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Regional Vice President, Australia

Perishable Shipping Solutions

Perishable Shipping Solutions

North Melbourne VIC 3051, Australia
Posted on Jun 13, 2025

Lineage is the world's largest temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, with a global network of over 400 facilities, spanning 25 countries across North & South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Working a Lineage is not just a job - it's an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of the Lineage team, you are a critical link in the food supply chain.

The Asia-Pacific region currently includes Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Singapore employing nearly 3000 team members.

Position Details

As we continue our transformation and growth journey in the region, we are looking to appoint a strategic, high-impact Regional Vice President of Operations – Australia to lead and optimise our warehouse and transport network nationally.

The Role

Reporting to the President, Asia Pacific, the Regional Vice President Operations - Australia at Lineage is a key member of the Asia Pacific Regional Leadership Team and drives the strategic and operational performance of our warehouse and transport network across Australia.

The role provides the overall vision, direction, strategy and leadership to ensure Lineage has a fully integrated supply chain service offering with a focus on outstanding customer service and continuous improvement.

Key to the success of this position will be the ability to harness your extensive supply chain experience to fully optimise our warehousing and transport capabilities, identify integration, efficiency and growth opportunities and unlock the full potential of our supply chain assets in Australia.

As Lineage continues its ambitious capital investment and expansion strategy across Asia Pacific, this role ideally requires a leader who brings a regional mindset – able to operate with a broad lens and help position Australia as a growth engine for Lineage across the region.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead and execute the national operational strategy across warehousing and transport.

  • Champion a Lean and continuous improvement culture that drives performance and innovation.

  • Build and develop high-performing teams, creating genuine career pathways for future leaders.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally within a matrix environment to support business integration and growth.

  • Deliver exceptional customer value through seamless, high-quality service delivery.

  • Identify and act on opportunities to scale, streamline and strengthen our end-to-end operations.

What You Bring

  • Proven senior leadership experience across complex, multi-site retail, logistics or supply chain operations.

  • Expertise in warehousing, transportation and integrated service delivery.

  • A successful track record in transformational change, operational optimisation and delivering measurable results.

  • Strong people leadership and the ability to inspire and scale diverse teams.

  • A strategic mindset that blends local execution with a regional lens, supporting growth and capital investment goals.

  • Passion for safety, service excellence, sustainability and continuous improvement.

  • A true learning philosophy blended with experience in LEAN or CI principles and a commitment to cross-functional collaboration.

The Opportunity

This is a rare and unique opportunity to shape how Lineage’s warehouse facilities and transport assets work as one integrated, high-performing network—delivering a truly enviable customer value proposition across the Australian and Asia Pacific markets.

You’ll join a values-based organisation that puts safety, respect, trust and innovation at the core of everything we do.

At Lineage, we’re not just leading the cold chain—we’re redefining it. With significant capital investment, ambitious regional growth and a clear purpose to help feed the world, you’ll be empowered to lead with impact, purpose and pride.

Why Lineage?

Lineage is more than just a cold storage logistics business. We’re focused on being a vibrant, innovative and progressive employer where all our teams work safely, harmoniously and efficiently toward a common purpose - transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world.

Lineage is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic work environment and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.