Brewing Leader

We’re on the lookout for a passionate and people-focused Brewing Leader to join our team at Little Creatures Brewery in Geelong.

Reporting to Brewery Manager, this is a brilliant opportunity to make your mark in a much-loved craft brewery, leading the brewing, cellars and White Rabbit teams to deliver exceptional beer, strong performance and a great team experience.

Your Role

You’ll have accountability for the people, safety, quality, performance and continuous improvement of the brewing area. Leading a team of eight direct reports and six indirect reports, you’ll set the tone for a high-performing, engaged and capable team.

You’ll bring together technical brewing expertise, strong leadership and a practical improvement mindset to help Little Creatures continue brewing great beer while building a safer, smarter and more sustainable operation.

Key Responsibilities

• People and Capability: Lead, coach and develop a multi-disciplinary team of leaders and operators, building capability, engagement and a culture of continuous learning.
• Safety: Champion a proactive safety culture where everyone takes ownership of risk identification, hazard reduction and safe ways of working.
• Quality and Environment: Ensure brewing, cellars and White Rabbit operations meet quality, environmental and compliance standards, including critical control and quality programs.
• Delivery and Performance: Deliver production, DIFOT, equipment performance and brewing NPD targets while improving extract loss, inventory management and loss recovery.
• Continuous Improvement: Set the pace for a zero-waste culture and lead improvement plans through Lion’s operating system, including leader standard work and structured problem solving.
• Financial and Commercial: Support budget, labour, materials, chemical and capital planning, while contributing to value creation and site cost targets.

What You Bring

You’re an experienced people leader with a strong background in brewing, manufacturing or FMCG operations. You know how to bring people with you, create clarity in complex environments and consistently deliver on your commitments.

You’ll ideally bring:

• More than five years’ experience leading, developing and managing people.
• More than five years’ experience in FMCG, brewing or a similar manufacturing environment.
• Strong brewing, process improvement and Lean/TPM capability.
• A practical understanding of root-cause analysis, corrective actions and performance improvement.
• The ability to balance safety, quality, delivery, engagement and commercial outcomes.
• A relevant science qualification or IBD Diploma would be highly regarded.

Most importantly, you’re curious, collaborative and motivated by making great beer with great people. You’ll enjoy working in an environment that values quality, individuality, creativity and having a little fun along the way.

We’re a certified B Corp, which means we care about people, planet and purpose—not just profit. We’re committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and we celebrate the unique perspectives that help us grow and innovate. We intentionally embrace difference and cultivate belonging every day, whether through our investment in our Reconciliation journey through our Innovate RAP, our commitment to gender pay equity or providing progressive people policies.

If you need specific support or accessibility adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know at ••••@lionco.com so we can make sure that your recruitment process is fair and we enable you to shine. This includes tailored support for First Nations people, individuals with disabilities, those who are neurodivergent, and people who identify as transgender or gender diverse as we understand the unique challenges and concerns you may face.