Operations Manager

Red Gum BBQ Seaford VIC Full-Time

You might know Red Gum BBQ for our iconic restaurant in Red Hill but tucked away in Seaford youll find another side of Red Gum.

Our Seaford site is home to Pitstop our quick service restaurant (QSR) alongside our growing food production and warehouse operation.

After recently securing a pretty epic opportunity with a major national retailer things have cranked up a few gears and were looking for an experienced Operations Manager to take ownership of the site and help us through this next stage of growth.

This is a broad hands-on leadership role with genuine accountability across people operations and profitability.

The Role

Youll lead the day-to-day operation of our Seaford site including:

• Production planning and delivery across retail and wholesale orders
• Pitstop operations food quality service and customer experience
• Leadership and development of our chefs production warehouse and Pitstop teams
• Rostering workforce planning and labour management
• Site financial performance including sales COGS labour margins waste and profitability
• Stock purchasing warehousing logistics and dispatch
• Food safety HACCP quality and WHS compliance
• Equipment maintenance and site organisation
• Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency reduce costs and grow the operation

Who Were Looking For

• You might currently be an Operations Manager Site Manager Production Manager Manufacturing Manager or Food Production Manager ready for broader responsibility.
• Your background could be in food manufacturing FMCG food production or QSR. More important than your current title is your ability to lead people understand the numbers and take ownership of an operation from end to end.
• Youll be commercially minded organised and confident making decisions. Youll understand production labour and operational performance but youll also be a hands-on leader who enjoys being on the floor with your team.

Why Red Gum BBQ

• This isnt a role managing just one function.
• Youll have responsibility across food manufacturing QSR warehousing logistics people and commercial performance with the autonomy to improve how things work and help shape the future of our growing Seaford operation.
• If youre looking for a role with variety ownership and plenty of opportunity to make an impact wed love to hear from you.

Sound Like You

Wed love to hear from you.

Tell us about the operations youve led the teams youve built and why the opportunity to lead Red Gum BBQs growing Seaford operation sounds like your kind of role.

APPLY NOW or send your resume and cover letter to Louise