Group Head of Innovation

1 week ago

Melbourne, Australia Asahi Beverages Full time

**The Opportunity**
- Identify and execute a pipeline of beverage innovation
- Drive innovation best practice in brewing, liquid, pack, and delivery
- This position is available on a flexible basis (i.e. part-time, consulting, etc).

**Your Impact**

A fantastic 6-month contract opportunity to be part of a highly influential team, that will give you high visibility and access to a huge variety of divisions within Asahi Beverages.

Reporting into the Group Chief Growth & Strategy Officer, you will be responsible for driving long-term value from our multi-beverage strategy by identifying emerging areas of untapped customer and consumer demand, delivering on a group wide pipeline of breakthrough innovation, and enhancing innovation capability across the region.

You will also play a critical role in growing the Asahi Beverages region by identifying and pursuing incremental opportunities such as new channels, markets, and beverage products.

Other** key responsibilities **include
- Develop Asahi Beverages 3+ year innovation strategy to ensure it aligns with planning, strategy, and group-wide insights
- Provide leadership, oversight, and direction to brewing and beverage innovation as well as consumer and sensory science
- Develop a group-wide innovation pipeline to put together one view of innovation initiatives and identify gaps against strategy and investment priorities
- Facilitate the Group Portfolio Management Review forum and incorporate with the Multi-beverage Strategy
- Develop and roll-out best practice for innovation processes, supporting business divisions to incorporate these into their rhythms, drive continuous improvement and uplift organisational capability Innovation best practice
- Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team; creating an environment that drives ownership, accountability and high-performance

**About You**

Your strategic mindset and strong financial acumen will ensure that choices relating to investment, prioritisation and focus across the Group are made consistent with the Asahi Beverages strategy and our understanding of consumers, occasions, categories, and the market. Furthermore, where new beverage growth opportunities are pursued, there is accountability for delivery of the business case and financial targets.
- Proven background in a large scale, matrixed organisation in FMCG or Beverage Industry
- Strong knowledge and experience in commercial, sales, marketing and / or innovation
- Demonstrated strategic thinking to identify and solve new problems as well as strong analytical and financial acumen
- Extensive experience identifying, evaluating, and delivering new business growth opportunities
- Highly collaborative - able to engage and influence business division teams to pursue multi-beverage strategies that maximise value for the total Region
- Able to juggle multiple competing priorities and time pressure
- Strong ability to work autonomously to define and lead new beverage growth opportunities

**Why Us?**

Asahi Beverages is one of the leading beverage companies in Australia and New Zealand with a rich and varied history. Comprising some of Australia and New Zealand’s most loved brands, the company’s Regional Hub is based in Melbourne with three Business Divisions - Asahi Lifestyle Beverages (formerly Schweppes Australia), Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) in Australia; and Asahi Beverages NZ and The Better Drinks Co. in New Zealand. There’s always a great deal going on and opportunities abound for those ready to take them

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