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
