Head of Partnering

Castlemaine location
- Local and Global Career Opportunities
- Is DON.Is Good

**Head of Partnering - Operations & Farms**

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**About Us**

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GWF is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest food manufacturers employing around 6,000 people across 60 sites. GWF’s product range is diverse and includes leading brands of breads, baked goods, smallgoods, flour, milled products and animal feed. GWF’s business units include: Tip Top, Don, Yumi's, MAURI anz and Jasol.

DON’s heritage goes back to the late 1800’s and we have always been passionate about meat and making meat even better
- transforming it into delicious tasting Ham, Bacon, Salami, Smallgoods and Fresh Pork.

Our heritage is expertise in meat, and we have taken great pride in our skills, techniques and our brands form the very beginning. Our journey has been one from small family businesses to large ones and now as part of the GWF family, which is still largely owned by the Weston family.

**About the role**:
This role will strategically partner with our Operations and Farms site leaders to create the people plan for the site to facilitate the achievement of DON business objectives.

You will be responsible for enabling and empowering leaders to drive change, transformation, and engagement -to deliver improved business performance and outcomes through their people. Lifting leadership capability is a core pillar of success as this in turn will drive a high-performance culture and engagement, build capability, and most importantly enhance our culture of safety.

Please note this role is based at our Castlemaine Manufacturing site, the biggest regional manufacturing facility in Victoria with 1,500 employees.

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead, coach and develop and a high performing People and Performance team
- Act as a key influencer at a senior leadership level to drive the people strategy
- Build organisational and people capability
- Oversee and support the ER agenda on site
- Maintain positive and proactive industrial relations across sites
- Provide trusted industrial relations advice to ensure the organisation operates within state and federal legislation requirements
- Provide IR frameworks that promote collaborative relationships
- Establish trusted relationships with key internal stakeholders both within the P&P function and other key functions
- Lead the P&P Operations team through the delivery of Performance & Salary Reviews, and Talent reviews.

**Why Join Us**:
Join Australia’s most loved smallgoods brand and experience “Is Don.Is Good” everyday
- Flexible working (up to 2 days WFH per week)
- DON Caring Everyday - 2 volunteer days per year
- Variety of discounted and free products at our Staff Shop
- Local and global Career Opportunities
- Study Assistance Program
- Purchase Additional Leave

**About you**:

- Bachelor’s degree in human resources or Business (highly desirable)
- Industrial Relations or Business Studies or commensurate experience (desirable)
- Knowledge of HR legislation and regulations
- A proven track record of experience and achievement in leading an operational P&P function
- Demonstrated broad generalist P&P experience in a business partner model
- Employee relations experience in managing performance and disciplinary issues
- A successful track record in persuading and influencing leaders to take up best practice leadership approaches

**Applications**:
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- At DON and George Weston Foods, we are an equal opportunity employer. We embrace inclusion and diversity and celebrate what makes us unique. We are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and the provision of a safe and healthy work environment. _
- So we can get to know you in the best possible way, we're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs. Please let us know your needs in providing a positive, barrier-free recruitment process_
- Applicants for this position will be required to undertake pre-employment screening tests including a pre
- a security / background check which may also include a criminal record check. Proof of eligibility to work is required for all successful applicants._
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