Retail Manufacturing

Join our Manufacturing team

Four female team members packaging food on the conveyer belt

Our Manufacturing team are an essential part of turning raw materials into products ready for customers.

With strong partnerships with over 8,000 Australian suppliers, we operate three manufacturing facilities: Chef Fresh, Retail Ready Operations, and Fresh MilkCo. Together, we produce and supply convenience and fresh meat products and milk to supermarkets across the nation.

Five male and female team members working on a conveyor belt preparing food. Each have safety gear on with headphones, white coats and hair nets

Three team members inside a fresh milk processing facility, with machinery in the background dispensing milk into plastic bottles

Two female team members preparing meals on a conveyor belt machine. Each has safety headphones on, blue plastic vests and white coats and hair nets on their heads

Meet the Coles Chef Fresh Team

How would you describe the culture here?

Nisha: The culture here is diverse and inclusive. We are all from different backgrounds, but we all are a team.

Gurpreet: I just feel like I’m working in my family, with my family. The whole environment is very nice here.

Peter: I find the culture at Chef Fresh very inclusive, with lots of nationalities.

Melissa: There is so many nationalities here. They all respect each other, and they work really, really well together. And I think they can all learn from each other.

What do you love most about your role?

Melissa: The thing I love about my role is that everyday is different and that there is always something new to learn.

Peter: You cook different stuff every day so different challenges every day.

Gurpreet: The people and environment is very friendly here.

Nisha: I can talk with them, I can give them instructions.

What has been your biggest surprise?

Gurpreet: My biggest surprise, working with Chef Fresh is the volume of different products which we produce every single day.

Melissa: How much actually goes into the products from the amount of ingredients, how much care is put into packing the products into the tray and even the design labels. So much goes into it and people don’t realise that.

What are the best things about having Coles Group as an employer?

Melissa: Coles as an employer is a really good company to work for. They are located across the entire country, which means there’s so many opportunities available to you if you would like them.

Gurpreet: Job flexibility and also job security, which helps me to provide for my family.

What advice would you give someone thinking of joining to help them set up for success?

Peter: The advice I would give some starting at Coles would be to learn as much as you can and hard work.

Melissa: I think its important to come in with an open mind and be ready to learn.

Nish: Do your best. Always be keen to learn.
Gurpreet: Take every day as it comes and have a lot of fun.

Coles Group Careers

Manufacturing, Distribution, In-Store, Fulfillment, Corporate

Hear from some of the team

A female RROA team member in dark Coles jacket stands in front of an Indigenous‑style artwork on a red wall, with an information plaque to the right.

A woman in a dark Coles jacket stands in front of a large Indigenous‑style artwork on a red wall.

A male RROA team member wearing a high‑visibility yellow shirt stands in front of an Indigenous‑style artwork on a red wall.

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