Built to last: Employment Hero for manufacturing
From hiring skilled workers to keeping up with health and safety, HR admin can be a headache for manufacturing businesses.
Find and retain skilled workers while simplifying compliance with an Employment Operating System.
Customers that love us
And here’s why…
Find and retain highly skilled workers
Build your dream team and keep them firing on all cylinders. Get on-demand access to our 1m+ talent pool, build shortlists of qualified candidates while you sleep, and retain top performers with a suite of engagement features.
Successful seasons, year-round
Nail the ups-and-downs of manufacturing demand with workforce planning tools that prepare you for every possibility. Quickly onboard casual and contract workers when demand calls for more hands on deck.
Take the heavy lifting out of compliance
Set up automated warnings for certificate expiry dates, access on-demand employment guidance via our HR Advisory service, and assign important policies and training modules all from one place.
We’re leaders in employment
Grow and retain top talent while mastering compliance.
Prioritise workplace safety and feel confident about compliance
Create and assign your own health and safety training modules, and have your team digitally sign them once complete.
Plus, upload important certifications, set reminders when they’re due to expire, and report on any workplace incidents.
Attract and retain highly skilled, qualified workers with SmartMatch
No expensive, time-consuming job adverts needed: just add the minimum requirements for the role and get automatically matched with suitable talent. And once you’ve found your work-ready, skilled candidates, instantly connect and contact them in-app to kick off the interview process.
Make a great first impression with seamless onboarding
Digitise and expedite the entire onboarding experience, ensuring new hires are productive from day one. In just a few clicks, assign important onboarding tasks and training modules to set them up for success on the factory floor.
Real-time workforce analytics for an agile team
Get ahead of those seasonal demand fluctuations with real-time workforce analytics, data driven insights and automated shift scheduling. Predict busy periods and labour shortages to make informed rostering decisions that adapt to production needs.
Take the pain out of payroll and HR admin
Automate payroll calculations and disbursements, reducing errors and ensuring timely payments. Centralise employee records, leave management, and performance reviews in one unified system.
Upskill, retrain, and retain the next generation
Skilled workers are retiring from the industry – it’s time to upskill and retrain the next generation of talent. Offer scalable and customisable training modules, and access a range of professional development tools to foster employee growth and training. Enhance job satisfaction and retention with our suite of employee engagement features.
Keep up with environmental and ethical labour standards
Stay across your sustainability obligations with automated reporting. If in doubt, get on-demand advice from highly trained specialists through our HR Advisory service.
Don’t just take our word for it…
“The transparency and visibility that employees have over their annual performance appraisal within the system is great. Both employees and managers can prepare before the meeting by writing comments, and the other person can see this. This clarity will enable employees to have better focus and direction on their goals throughout the years, [which] should lead to improved performance and recognition…”
Stake Glass Recruitment and Culture Coordinator
Take a look at our helpful resources
HR checklist for manufacturing businesses | Employment Hero
Managers Guide to Workforce Planning | Employment Hero
Employment Law Updates 2025 NZ
Frequently asked questions
How can Employment Hero help me keep up with seasonal demand fluctations?
Hiring and HR can be really tough when it’s difficult to predict changes in manufacturing demand. Fortunately, Employment Hero can help you get ahead with real-time workforce analytics that help you predict busy periods to make informed rostering decisions that adapt to production needs. Plus, our onboarding software and automated shift scheduling help you get new starters up to speed quickly, so you can make the most of the busy period.
How can Employment Hero help me find skilled and experienced professionals, since there’s such a shortage right now?
To address the shortage of skilled workers available in the manufacturing industry in NZ right now, employers need access to a global workforce, and tools to support the retraining and upskilling of existing employees. That’s where we come in.
Our SmartMatch feature allows you to access talent both locally, across the country and abroad, so you can hire without limits. Simply add your minimum requirements for the role, and SmartMatch will automatically analyse hundreds of candidate profiles to find your dream team. Build shortlists while you sleep, and then choose when, and who, you’d like to contact. Simple.
Plus, in just a few simple clicks you can assign training modules to team members, so they can easily upskill and give the team a competitive edge.
How can Employment Hero help me retain my highly trained team?
Our Employment Operating System comes with built-in onboarding software and a suite of employee engagement tools. Make a great first impression with seamless, digitised and user-friendly onboarding, and keep staff engaged with our Hero Points system, Company Feed for shout-outs, and customisable development plans. Encourage staff to upskill and retrain with access to our in-built learning management system offering hundreds of unique training modules.
How can Employment Hero help me reduce the time I spend on compliance and HR paperwork?
Our built-in payroll and HR software helps automate your every day tasks and employer obligations. No more disorganised filing systems causing payroll delays, or printer problems slowing down the hiring process. Recruit, onboard, manage and off-board all from one streamlined, digital system.