About us
At General Mills, our purpose is to make food the world loves. We bring this to life through a portfolio of much-loved brands enjoyed by people across Australia, including Old El Paso, Latina Fresh, 25° South, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley and Häagen-Dazs. At our Rooty Hill site, our people help bring brands such as Old El Paso, Latina Fresh and 25° South to life every day. It’s a place where the work on the production floor connects directly to products people know and enjoy—and where safety, quality, teamwork and continuous improvement matter in everything we do. Join us and help make food the world loves.
About the role
General Mills is seeking an experienced manufacturing leader to join our Rooty Hill team as a Platform Lead. In this role, you will lead a production platform in a 24-hour manufacturing operation, working closely with team leaders and employees to deliver safe, high-quality and efficient results. With most of your time spent on the shop floor, you will build team capability and accountability, coach leaders and drive continuous improvement across safety, food safety and quality, performance and waste.
Key responsibilities
Lead and coach team leaders and platform employees to achieve business and production targets.
Set direction through daily, weekly and monthly performance routines, following up actions and helping teams stay focused on priorities.
Build a strong safety and food safety culture, supporting incident learning, audit readiness, sanitation and compliance with relevant standards and procedures.
Use data and structured problem-solving to identify losses, investigate issues to root cause and implement sustainable improvements.
Develop and deliver improvement plans that lift line performance, reduce downtime and waste, and support production to plan.
Build capability through coaching, training, cross-skilling and role development.
Work collaboratively with teams across Production, Food Safety and Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Warehouse and other site functions.
Support platform cost, labour, productivity and capital plans, as well as sustainability and other site initiatives.
About you
A tertiary qualification, ideally in engineering, manufacturing, business or a related discipline.
At least three years' related experience in a manufacturing or operations environment; five or more years' experience is preferred.
Demonstrated leadership experience, including the ability to coach and develop team leaders and larger teams.
A strong commitment to safety and quality, with experience applying these principles in a manufacturing environment.
Experience leading change and continuous improvement, with knowledge of Lean or structured problem-solving methods such as root cause analysis and 5 Whys.
Confidence working with operational data and using it to make practical recommendations; intermediate Microsoft Excel skills.
Strong communication, collaboration and influencing skills, with a high level of personal accountability.
Manufacturing equipment or technical process knowledge would be an advantage.