Joanna Stavrou

Responsibilities

• Reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer and member of Executive Leadership Team.
• Drive People and Culture Strategy for Guide Dogs Victoria (with 150 employees and 500 plus volunteers).
• Oversee Human Resources, Volunteering, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Quality and Safety.
• Drive implementation of best practice People and Culture initiatives.

Achievements

• Organisational change and re-design with implementation of National Disability Insurance Scheme and expansion of breadth of services.
• Increased participation of people who have disability employed at Guide Dogs Victoria to average of 20% of workforce.
• Achievement of 3 years lost time injury free in 2019.
• Establishing negotiation frameworks for first enterprise agreement for Guide Dogs Victoria.
• Maintenance of quality accreditation through significant changes in funding and compliance obligations.

Responsibilities

• Reporting into Group General Manager Beverage Cans & Closures.
• Leading the HR function for Amcor Beverage Cans & Closures Business across 9 sites (750 employees).
• Driving implementation of range of HR initiatives across the Division including performance management, succession planning, talent management, diversity and employee engagement.
• Managing workplace reform and change initiatives across Division and oversight of workplace reform program across Australasia.

Achievements

• Successful integration of acquired SA closures business of 65 employees, which included transition of staff to Amcor contracts, transition of payroll to shared services, organisational redesign, and establishing a wine closures manufacturing centre of excellence in South Australia.
• Implementation of succession planning forums across Division for critical roles and Operational Functions.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to Group GM HR and member of Amcor Australasian HR Leadership Team.
• Develop a centralised IR & ER support centre for Amcor Australasia.
• Advise and participate in enterprise agreement negotiations and industrial relations issues across Amcor Australasia
• Allocate resources within team to manage 14 negotiations across Australia and NZ.

Achievements

• Developed and implemented best practice enterprise agreement planning and negotiation model across Amcor Australian businesses including a negotiation framework, costing model, and pre-audit and post audit of enterprise agreements.
• Completed planning preparation for a complex national enterprise agreement included scenario planning for alternative agreement models.
• Designed and delivered training for front line managers to improve IR capability.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to Group GM Sustainability, and member of Amcor Australasian HR Leadership Team.
• Newly created role to lead HR function for Recycling Group (newly created Division) and Sustainability Team (6 Recycling depots).
• Driving performance management and development of key talent.
• Recruitment of key senior leadership positions and front line recycling consultants to enable growth in market share.

Key Achievements

• Delivering on growth strategy for Recycling business to support possible investment.
• Facilitation of sustainability strategy for Amcor Australasia.
• Implementing best practice HR policies and procedures including implementation of Amcor's performance management system.