Head of Operations: Growth, People & Transformation Lead

Perigon Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% bonus

Dedicated parking

Direct exposure to the CFO

Newly created role with impact

Growth opportunity

Job summary

Perigon Group is recruiting Head of Operations to lead People, Supply Chain and Transformation. This office-based role combines leadership with a hands-on, strategic approach to scale the operation while maintaining close team involvement.

You'll direct a lean, office-based team across multiple functions, drive digital transformation, optimise working capital, and report to the CFO. A 1-day WFH arrangement complements a full-time in-office setup in Sydney.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a people leader coaching and developing managers.
• Experience leading across multiple operational functions and teams.
• Strong communication to build trust and influence at leadership level.
• Experience guiding organisations through change and transformation.
• History with major system implementations or rollouts.
• Strategic mindset with hands-on capability to work in detail.
• Operational experience in supply chain, logistics, or 3PL.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team across customer success, service, supply chain and tech.
• Be an approachable leader, supporting managers and team day-to-day.
• Drive change and buy-in as processes and systems are introduced.
• Lead process improvements and digital transformation including automation and AI.
• Bring structure and continuous improvement to a growing operation.
• Own end-to-end supply chain management including 3PL relationships and inventory.
• Drive freight costs down via tendering and benchmarking.
• Oversee order-to-delivery performance and improve on-time delivery.
• Act as operational link to leadership and CFO, shaping the function.

Skills

People leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

AI & automation interest

Supply chain knowledge

3PL experience

Salesforce experience

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Perigon Group is recruiting Head of Operations to lead People, Supply Chain and Transformation. This office-based role combines leadership with a hands-on, strategic approach to scale the operation while maintaining close team involvement.

You'll direct a lean, office-based team across multiple functions, drive digital transformation, optimise working capital, and report to the CFO. A 1-day WFH arrangement complements a full-time in-office setup in Sydney.