Port Operations Manager - North - Fisherman Islands

Graincorp Operations; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Birthday leave

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Family Inclusive Workplace

Job summary

GrainCorp is seeking an experienced Port Operations Manager to oversee a portfolio of port operations at Fisherman Islands, Brisbane. The role focuses on leading leaders across multiple sites to deliver safe, efficient, and commercially driven outcomes.

The successful candidate will drive safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance while developing succession pipelines and empowering site leadership teams to build a high-performance culture within a geographically dispersed network.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience within logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, agriculture, resources, ports or other operationally intensive industries.
• Demonstrated success leading leaders and managing large, geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong safety leadership capability and a commitment to creating a culture where safety is a core value.
• Experience driving operational performance, continuous improvement and accountability across multiple sites or business units.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience managing budgets, resources and business performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the performance of a diverse operational portfolio across country and port assets, ensuring strong outcomes across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People.
• Develop and coach Operations Managers and site leadership teams to build capability, strengthen succession pipelines and create a high-performance culture.
• Drive operational excellence, compliance and continuous improvement initiatives across a geographically dispersed network.
• Lead harvest planning and execution activities, ensuring resources, infrastructure and teams are prepared to safely and efficiently deliver seasonal outcomes.
• Build strong relationships with growers, customers, stakeholders and internal business partners to support operational and commercial objectives.
• Maintain a strong focus on financial performance, resource optimisation and the delivery of business plans and strategic priorities.

Skills

Leadership experience

Safety leadership

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Coaching and people development

Operational excellence

Job description

Port Operations Manager - North - Fisherman Islands

Employment Type: Permanent (Full Time)

Business Area: Operations & Commercial

Division: Grains Operations

Location: Port of Brisbane, Queensland, AU

At GrainCorp, we're proud of our roots and the people who help us grow. As one of Australia's leading agribusinesses, we connect rural communities with domestic and international markets, helping move grain from paddock to plate and playing a critical role in the global food supply chain.

We're looking for an experienced operational leader to oversee a portfolio of Port Operations, driving safe, efficient and commercially focused outcomes while developing and empowering the next generation of operational leaders. This is a senior leadership opportunity where success comes through leading leaders, building capability and delivering results through high-performing teams.

This role contributes by:

• Leading the performance of a diverse operational portfolio across country and port assets, ensuring strong outcomes across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People.
• Developing and coaching Operations Managers and site leadership teams to build capability, strengthen succession pipelines and create a high-performance culture.
• Driving operational excellence, compliance and continuous improvement initiatives across a geographically dispersed network.
• Leading harvest planning and execution activities, ensuring resources, infrastructure and teams are prepared to safely and efficiently deliver seasonal outcomes.
• Building strong relationships with growers, customers, stakeholders and internal business partners to support operational and commercial objectives.
• Maintaining a strong focus on financial performance, resource optimisation and the delivery of business plans and strategic priorities.

Our successful candidate

You are an accomplished operational leader who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments and has a proven ability to deliver results through others.

You’ll bring

• Significant leadership experience within logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, agriculture, resources, ports or other operationally intensive industries.
• Demonstrated success leading leaders and managing large, geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong safety leadership capability and a commitment to creating a culture where safety is a core value.
• Experience driving operational performance, continuous improvement and accountability across multiple sites or business units.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience managing budgets, resources and business performance.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• The ability to make sound decisions, navigate complexity and lead teams through changing operational demands.
• A genuine passion for developing people, building capability and creating high-performing teams.

What we offer

• Ongoing training and leadership development opportunities
• Paid parental leave and birthday leave
• Access to health and wellbeing initiatives
• We're also a Family Inclusive Workplace accredited employer, committed to supporting you both on & off the job.

We're looking forward to getting to know you!