National Channel Manager - Golf & Restaurants
Job no: 503824
Work type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Melbourne
Categories: Sales
Your Impact
This is a high-impact national leadership role within the Away From Home business, owning the Restaurants & Golf channel end-to-end. You’ll shape strategy, lead key partnerships, and drive sustainable revenue and market share growth, positioning Asahi as the beverage partner of choice across premium dining and golf environments.
Key Accountabilities
- Own the national Restaurants & Golf P&L, delivering revenue, margin and growth targets
- Develop and execute the multi-year channel strategy aligned to commercial priorities
- Lead forecasting, financial planning and trade investment optimisation
- Identify growth opportunities through new business and multi-beverage adoption
- Build senior relationships with key customers, distributors and industry partners
- Negotiate strategic commercial agreements and secure major contracts (e.g. MSOs, high-profile venues)
- Drive joint business planning and elevate channel credibility and presence
- Translate strategy into execution frameworks and field sales plans
- Lead channel execution including major golf events, tournaments and conferences
- Set performance metrics, lead review cycles and drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Directly lead a Key Account Executive while contributing to the broader development of a high-performing team across Golf & Restaurants
- Drive alignment, change initiatives and organisational effectiveness
- Champion a strong safety, wellbeing and compliance culture
About You
- Solid experience in FMCG commercial or sales leadership roles
- Proven experience managing national accounts and a large P&L
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to drive revenue and profitability outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to build and influence senior stakeholder relationships
- Highly capable negotiator with experience delivering commercially sound agreements
- Strong analytical mindset with a track record of delivering results in a sales environment
- Experienced people leader with the ability to develop, coach and inspire high-performing teams
- Understanding of the Golf and Restaurant landscape, with a genuine interest in the sector highly regarded
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