The Company

As a business division of one of Australia's largest FMCG companies, our client's products can be found in household pantries across Australia. A multi-site national operation; our client continues to go from strength to strength with expansion on the horizon, fueled by ambitious plans. With a strong commitment to diversity, inclusivity, and employee growth, the company puts their people first, maintaining a culture which fosters long-term tenure and career progression.

The Leaders

You'll report into the Head of People who is a formidable leader with a wealth of experience leading high-performing HR teams that optimise culture and workplace performance. Their style is empowering and supportive with their approach, allowing their team to bring ideas to the table, have a voice and work together to deliver outcomes. More broadly, you will be joining a very strong and close-knit HR team across Australia and New Zealand.

The Opportunity

As the Regional P&C Manager, you will play a key role in partnering with senior operational leaders across VIC, SA, and WA to deliver a tailored people strategy. Leading a small team of HR Business Partners, you will drive HR excellence in areas such as performance management, leadership development, employee engagement, industrial relations, and talent management.

Key to your role will be lifting leadership capability across the three sites in the core people processes across engagement, capability, industrial relations, talent and succession and safety. Being a senior leader, you will participate in the broader business agenda and contribute to the strategic people direction to align commercial objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement people strategies that support high performance and engagement across the VIC, SA, and WA sites.
• Coach and mentor site leaders to enhance their performance management and leadership capabilities.
• Partner with site leaders to drive talent management, succession planning, and learning initiatives.
• Lead industrial relations management, including EA negotiations and complex employee relations issues.
• Work with the HS&E team to ensure safety improvements and drive safety culture.
• Oversee recruitment, selection, and induction processes to ensure high-quality talent.
• Foster a positive work culture and improve employee engagement across the sites.

About You

The ideal profile that we have identified is someone who is a senior HR leader with experience leading a small, hands-on team within the FMCG industry or similar. Having demonstrated experience working in an industrialised environment is also crucial as you will play a key role in working with union and employee representatives and applying IR knowledge to people-related matters.

Your ability to engage with senior leaders will afford you success as will your approach to driving collaborative and productive working relationships. As the role is working to influence the strategic direction of the people function, a commercial mindset is key to ensure that you are aligned with the business objectives and enabling their achievement through people initiatives. A strong communicator and ability to build strong relationships are two key qualities and skills that will see you hit the ground running with leaders and peers.

As this role is supporting the southern region, there will be frequent travel required to SA and WA.
Free parking is available at the Dandenong site with hybrid working arrangements.

The Process

The process will consist of an initial meeting with a Levyl consultant, followed by two further interviews with the business. There will also be psychometric testing and relevant background checks prior to offer. For any questions or a confidential chat, please contact Antony Jones on [email protected] or 0448 198 544.

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