Job Description

Your Impact

As Operational Readiness Manager (Matrix), you’ll play a pivotal role in launching a new, highly automated distribution centre in VIC - bringing new-to-Australia automation to life.

You’ll lead the coordination and execution of operational readiness activities, ensuring the site is safe, efficient and fully prepared for day one and beyond. Working across site, systems, people and processes, you’ll connect program planning with real-world execution - helping the operation successfully transition through commissioning, go-live and stabilisation.

This role sits at the centre of a major supply chain transformation, with the opportunity to influence how future sites across QLD and NSW are delivered and scaled.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver end-to-end operational readiness activities aligned to program milestones, ensuring the site is ready across systems, workforce, safety and operations
Coordinate site readiness, including facilities setup, safety infrastructure, systems access and operational preparations for go-live
Support commissioning and launch activities, including testing, dry runs, UAT and readiness sign-offs
Translate integrated operational planning into practical, site-level execution plans
Contribute to labour planning and workforce readiness, including DILO inputs, onboarding and training readiness
Support development of SOPs, operational processes, dashboards and performance rhythms
Identify risks, dependencies and readiness gaps, and escalate through governance frameworks
Act as a key interface between program teams and site operations to ensure alignment and effective decision-making
Monitor early operations and stabilisation, identifying opportunities to optimise flow and performance
Support consistency and scalability of readiness approaches across future distribution sites

About You

You’re a delivery-focused operations professional who thrives in complex, fast-moving environments. You enjoy turning plans into action, bringing together multiple stakeholders and solving problems to keep things on track.

You’ll bring:

Experience in operational readiness, site launches, commissioning or large-scale operational change
Exposure to warehouse, logistics, manufacturing or automated environments
Strong planning and coordination capability, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and dependencies
Confidence working across cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders at different levels
Ability to translate operational design into practical, day-to-day execution
Strong communication skills, with a focus on clarity and collaboration
A proactive mindset, with a focus on identifying and resolving issues early
Understanding of safety, compliance and operational risk in industrial environments

Nice to have:

Experience working in large transformation or automation programs
Exposure to labour planning, workforce modelling or DILO concepts
Tertiary qualification in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Engineering or a related discipline

Why Asahi Beverages

At Asahi Beverages, we're passionate about crafting more than just drinks - we craft moments of connection, celebration, and shared enjoyment. We bring together a diverse portfolio of iconic beverage brands, a commitment to quality, and a drive to constantly innovate. Headquartered in Melbourne and with facilities right across Australia and New Zealand, you’ll find Asahi is a place where talent is nurtured, and ambition is rewarded. If you’re ready to toast your future, we’re ready to meet you.

About Asahi Beverages

Asahi Beverages is one of the leading beverage companies in Australia and New Zealand, producing an extensive range of alcohol and non-alcohol beverages.

Our non-alcohol portfolio extends across soft drinks, mixers, mineral water, water, juice, tea, energy and sports drinks, with iconic and well-loved brands such as Schweppes, Cool Ridge and Pepsi.

Our alcohol portfolio includes both local craft and international beers such as Asahi Super Dry and Peroni, as well as cider, ready-to-drink and spirits brands.

Asahi Beverages formed in 2014 through the integration of the Schweppes Australia and Asahi Premium Beverages businesses in Australia and Independent Liquor in New Zealand. Our Group also includes The Better Drinks Co, a NZ based juice and organic soft drink business and craft brewer, Mountain Goat.

We work in a category with rapidly changing consumer wants and needs, which fuels our entrepreneurial spirit and our thirst for category-growing innovation. Our company has grown enormously over the past decade, and as we continue to evolve, we’re looking for people who thrive on collaborating, connection and building high performing teams and who are agile, adventurous and always willing to jump in and give it their all.

It’s an exciting time to join our company. We believe that with us, you’ll get the experiences you need to develop to the next stage of your career as together we build the Asahi Beverages and the beverages category of the future.

Keen to explore our current vacant positions? Visit our Careers Page:

https://www.asahi.com.au/careers/careers

Industry

Food & Beverage

Company Size

1,001-5,000 employees

Headquarters

Southbank, AU

Year Founded

Unknown

Website

asahi.com.au

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