Health, Safety & Wellbeing Senior Business Partner

From the makers of ‘V and BOSS Coffee’ comes an opportunity not to be missed!

We are a leading beverage manufacturer in the Oceania market, Frucor Suntory has a rich 60-year history, growing from a local juice company to a trans-Tasman beverage leader, known for its iconic range of drinks including V Energy and Suntory BOSS Coffee. 

With our partners at Beam Suntory, we’re embarking on a new chapter of growth to become Suntory Oceania, a new multi-beverage powerhouse across Australia and New Zealand – underpinned by our diverse talent, market-leading brands, quality craftsmanship and a strong sense of purpose.

With an inspiring growth trajectory ahead, there has never been a better time to join the Suntory family. From mid-2025 in Australia and early 2026 in New Zealand, we will own local manufacturing, sales, and distribution for our full portfolio of alcohol and non-alcohol beverages. By harnessing the best of Suntory from across Australia and New Zealand, we will offer a unique portfolio of over 40 market-leading brands – powered by two local manufacturing sites, five distribution centres and more than 1500 Suntorians.

Together, we will bring the best of Suntory to Oceania.

The Opportunity

Our vision for Health, Safety & Wellbeing puts our people at the heart of everything, we do so that our people go home to their families and friends safe and well every day.

The role of HSW Senior Business Partner - Supply Chain (Australia) will join us at an exciting time as we will soon open our state-of-the-art Manufacturing facility in Swanbank, Queensland.  Based at Swanbank the role of HSW Senior Business Partner is to business partner and provide direction to our Supply Chain leadership in Australia, and Logistics leadership for AU/NZ - including functional strategy and initiatives, advice, mentoring, best practice and challenging the status quo to drive better performance.  You'll set the HSW foundations and support the integration of safe behaviours and practices from the start!

Key responsibilities will include:-

• Partner with the Senior Functional Supply Chain Leaders in the development and implementation of plans that align with the Frucor Suntory HSW strategy and annual plan
• Provide a high standard of strategic and operational best practice Health, Safety & Wellbeing guidance, interpretation and application of policies, systems and practice in support of business strategy and engagement
• Ensure compliance with the health & safety legislation and advising leaders on the new legislative requirements
• Development of best practice safety culture within the Supply Chain & Logistics functions
• Conduct safety walks around the Manufacturing and Distribution Centre with leaders, highlighting any potential risks or opportunity areas for them to work on
• Active contributor to the Supply Chain & Logistics Health, Safety & Wellbeing committee meetings, coaching and enabling HSR's across the operation to be effective in their roles
• Coaching leaders to ensure H&S investigations are completed to ta professional standard, identifying root cause and ensuring the completion of corrective actions
• Timely reporting and analysis of Supply Chain & Logistics HSW metrics
• Working with the function to identify appropriate actions to address any gaps in performance
• Leading risk assessment workshops as required and providing well researched and considered advice on the management of hazards and risks
• Management of one HSW Specialist for Logistics AU

What's in your toolkit*?

With relevant tertiary qualifications, we’re looking for an individual with a strong track record of success in a similar role within a manufacturing environment.  Our employees will be working with large scale machinery and in some areas hazardous materials – experience in these areas is highly advantageous.  You will have strong business partnering skills to build strong relationships, with the ability to influence and mentor others in the area of HSW to drive great outcomes.  With a demonstrated ability to create HSW tools and resources to build HSW literacy and capability.  This isn’t a purely desk based role, it will require time spent in the manufacturing and distribution centres both for visibility and to ensure you have a working knowledge of both facilities to drive better HSW outcomes. You will have a sound working knowledge of contractor management and safe work systems. But most of all you will be passionate about ensuring that people go home to their families and friends, safe and well everyday!

Unleash your Spirit with Suntory Oceania

Working in the Suntory Group family isn't a job, it's a career. We’re incredibly proud of our vibrant and diverse culture and our people, who set us apart from the rest. As part of the Suntory Group, our learning and development opportunities are hard to beat, and our career pathways have global reach. 

In addition to being part of a passionate team, we offer flexible working arrangements, a competitive remuneration package and an industry leading parental leave policy. This position is a critical part of our Health, Safety & Wellbeing team and has plenty of scope for professional development with the opportunity to learn from, and work with, top leaders across the Oceania, regional and global business.

How to apply

Being involved in a transformational journey of this size don’t come along very often, so if you’re looking for your career-defining role, click apply to submit your CV & cover letter. Applications close end of day 22 March 2024.

If you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process to enable you to put your best foot forward, please don’t hesitate to let us know.