Churchable, Queensland, Australia
Operations leader with 29+ years of experience in meat processing, manufacturing, and production environments. Currently leading large-scale export beef operations, with responsibility for workforce performance, production outcomes, yield improvement, quality standards, safety compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives. My career has been built on delivering measurable operational results through strong leadership, workforce development, and data-driven decision making. I have extensive experience leading multidisciplinary production teams, improving yield performance, reducing product loss, increasing productivity, and maintaining high standards of food safety and workplace safety. Key strengths include: • Operational leadership and team performance • Yield optimisation and cost reduction • Continuous improvement and process efficiency • Production planning and KPI management • Workforce coaching, training and development • Food safety, quality assurance and compliance • Stakeholder engagement across production and management teams Achievements include: • Leading production teams of 40+ employees in high-volume export processing environments • Improving primary yield through targeted coaching, accountability, and process improvements • Reducing product loss and driving operational performance through data-driven decision making • Developing operators, knifehands, and supervisors into higher-performing team members I enjoy building strong teams, developing future leaders, and creating operational environments where people can perform at their best while delivering exceptional business outcomes. Open to connecting with professionals across manufacturing, food production, operations management, supply chain, industrial leadership, and continuous improvement.