HR Business Partner

Tip Top Bakeries is Australia and New Zealand’s favourite bakery, home to iconic brands including Tip Top, Abbott’s Village Bakery and Bürgen. With a strong manufacturing footprint and a proud, frontline workforce, we’re driven by our purpose of Everyday Moments of Goodness and our values of Safe, Courageous, Trusting and Collaborative.

Based in Dandenong, we’re seeking an experienced People & Performance Business Partner to support our Victorian bakery sites, partnering closely with operational leaders to deliver pragmatic, value‑adding people and industrial solutions.

Reporting to the Regional People & Performance Manager, Operations (South/West), this is a hands‑on, site‑based role where you’ll be embedded in the business. You’ll work closely with leaders and teams on the floor to lift leadership capability, strengthen performance and engagement and manage complex employee and union matters.

This role will be based on site 5 days per week at our Dandenong bakery with travel required to Bendigo on a monthly basis.

Purpose of the Role

• Act as a trusted people partner to operational leaders across multiple Victorian sites
• Lead complex employee and industrial relations matters, including EBA negotiations and union engagement
• Coach leaders on performance management, accountability and capability
• Manage investigations and Code of Conduct matters
• Drive talent reviews, succession planning and engagement initiatives
• Provide change management support across business and transformation projects

About You

You’ll be a confident, commercially minded HR professional who thrives in a fast paced, unionised manufacturing or operations environment. You will have:

• Strong working knowledge of Australian labour law and industrial relations
• Proven experience as an HR / P&P Business Partner in operations or manufacturing
• Demonstrated experience leading EBA negotiations and managing union relationships
• Excellent coaching, influencing and stakeholder management skills
• A pragmatic, solutions focused approach with strong commercial acumen
• The ability to manage complexity, ambiguity and competing priorities across sites

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 (02) 9168 4200 or email to ttpeopleservices@gwf.com.au . 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.