Site Leader

George Weston Foods | MAURI | North Melbourne / Ballarat
GWF is a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Foods plc (ABF), one of the world leading food companies. ABF operates in four categories: grocery; primary food agriculture; ingredients; and retail. It has a global turnover of circa £8.2 billion with 96,000 employees and operations in Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Operating across many growth markets, GWF is in a prime position to leverage its diverse range of businesses. To extract maximum value, these ambitious plans require significant uplift in leadership and organisational capabilities, underpinned by a high-performance culture.
About the Role
We have a fantastic opportunity to lead our brand new, state-of-the-art flour mill as a Site Leader. Initially located in our historic flour mill in North Melbourne, as we enter an exciting period of growth this role will then transition into our newly built facility located at Ballarat with additional accountability of an off-site warehouse in West Footscray.
This role will be responsible for strategic leadership of the production site, leveraging effective management of all manufacturing and people operations to deliver best-in-class outcomes for our people, our customers and our business.
We are searching for a passionate people leader who can drive engagement as well as navigate effectively through change. Our brand-new Ballarat site will be a fully automated facility and with these technological advancements, we are seeking a leader with a passion for digitisation and automation.
Reporting into the National Operations Manager, the primary purpose of the Site Leader is to direct and oversee the end-to-end manufacturing processes undertaken on the Mauri ANZ site, this includes:

- Strategic leadership and management of the end-to-end manufacturing process including project and change management processes.
- Constructive leadership, building a high performing team of accountable leaders who can deliver the business goals through their people.
- Develop and promote a high standard on all aspects of people and food safety and build, maintain and champion a safety-first culture.
- Continually pursue options for improved productivity and output through a culture of continuous improvement, organisation alignment and fit-for-purpose systems.
- Ensuring regular consistent reporting and monitoring at organisation and team level to track progress but also to identify operational gaps and opportunities.

About You

**To be successful in this role, you will need**:

- Demonstrated food manufacturing experience in a high volume FMCG environment; specifically, flour, feed or rice milling industry is expected. Proven experience commissioning new builds is desirable.
- Strong leadership and people management experience driving engagement and cultural change in a challenging environment.
- An appetite for continuous improvement operating with a high level of initiative and intrinsic motivation.
- Well-refined communication and interpersonal skills to deal with multiple key stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills; capable of making tough decisions in the interest of the business.

What's on offer at MAURI?
- A Safe, Courageous, Trusting, and Collaborative culture, in line with our values
- An attractive remuneration package, including employee incentive scheme for eligible roles
- Employee benefits include preferential Hotel rates across Australia and New Zealand and discounted private healthcare
- Personal development and skill development programs, and a supportive environment in which to build a long-term career with George Weston Foods
- An equal opportunity employer who believes in embracing diversity

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