09th July, 2025
About Us
GWF is one of the largest food manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand, employing around 6,000 people across 60 sites. GWF’s product range is diverse and includes leading brands of breads, baked goods, smallgoods, flour, milled products, and animal feed. GWF’s business units include Tip Top, DON, MAURI, and Jasol.
DON’s heritage goes back to the late 1800s. Since the beginning, we have been passionate about crafting great-tasting meat products that Australians love. We produce ham, bacon, salami, smallgoods, and fresh pork.
We take great pride in our skills, techniques, and brands, which have evolved over more than a century. We’ve grown from a small family business to become one of Australia’s largest food manufacturers, now part of the GWF group.
DON is also a leading Australian employer with offices and facilities in metropolitan and regional locations across the country. We take pride in being a responsible employer and a great place to work. We offer a safe and supportive environment where everyone can achieve their full potential.
About the Role
As a Finance Business Partner – Non-Retail Sales, you will partner with our Foodservice, QSR, and Industrial sales teams to optimise commercial performance, volume and pricing planning, and Trade Spend effectiveness.
You’ll collaborate across category, commercial and finance to bring visibility to investments and ensure our strategy and spend are aligned. The role has a strong focus on system optimisation and process improvement, and will play a key role in automating and evolving how we forecast, account for, and report on commercial investments.
This role is perfect for someone with FMCG sales finance experience looking to expand beyond retail into non-retail channels, with a hands-on, data-driven approach.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the sales and commercial teams across Foodservice, QSR and Industrial to develop forecasts and margin improvement plans.
- Drive visibility and governance around trade spend and trading terms, ensuring accurate pricing and promotional accounting.
- Analyse and present channel performance and promotional ROI, using Tableau and other BI tools.
- Support revenue management with pricing actions and trade investment planning.
- Deliver timely and accurate reporting on volume, mix and margin.
- Identify and implement process improvements and system efficiencies in partnership with the Commercial Finance Manager.
- Assist with the AOP, IBP, and monthly forecasting cycles.
- Contribute to evolving Gross-to-Net forecasting, moving toward automation.
Why Join Us Our Purpose is to Craft food that brings out ‘the good’.
When you work at DON, not only will you be part of a community crafting iconic products that people love, you will also enjoy a safe and supportive environment where you can be your authentic self, advance in your career if you choose to, be recognised and rewarded for your contributions, and make a positive difference in the community.
We also work hard to ensure the programs and benefits we offer are competitive and reflect the needs and preferences of our people. They include (among others):
- Flexible work arrangements
- Community partnerships and initiatives, including 2 volunteer days per year
- Options to purchase additional leave
- Discounted products
- Training and development programs
- Global career opportunities
- Various recognition programs and rewards, including an end-of-year celebration
- Health and wellness initiatives
- Study Assistance
About You You’re a commercially-minded finance partner with:
- 2–5 years of experience in FMCG finance, ideally a complex multinational environment
- Deep understanding of Trade Spend systems, preferably within SAP or complementary platforms
- Advanced Excel skills and data visualisation capability with Tableau
- Experience partnering with sales and commercial teams to drive decision-making
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills, able to influence across functions
- A focus on continuous improvement and confidence managing multiple priorities
- CA/CPA qualification or working towards one (preferred)
Applications To apply for this opportunity, please submit your resume and cover letter by clicking on the ‘Apply' button.
At DON and George Weston Foods, we are an equal opportunity employer. We embrace inclusion and diversity and celebrate what makes us unique. We are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and the provision of a safe and healthy work environment. So we can get to know you in the best possible way, we're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs. Please let us know your needs in providing a positive, barrier-free recruitment process via email to donpeopleandperformance@gwf.com.au.
Applicants for this position may be required to undertake pre-employment screening tests including a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol tests, and a security/background check, which may also include a criminal record check. Proof of eligibility to work is required for all successful applicants. #LI-PR1
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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