Commercial Lead, Ventures
Job no: 503820
Work type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Melbourne
Categories: Corporate Support Functions
Your Impact
You’ll be part of the Disruption team, focused on bringing new ideas to market in a faster, more experimental way. This role is about testing, learning and building what works.
Reporting to the Head of Disruption, you will lead the commercial side of new ventures, shaping how ideas are validated, launched and scaled. You’ll work closely across innovation, brand, category and sales to turn early-stage concepts into real commercial outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end to end commercialisation of new venture ideas from early concept through to launch and scale
- Build clear, practical go-to-market plans across channel, pricing and customer strategy
- Work directly with customers and sales teams to test concepts in market and gather real feedback
- Track performance and adapt quickly based on results and learnings
- Partner with cross functional teams including innovation, brand, category and supply chain
- Manage priorities, timelines and dependencies across multiple active ideas
- Provide clear visibility on performance, risks and next steps
- Contribute to shaping how we test, learn and scale new opportunities within the Disruption team
About You
You are hands-on, commercially sharp and comfortable working without a clear playbook. You know how to take an idea, get it into market quickly and adjust based on what you see.
You will also bring:
- Experience in FMCG, ideally within beverage or a similar category
- Proven experience launching new products, pilots or early-stage concepts
- Strong commercial thinking across channel, pricing and customer engagement
- Confidence working in ambiguity and making decisions with imperfect information
- Ability to work across teams and bring people along to get things moving
- Strong problem solving skills and bias for action
- Ability to turn insights into clear actions and next steps
Why Asahi Beverages?
At Asahi Beverages, we're passionate about crafting more than just drinks – we craft moments of connection, celebration and shared enjoyment. We bring together a diverse portfolio of iconic beverage brands, a commitment to quality and a drive to constantly innovate. Headquartered in Melbourne and with facilities right across Australia and New Zealand, you'll find Asahi is a place where talent is nurtured and ambition is rewarded. If you're ready to toast your future, we're ready to meet you.
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