General Manager Kiwistar

Primary Duties

Commercial Focus and Customer Relationships

• Ensure that the KiwiStar organisation has a strong focus on producing goods and services for its customers in a manner which generates growing revenue, profit and cashflow
• Proactively manage Kiwstar’s customer relationships through timely and effective communication

Operations Management

Workplace Health and Safety – ensuring that all aspects of Kiwistar’s operations are understaken in a healthy and safety manner and are compliant with workplace health and safety legislation and regulations.

Leadership and General Management

Attraction and retention of a high-quality workforce.

Business Strategy, Sales, BD and Marketing

EOS Optical Technologies Ltd (trading as Kiwistar Optics) is part of the EOS Space Systems Division. With a 70-year history, Kiwistar is a manufacturer of high precision optics and optical instrumentation with global clients. Kiwistar is currently in a growth phase with two significant project wins in the second half of 2025 and a number of similar scaled opportunities in the near term. This growth phase presents both a great opportunity and an operational challenge that will be the near-term focus of the General Manager.

We are looking for an experienced leader who can navigate the challenges of growth and scale. Successful candidates will have broad technical, business and project management experience preferably in a manufacturing environment. Familiarity with Optics, Space or Defence sectors will be advantageous but not required. A basic understanding of Systems Engineering as a discipline will also be useful.