Senior HR Manager, Brisbane

Lead HR for a site-based global consumer well-known brand - high-impact, blue-collar, diverse workforce.

About the Organisation: 

Our client is a leading global well known brandeed company, with a strong national footprint and a reputation for producing high-quality consumer products. With multiple large-scale operations and a highly diverse workforce, the business is undergoing significant transformation to strengthen its people capability, workforce planning, and operational excellence. The organisation is fast-paced, complex, and committed to driving sustainable growth while supporting its employees across all levels.

About the Role:

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced HR professional to lead the People function across the organisation’s largest national Brisbane based sites, employing over a large employee head count. 

Reporting to the Operations Director, with a dotted line to the CPO, you will lead a 15-person HR team, and working closely with the site and regional leaders, in a complex commercial business environment. 

Key responsibilities include:

• Leadership of an established team, uplifting the HR function. 
• Building line manager capability in labour planning, shift rosters, workforce productivity, performance, and retention.
• Leading industrial relations, including EBA negotiations, award interpretation, union engagement, and governance and compliance.
• Overseeing onboarding, training, and workforce planning for a diverse, multicultural workforce.
• Acting as a trusted partner to operational leaders in a high-volume, dynamic, blue collar site-based environment.

• Strong experience in HR Management or Senior HR Management leadership roles within manufacturing, FMCG, or large-scale industrial operations.
• Proven expertise in industrial relations, EBAs, and union engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and grow large HR teams in complex, high-pressure environments.
• A pragmatic, commercially focused, and calm leadership style, with the maturity to bring stability and influence stakeholders.
• Experience working with highly diverse, multicultural workforces.

• Full-time, based onsite in Brisbane, ideally with your own transport.
• Competitive package and bonus: $200K + super + 20% bonus.
• 1 day work from home on offer.