About Us
At Mauri, we believe in the power of baking to bring people together. As part of the George Weston Foods Group, we're a leading supplier of high-quality flours, yeasts, pre-mixes, improvers, grains, and animal nutrition across Australia and New Zealand. Every day, we work through insight and innovation to help bakers thrive - and together, we sustainably feed the nation.
About Project Bluebird
Now, we're embarking on something extraordinary.
Our Ballarat site marks a bold new chapter. We're building a state-of-the-art flour mill in Ballarat - designed to redefine industry standards in milling technology, systems, and process optimisation. This greenfield site will be powered by cutting-edge Swiss equipment and driven by a passionate team committed to excellence from day one.
This is your opportunity to be part of a once-in-a-generation transformation - building deep knowledge of a site from the ground up, shaping scalable operations, and helping define the future of flour milling in Australia.
At Mauri, we're not just building a mill. We're building a culture - one that's Safe, Courageous, Trusting, and Collaborative. If you're ready to make a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Packing & Warehouse Manager to join our new Ballarat site, leading all packing, warehouse, inventory, logistics and dispatch activities, ensuring products move efficiently from production through to customer delivery. This is a hands-on role and a key member of the site leadership team. As one of the first leaders in this area, you'll have the opportunity to shape systems, processes and ways of working from the ground up.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all packing, warehousing, dispatch and inventory management activities
- Develop, coach and lead a high-performing team while fostering a strong safety, quality and continuous improvement culture.
- Participate in Business Reviews and ongoing performance discussions with transport and logistics providers.
- Execution of the weekly packing plan to achieve good OEE's output.
- Build strong relationships with Commercial, Customer Service, Planning and Supply Chain stakeholders to support operational and customer outcomes.
- Drive safe, efficient and compliant operation of packing equipment, warehouse systems and materials handling processes.
About You
You're a commercially minded operations leader who enjoys balancing people leadership with operational execution. You're comfortable moving between the warehouse floor and strategic meetings and discussions, ensuring products flow efficiently from production through to customers.
You will bring:
- Experience leading warehouse, logistics, distribution, packing or supply chain operations within a manufacturing environment.
- Proven leadership capability with experience coaching, developing and motivating teams.
- Experience managing transport providers, logistics performance and customer service outcomes.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to work across Operations, Commercial, Planning and Supply Chain functions.
- A continuous improvement mindset and passion for driving operational excellence.
- Forklift licence or willingness to obtain one.
Experience within FMCG, food manufacturing, logistics or automated production environments will be highly regarded.
What's on offer at Mauri?
- A genuine focus on personal development.
- A culture that celebrates diversity and authenticity.
- A chance to make a lasting impact in a legacy-defining project
GWF is an equal-opportunity employer and invites applications from diverse backgrounds. We value social and cultural diversity and are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and the provision of a safe and healthy work environment. We have a Safe, Courageous, Trusting, and Collaborative culture, in line with our values.
Best of all it is a great place to work, where you can bring your authentic self!
Start the Conversation
If this sounds like your kind of challenge, we'd love to hear from you.
During the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening including medical (includes drug & alcohol testing) and criminal history checks
We welcome applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures-including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community, and people living with disabilities.
Let us know how we can support a barrier-free recruitment process by emailing: [email protected]
Learn more at mauri.com.au and gwf.com.au.
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