Senior Manager, Frontline Marketing – aRTD, South in Sydney, Australia

Focus, Scope, & Impact

• Develop and implement marketing plans for Alcoholic Ready To Drink beverages (aRTDs) for the ‘South’ region (Australia and New Zealand). The company’s current global portfolio of aRTDs include Jack Daniels & Coca-Cola, Lemon-Dou Chūhai, and Schweppes Alcoholic Cocktails.

• Support the development of the socializing ritual for consumers that generates value for customers and creates growth for the system in the Australia & New Zealand market.

• Reporting to the Director, Frontline Marketing for aRTD in the South region, we are looking for people that have a passion for building relationships and will be proud to be a representative of our brands, are results driven and have brand management experience working in alcoholic beverages in either Australia or New Zealand.

Key Deliverables Strategy (10% of time)

• Work closely with OU (Operating Unit) Emerging Category Marketing Team and provide market input to ensure multi-country brand programs, innovation projects and the overall brand strategy meet local needs

Develop The Plan (30% of time)

• Adapt Global and Regional Brand Plans to optimize for local needs – including consultation and alignment with Regional Category Team and Bottling Partners.

• Input into End-2-End consumer & shopper engagement strategy and identify region specific engagement opportunities

• Manage brand activation in market: including POS (Point of Sale) activations & promos and experiential marketing and events (using marketing assets), in coordination with bottlers & external partners

• Lead transcreation, localization and real-time amplification of campaigns working directly with agencies partners across ATL & BTL

Partner Bottler To Deliver The Plan (40% of time)

• Manage bottler alignment on the category marketing plan: portfolio priorities and category / brand strategies and plans (objectives, DME (Direct Marketing Expense) investments, success metrics and activity calendars, including Innovation projects and IMX Campaigns) in partnership with Thailand & Singapore Commercial team and Franchise Leadership

• Support the System (Coca-Cola Company & Sales Network) in Customer & Shopper marketing agenda , maintaining strong relationships with key customers

Personal and Professional Development (10% of time)

Key Stakeholders You’ll Work With

• Role will interact frequently with Franchise leadership teams, Region Commercial team, Bottlers and external parties (activation agencies, media) and external partners

Experience required:

Does this sound like you?

• You’re an entrepreneurial marketer who likes to push boundaries and challenge the status quo

• You love the challenge of scaling up start-up brands & building new categories

• You are thrilled to see brand ideas come to life in market and passionate about making things happen – turning ideas from good to great through brilliant activations

• You enjoy collaborating with diverse, multi-cultural marketing and commercial experts across our global network to execute never been done before brand ideas

• You have a keen interest in the alcohol sector and in the interests and passions of young adults

Ideal Work & Education Experience

• Strong marketing and leadership experience (8-10 years) with recent experience in Brewing or aRTD Alcohol Categories

• Bachelor’s degree

• Direct experience working with global brands and with marketing activation

• Experience working in cross-functional teams and cross-geographical teams

• Experience with ‘social first’ and ‘experience led’ marketing campaigns

• Broad knowledge of the workings of the alcohol and HORECA (hotel, restaurant, and café channel) sectors

Skills:

Leadership; Media Planning; Creative Process; Analytical Thinking; Consumer Segmentation; Digital Media Strategy; Quantitative Research; Competitive Assessments; Marketing Strategies; SWOT Analysis; Brand Positioning; Group Problem Solving; Social Media Strategies; Brand Architecture; Channel Management

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:15

Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

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