Category & Channel Development Manager

Your Impact An exciting internal opportunity has become available within Asahi New Zealand following an internal promotion. Reporting to the Head of Category & Channel Development, you'll play a key role in translating category strategy into channel plans, driving customer growth opportunities and leading a small team of Category Insight Managers. Key Responsibilities

• Driving category growth strategy across Traditional Trade

• Translating customer and category insights into commercial action

• Leading category and channel planning processes

• Influencing strategic customer engagements and Joint Business Plans

• Supporting range reviews and category growth initiatives

• Leading Point of Purchase strategy development

• Coaching and developing Category Insight Managers

• Partnering closely with Sales, Marketing and Revenue Planning teams

About You We're open to a range of backgrounds and recognise that strong capability can come from different pathways across the business. Most importantly, you'll bring:

• Strong alignment to Asahi's leadership values

• Leadership capability and a passion for developing people

• Commercial thinking and strategic problem solving

• Strong stakeholder engagement skills

• The ability to influence outcomes across functions

• Curiosity, learning agility and a continuous improvement mindset

Experience within FMCG, Category, Sales, Marketing or broader Commercial functions will be highly regarded. Why apply?

• Genuine leadership opportunity

• Exposure to senior commercial stakeholders

• Opportunity to shape category growth strategy

• Strong pathway for future career development