2-Year Secondment | Supply Chain Projects | Melbourne Your Impact As Operations Readiness Lead – Brewing Optimisation, you’ll play a key role in preparing our manufacturing operations for operational and capital change on a 2-year secondment within the Supply Chain Projects team. Working across brewing and beverage operations, you’ll represent the operational voice from early planning and design through installation, commissioning, start-up and handover. Your focus will be making sure changes can be introduced safely, practically and sustainably, while protecting business continuity and setting our operational teams up for success. You’ll work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Capital Planning, Future Operations and Supply Chain teams, bringing together the people, processes, equipment, systems and training needed to move successfully from project delivery into everyday operations.

Key Responsibilities
• Represent brewing and beverage operations throughout project design, planning, installation, commissioning and handover.
• Translate technical designs and project requirements into practical operating needs across people, process, equipment, quality, safety and training.
• Develop and coordinate operational readiness plans, including key milestones, resources, dependencies and acceptance criteria.
• Bring together operational teams, subject matter experts and key stakeholders to support project delivery and readiness.
• Coordinate operational participation in commissioning, trials, testing, start-up and performance validation.
• Lead operational readiness and go/no-go inputs ahead of controlled start-up and handover.
• Coordinate SOPs, work instructions, training, competency sign-off and communications for impacted teams.
• Build contingency, fallback and recovery plans to support business continuity through transition.
• Support handover and operational stabilisation,



including issue resolution, hypercare and continuous improvement. About You You’re an experienced manufacturing or operations professional who understands what it takes to turn a technical solution into something that works effectively on the production floor. You can connect operational teams with engineering and project stakeholders, anticipate the practical impacts of change, and bring structure to complex projects with multiple moving parts. You’ll ideally bring:
• Strong experience within brewing, beverage manufacturing or a related production environment.
• Experience contributing to capital projects, commissioning, start-ups or significant operational change.
• A practical understanding of manufacturing operations, including safety, quality, maintenance and production processes.
• The ability to translate technical concepts and designs into clear operational requirements.
• Experience with operational readiness, risk assessment, commissioning or business continuity planning.
• Robust stakeholder skills, with the ability to work across operational teams, engineering, project groups, suppliers and leadership.
• A relevant qualification in engineering, brewing, food science, manufacturing or operations would be well regarded. Most importantly, you’ll bring a collaborative and practical approach, with a focus on helping people navigate change while creating safe, sustainable operations. Why Asahi Beverages At Asahi Beverages, we're passionate about crafting more than just drinks
- we craft moments of connection, celebration, and shared enjoyment. We bring together a diverse portfolio of iconic beverage brands, a commitment to quality, and a drive to constantly innovate. Headquartered in Melbourne and with facilities right across Australia and New Zealand, you’ll find Asahi is a place where talent is nurtured, and ambition is rewarded. If you’re ready to toast your future, we’re ready to meet you.

📌 Operations Readiness Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 Asahi Beverages
📍 Melbourne