About You To be successful in this role, you will be experienced as a leader, ideally from your time spent in the manufacturing, FMCG or primary industries; and ideally have specific skills around training and developing relationships with their team.

You will demonstrate experience with developing and driving team culture through leading by example and have a solid understanding of standard production processes and principles. Experience in a senior production leadership role, ideally within the food processing industry Proven background in training, coaching and mentoring team members Successful experience with influencing others and proactively driving a strong culture that aligns with the Silver Fern Farms values Unstoppable Together, Improving Tomorrow and Always Caring Knowledge of employee relations principles and confident with assisting your Team Leaders with workforce management Excellent knowledge of regulatory and hygiene compliance requirements and issues Competent to an intermediate/high level in Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Outlook Te Ahurea | Why work for Silver Fern Farms? Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means, how we can create it and the impact it can have.

That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. 'Goodness' is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment. For you, we offer discounted staff meat sales, paid sick leave from the date of employment (no waiting for the 6-month anniversary required), subsidised health insurance, and confidenti.