Production Team Leader- Bun & Roll | Wiri

About us

George Weston Foods (NZ) Limited “GWF” is a quality and

customer focused FMCG that makes some of Australasia’s favourite food. GWF is

one of Australia's and New Zealand’s largest food manufacturers, employing

around 6,500 people across 60 sites. GWF’s product range is diverse and

includes leading brands of breads, baked goods, small goods, flour, milled

products and animal feed. GWF’s business units include Tip Top Bakery, Don KRC,

Mauri ANZ. We are renowned in New Zealand for our iconic bread brands, which

include Tip Top Bakery, Ploughmans, Bürgen, Golden Big Ben Pies, Dads Pies, and

Bakers Son.

About the Role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader to join

our Bun & Roll Wrapping team at our Wiri Bakery. *This is a full-time,

permanent position, working Thursday to Monday, 12.30pm–10.00pm.*

In this hands-on leadership role, you’ll be responsible for

leading the team to deliver safe, high-quality products while ensuring our

people safety, food safety and production standards are consistently met.

You’ll play an important role in building the capability and

• knowledge of your team, reinforcing the required checks and processes, and
• ensuring products are ready to be handed over to the Despatch team with
• confidence.
• Key accountabilities of this position include:
• Lead, support and develop team members,
• including coordinating on-the-job training through our buddy system.
• Ensure the team understands and follows the
• required technical processes, escalating issues when needed.
• Ensure products are produced and packed to the
• required quality and specification.
• Champion Health & Safety, ensuring
• requirements and procedures are consistently followed.
• Maintain high Food Safety standards and address
• any issues as they arise.
• Provide regular feedback, coaching and
• performance management to support team performance and development.
• Lead shift Food Safety Quality checks, along
• with weekly Safety Walks.
• Build team capability, accountability and
• knowledge to support consistent performance and reinforce our commitment to
• being the “Most Trusted Brand.”
• About You:
• Brings energy, enthusiasm and a positive
• approach to leadership.
• Has previous leadership experience within a
• manufacturing or production environment, with FMCG experience is preferred.
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills and enjoys
• developing others.
• Is confident training and coaching people on the
• job.
• Has strong time-management skills and can
• effectively manage multiple priorities.
• Communicates clearly and confidently, both
• verbally and in writing.
• Is physically able to work on their feet and
• undertake the lifting requirements of the role, including lifting up to 25kg.
• Is passionate about producing safe,
• superior-quality food for New Zealand communities.
• Benefits:
• Earn
• more as you upskill — you may be eligible for a skills and pay
• review after 6 months!
• Free

Tip Top bread products to take home to your family

• Work
• close to public transport routes
• Access
• to Employee Assistance Programme - free and confidential counselling for
• you and your family members
• You will drive our values of*SAFE, COURAGEOUS,

TRUSTING and COLLABORATIVE.*

• You
• will be highly committed to ensuring that we meet
• our HSE obligations
• You
• will do the right thing and not the easy thing
• You
• enjoy building open and trusting relationships and do what you say you
• will
• You
• will work creatively with others for better outcomes and embrace
• diversity.

Please note that *we operate 7 days per

week across the site*, and

there may be opportunities for overtime. We are only closed on Christmas Day

and Easter Friday; all other public holidays are worked as normal days.

To apply for this opportunity, please submit your

application by clicking on the ‘apply now' button, or please feel free to

contact our recruitment email, [email protected] for a

confidential discussion.

During the recruitment process, you may be

required to complete our pre-employment screening tests, including a

medical check with a drug and alcohol test 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, the LGBTQI+ community, and people

living with disabilities.

So, we can get to know you in the best possible

way, we're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support

accessibility needs. Let us know your needs in providing a positive,

barrier-free recruitment process via email to [email protected].