Head of P&P Operations

Join our People & Performance Leadership Team creating everyday moments of goodness at Tip Top Bakeries!

Why You'll Love This Role:

• Lead a Highly Engaged Team: Join a passionate and highly valued P&P team.
• Values-Driven Business: Thrive in an inclusive and values-oriented culture.
• Strategic Contributor: Be a key business partner within an experienced leadership team.
• Empowering Environment: Work in a flexible company where everyone contributes to success.

About the role

We are seeking a dynamic Head of People & Performance (P&P), Operations to join our team.  You’ll partner with our Operations Director and her leadership team supporting 13 sites in Australia and leading a team of regionally based P&P partners. Reporting to the P&P Director and working closely with the Operations Director, you will develop and drive the people strategy, delivering pragmatic solutions to business issues and opportunities, helping to grow our business and create a place where everyone belongs, is safe and can be their best. 

Key responsibilities

• Drive People Strategy: Develop and drive the people agenda that enables our business strategy.
• Cultivate High Performance Culture: Ensure leaders coach for performance, provide responsible feedback and regular conversations
• Develop Leaders: Foster leadership that promotes inclusion, safety, wellbeing and teamwork
• Optimise Operations Structure: Ensure the structure is fit for purpose and efficient with the capability to meet business needs
• Apply People Policies Fairly: Effectively implement policies to drive performance and retention.
• Manage IR Risks: Oversee fair and commercial Enterprise Agreements and manage IR risks proactively.
• Promote Safety Culture: Drive a strong safety culture with felt safety leadership and care for people.
• Support FS&Q Strategy: Collaborate with Operational leaders and quality teams to enhance Food Safety & Quality.

About you

• 10+ Years HR Experience: Proven experience in HR generalist roles.
• Business Partnering: Experience partnering with senior leaders in a commercial and operational environment.
• People Leadership: Proven ability to develop talent and coach for performance and growth.
• Business Acumen: Curious about the business with a strong desire to influence and drive business results.
• Change Management: Experience in driving business transformation projects. Thought leader on people change
• Employee Relations Expertise: Experience leading complex employee relations and EBA strategy and navigating IR requirements nationally
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop innovative, sustainable solutions with P&P initiatives that support business objectives.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Builds trust, invests in relationships and demonstrates emotional intelligence and empathy. Understands stakeholder needs and partners collaboratively
• Organisational Skills: High attention to detail and ability to prioritise, plan and execute against the end-to-end people agenda.
• Resilience: Open to feedback, adaptable and thrives in change.
• Values Commitment: Deep commitment to our values of Safe, Courageous, Trusting, and Collaborative.

About us

We are Australia’s leading brand of quality bread and bakery products. Chances are that one of our iconic brands is sitting on your table, packed in your lunchbox or resting in your pantry right now, as well as supplying leading quick service restaurants and the commercial food service channel.

Join the team and be part of one of our iconic brands like Tip Top, Abbotts Bakery, Bürgen and Golden.

Start the conversation

If this role sounds like you and you’re eager to learn, grow, and help create everyday moments of goodness for your team, colleagues, partners and our external stakeholders, we want to hear from you. To apply for this opportunity please submit your application by clicking on the ‘Apply’ 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 so we can provide 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 consists of 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.