Our people and workplace

Our current staff

Managing Director - Frank Best

Personal Assistant to Managing Director – Kim Jones

Corporate and Administration
Finance and Operations Manager – Peter McKinnon
Accounts Clerk – James Reilly
Personnel Officer – Justine Smith
Administration team – Melanie Mason, Casey Cabel, Alison Ardent

Abattoir and Production Department
Production Manager – Bob Aspen
Production Supervisor – Steve Allen (Our qualified butcher)
At Best Beef we have a number of casual staff involved in our abattoir production and packing lines - depending on the season.

Refrigeration, Distribution and Quality assurance
Stores Supervisor – Ron Harding
Quality assurance officer – Bev Grayson
Storepersons - At Best Beef we have a number of casual staff involved in our stores and distribution centre - depending on the season.

Marketing and Wholesale Supply
Sales manager – Ian O’Dowd
Sales representatives - At Best Beef we have 4 in-field representatives across Australia

Retail Sales
Retail Manager – Jake Bund
Sales Assistants - At Best Beef we have a number of casual staff involved in our retail sales area on-site- depending on the season

Supplier Relations
On-farm liaison:
Brett Preston
Susan Cape

Our policies and procedures

Job Design, working conditions and team work

Insight
On the processing and packaging lines, there are both full time permanent staff and casuals. The majority are men some of which worked for the previous company (Uncle Ben’s), some recruited locally and 4 staff employed using overseas migration schemes. Casual staffs are mainly backpackers. Three women work in these roles, 2 in casual roles.

Significant overtime is worked by some on the processing and packaging lines. Overtime allocation is determined by the Production Supervisor (Steve Allen) at his discretion.

Performance Management – Steve

Performance and Systems – Frank

Working at Best Beef

Best Beef Quality Foods employs over 40 people in the Gippsland region and is an important employer in the community. Best Beef Quality Foods strives to live by its values and core purpose.

Our workplace vision and culture

Best Beef is customer-focused – everything we do is guided by our customer needs and their expectations of quality and innovation in our meat products. In our workplace we strive for productivity, pride and care in delivering to customer expectations driven by our core values:

• Excellence in all we do
  We always aim to do our best.
• Working together
  We recognise each other's differences and work together to achieve our goals.
• Contribution by all
  We respect the opinions and ideas of others.
• Innovation for today and the future
  We foster an environment that encourages creativity and ideas.
• Honesty and integrity
  We deliver what we promise and treat all people fairly.
• Our Reputation
  We provide excellent service and have pride in our work and products.

We offer a diverse range of roles within the company including: Beef processing, Quality Assurance, Logistics, Beef Supplier relations, Sales and Finance. Employees are given the opportunity to work in different area's of the company to help further develop their knowledge of food manufacturing and food sales.

We provide quality training for our employees to help develop them in their role and learn more about the beef industry and teach them new skills.

The workplace realities - Frank

The workplace realities - Steve

Remuneration at Best Beef

We believe in paying excellent salaries with generous benefits in order to retain our best staff – from the abattoir to the retail outlet. Apply to join the Best Beef team today!

Remuneration at Best Beef – Bob

Remuneration and work-life balance at Best Beef – Kim

Remuneration at Best Beef – Frank’s overview