Vinpac was established in 1975 to provide contract bottling services to customers in the Australian wine industry. Today, we operate two facilities located in the iconic Barossa and McLaren Vale wine regions of South Australia.
We offer customers a complete service of packaging material supply and inventory management, bottling, winemaking, bulk wine storage, laboratory services, warehousing and distribution. These services are underpinned by our commitment to quality in everything we do.
- **Be uniquely you, come as you are**:
- **Opportunity to take the lead and contribute to our business goals**:
- **Located in the heart of the Barossa Valley**
As the **Laboratory Manager**, you will rally and inspire the laboratory team to provide a high level of service which ensures a high level of customer satisfaction. You will be responsible for ensuring a safe working environment and ensuring quality is embedded in the processes, activities and outputs of the laboratory.
Development of team members by identifying coaching, mentoring and training opportunities is a key function of this role.
You will assist in organising and monitoring workflow, and throughput of the laboratory, to ensure outcomes are provided in a timely manner. You will also assist in the standardisation of processes and procedures within and across group laboratories, and other departments, while also reviewing processes for continuous improvement.
Sound good? Read on.
Here's a taster of what you can expect in the role:
- Supporting and implementing department and business safety initiatives.
- Ensuring safety is at the forefront of every decision and action.
- Utilising the business change management processes as required and monitoring outcomes for effectiveness.
- Ensuring contractors are engaged and managed as per company processes.
- Coaching and mentoring direct reports.
- Undertaking effective communication across department, area operations and other departments/sections, as required.
- Building effective relationships with direct reports through 1:1 meetings and performance reviews.
- Effectively managing the resources within your area - training; staff utilisation; equipment uptime and preventative maintenance; consumables - utilisation, quality and cost; adherence to budget.
- Providing timely and appropriate support to customers including responses to their enquiries.
- Contributing to the company targets for quality, environment and sustainability.
- Effectively using quality systems to ensure that processes are within control and as a tool to support continuous improvement.
**Now let's talk about you**:
It is preferred that you will be tertiary qualified in Science (focus on chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry/biotechnology, microbiology, or similar) and that you will have demonstrable experience in leading teams in a manufacturing environment. This experience will be supported with recognised qualifications in management and leadership.
You are most energised when you can rally and inspire others around you on a common goal, while providing support to allow for individual growth and improvement, allowing others to feel positive about themselves and their achievements. You are quick to identify obstacles and roadblocks and know how to work with others to find workable solutions which maintain relationships. You have demonstrable competency in successfully implementing change and are willing to disrupt established processes and "groupthink" in the process of implementing change.
You will also:
- Be able to develop and sustain robust working relationships across the business.
- Have a communication style (written and verbal) which gives you the ability to build rapport with your team, with your colleagues and peers, across departments and with customers and suppliers.
- Have demonstrable ability to solve problems.
- Have operated in and understand the functioning of a FMCG environment.
- Be experienced in an environment which ensures compliance to ISO 17025, and have demonstrable abilities in interpreting data from proficiency testing and inhouse quality checks to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
**The benefits are good too**
- An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy's, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
- Monthly meeting-free days
- Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it's our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
- Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.
- At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone's welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply._
**Grow with Endeavour Group**
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