Manufacturing Team Leader

Introducing Suntory Oceania

Craft your future with Suntory Oceania, a new $3b multi-beverage partnership between Suntory Global Spirits and Suntory Beverage & Food. Underpinned by quality, craftsmanship and a strong sense of purpose, our exciting new partnership will be powered by two manufacturing sites, five distribution centres and more than 1500 Suntorians across Australia and New Zealand. 

Our market-leading portfolio will have over 40 brands, including Jim Beam® and Maker's Mark® Bourbon, Hibiki® Japanese Whisky, Canadian Club® Whisky, -196, V Energy, Maximus, and Suntory BOSS Coffee. As One Suntory, we will be positioned as the fourth largest beverage player in the region, ready to ignite the category, creating more beverage moments from sunrise to sunset. Together, we will bring the best of Suntory to Oceania.

The Opportunity

As a Manufacturing Team Leader, you will lead a team of highly skilled Manufacturing Specialists to craft beverages that delight our consumers. Coaching the team successfully in the execution of our manufacturing plan and championing a team culture of continuous improvement in Safety, Quality, Efficiency, Environment and Autonomous Maintenance, leveraging Best Practice as the basis for everything that we do.

What you’ll be doing

We are looking for someone who is passionate about leading, mentoring and developing others, enabling  our teams to meet our business requirements. To achieve this the focus will be on:

• Lead the competency and capability development of our Manufacturing Specialists.
• Manage performance & development of team in accordance with the people cycle.
• Ensures process areas meet or exceed company, food safety standards, GMP and HACCP.
• Lead and manage our team’s capability towards our goal of autonomous operations.

Experience you will bring:

To hit the ground running, you will bring a positive ‘can-do’ attitude as well as:

• Relevant qualification, I.e. Certificate IV or similar in frontline leadership or warehouse management (preferred).
• Experience in FMCG beverage manufacturing or relevant industry in a frontline leadership capacity (essential).
• Experience in training and mentoring team members.
• Strong communication skills. Able to engage with various stakeholders

Unleash your spirit with Suntory Oceania

Working at Suntory Oceania isn't a job, it's a career. As part of the Suntory Group, our learning and development opportunities are hard to beat, and our career pathways have global reach. We are incredibly proud of our vibrant culture and our people, which makes Suntory Oceania a great place to work.

In addition to being part of a highly engaged team, our benefits include; a competitive base salary, the opportunity to earn an incentive, a generous parental leave policy, a day off on your birthday & volunteer day, and on the job training opportunities as well as an in-house Learning & Development team.

How do I apply?

If you’re passionate about your career and seek a high growth environment, a strong team culture, career advancement and the opportunity to make a real difference to the company’s on-going success, then this is the role for you!

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.

At Suntory Oceania, we recognise that all life experiences equate to innovation. We welcome people of all cultural and ethnic backgrounds, abilities, ages, life stages, all sexualities and all genders to apply to join the Frucor Suntory family. We are 100% proud of our people; we empower each other to go for it and make a difference together.