Overview
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As our Regional People & Performance (P&P;) Manager you will provide leadership and human resources management support to our daily fresh Operations across VIC, SA and WA. This role is critical in executing our people initiatives, providing strong internal support and driving HR functional excellence and process improvement.
Reporting into the Head of People & Performance - Operations and leading a team of four, this role will engage with the site leaders to build capability and succession planning within the site through coaching, recruitment, talent management, learning and development initiatives and workforce planning.
This role will be based in Dandenong VIC with the requirement to travel to our SA and WA sites regularly.
Purpose of the Role
- Play a lead role in developing and implementing the Tip Top P&P; strategy that supports high performance and engagement
- Lead and facilitate change management to ensure organisational change and business development initiatives deliver planned outcomes
- Enable Tip Top leaders to lift their performance management effectiveness to leverage high performers impact on business results and reduce poor performers impacts
- Play a leading role in Industrial Relation management including Enterprise Agreements (EA) negotiations and award interpretations
- Partner with leaders to support/manage complex ER/IR cases and provide strategic direction
- Support the HSE team to pro-actively drive HS&E; initiatives to achieve performance improvement in this area
- Facilitate effective Talent Reviews and talent management processes
- Support the development of a more constructive culture and an increase in employee engagement
- Ensure sound recruitment, selection and induction processes are in place and managers are skilled and supported to make good decisions
About You
As a self-motivated & passionate HR professional, you will have proven experience in challenging the status quo to deliver an exceptional employee experience & supporting company growth. You will have strong commercial acumen and deep experience leading change. In addition to this, you will:
- Degree qualified - Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business, Communications, Commercial and/or equivalent
- Significant experience at a senior level in Human Resources (generalist)
- Ability to create a broad range of innovative solutions to maximise opportunities & minimise challenges based on a broad breadth & depth of FMCG experience
- Demonstrated planning and organising, analytical and problem-solving skills coupled with drive and a results orientation
- Strong working knowledge of IR / ER legislation
- Be a driver of inclusive and engaged communication
- Effective business partner with a strong customer focus and expert influencing skills
- Good understanding of Safety Culture and strong safety leadership
- Ability to think outside the box when problem solving
- Capability to move between advocacy and change management.
- Ability to move between operational performance and strategic design
You'll have sound judgement, resilience and be able to work well with ambiguity and complexity. You'll thrive on pace and change, be flexible and pragmatic in your approach and be able to deliver to deadlines. You'll need to be organised and have great attention to detail.
It's important to us that you're a team player as we are a collaborative, fun team and we all pull together to get things done.
Why Join Us?
At Tip Top Bakeries, we're proud to produce an extensive range of wholesome sliced bread, muffins, crumpets, pies, and bakery snacks. Our purpose of ‘Everyday Moments of Goodness' represents the lives we touch and the difference we make. Those moments that bring a smile, make us proud, or keep us safe, are moments we strive for through our work.
We take pride in supporting our people to learn, grow, and develop throughout their careers with Tip Top Bakeries. We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce and invest in meaningful initiatives to remove barriers and enable our employees to have a satisfying and rewarding career with us. Our vision for Tip Top Bakeries is an organisation where everyone belongs, everyone is valued, and everyone has equal opportunity.
Join the team and be part of one of our iconic brands like Tip Top, Abbotts Bakery, Bürgen and Golden.
Working With Tip Top, We Offer Many Benefits Including
- Family-friendly policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave, additional paid time off to ease back to work and ongoing superannuation contributions during unpaid parental leave
- Recognition and award programs, including access to our online rewards platform
- Health and wellbeing programs including access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, and on-site physiotherapy services
- Flexible working options
- Access to an extensive range of internal trainings and development programs for your career
- Financial support for approved study pathways, as well as traineeship and apprenticeship programs
- Two paid volunteer days per year as part of our focus on Community Partnerships
- Novated Leasing Options
Start the Conversation
If this role sounds like you and you’re eager to learn, grow, and help create everyday moments of goodness, we want to hear from you. To apply for this opportunity please submit your application by clicking on the ‘apply now' button.
Our Recruitment Process typically consists of a brief, prearranged telephone or video call, followed by 1-2 interviews in-person or over Zoom/Teams. We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs. Let us know your needs in providing a positive, barrier-free recruitment process via phone on or email to Please do not call to enquire about this position as the phone number is for requesting accessibility needs only.
During the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which include a medical (includes drug & alcohol testing) and a criminal record check.
At Tip Top we strive to create a place where Everyone belongs, Everyone is valued, and Everyone has equal opportunity.
We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.
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