Winery Manager - Berri Estates

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Winery Manager - Berri Estates. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Make the change to a South Australian lifestyle for this permanent position
• Manage Australia’s largest winery through an exciting period of change
• Bring your commercial acumen to a senior leadership role with global reach

Accolade Wines is the world’s leading provider of new world premium, commercial and value wines. Selling wines to over 100 countries worldwide and with more than 1,600 dedicated employees in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Asia, North America and South Africa, we make some of the world’s best-known wines! Located in South Australia’s Riverland region, Berri Estates is Australia’s largest winery with the ability to process over 200,000 tonnes of grapes annually.

About the role

Reporting to the Director of Commercial Winery Operations, the Winery Manager will have complete responsibility for the efficient and effective performance of all operational activities at the Berri Estates Winery. This ‘hands on’ role will offer you the opportunity to have great influence over exciting capital work projects, as well as a focus on implementing best practice continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Managing all site production planning, vintage intake planning, budgeting, compliance and expense management
• Managing site planning and development and all site capital works
• Monitoring the status of all product blends produced on site and with the Winemaking teams, ensuring all bulk wine, packaging and bottling requirements are met
• Managing bulk wine inventory, including month end and end of Vintage stock takes
• Engendering an efficient, effective and best practice/continuous improvement approach to all winery production activities
• Involvement in the maintenance of the group’s production management systems including the bulk wine and spirit system, and the JDE production system
• Ensuring effective and productive site industrial and employee relations, and the ongoing development of people

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Business, Science, Engineering or a related field
• Proven experience in a significant winery or related operation is essential
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to lead, inspire, engage, guide and motivate employees
• Skills as an effective change manager with a continuous improvement mentality
• Ability to use initiative, be solution focused and utilise strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Strong negotiation skills with confidence in making important business decisions

Although not essential, a winemaking background will be highly regarded.

Accolade Wines will provide the ideal climate and a hand-picked rewards package for you to make a difference in our successful and growing business.

For a confidential discussion please contact Tony Allen, Director of Commercial Winery Operations, on 0407 610 568.

Sound like your kind of drop? To apply, please visit our website at https://jobs.accolade-wines.com to submit your cover letter and CV by Friday 3 August 2018.  Only applications received through our website will be considered.