Senior Manager - Commercial Projects & Planning
Job no: 503870
Work type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Location: Melbourne
Categories: Corporate Support Functions
Please note: This is a 12 mo FTC
Your Impact
Help shape and deliver the Commercial agenda at Asahi.
At Asahi Beverages, we’re looking for a commercially minded project and planning leader who can bring structure, clarity and momentum to high-impact Commercial priorities.
Reporting to the Head of Customer Transformation, this role will work closely with Commercial, Customer Transformation, Supply Chain, Technology, Finance and partner teams to turn high-level business priorities into clearly scoped, sequenced and executable initiatives.
This role is approximately 80% initiative ownership and delivery and 20% governance. We're looking for someone who can take an ambiguous Commercial priority, create clarity around the problem, scope the work, align stakeholders, build the plan and drive momentum through to execution. Governance exists to support delivery—not to become the job itself
You’ll sit close to the business, unpack complex priorities, challenge assumptions, define what success looks like and build practical delivery pathways that create pace and follow-through.
Key Responsibilities
- Translating broad Commercial priorities into clear problem statements, outcomes, scope, benefits and ownership
- Building practical plans with milestones, actions, owners, dependencies and decision points
- Leading Commercial-led initiatives that sit outside formal Strategic Projects governance
- Creating visibility of risks, readiness, dependencies and decisions across the Commercial agenda
- Preparing executive-ready materials, decision papers and commercial updates
- Partnering with senior stakeholders to drive alignment, accountability and momentum
- Ensuring initiatives land with clear commercial impact and operational ownership
About You
You may currently be working in Commercial Strategy, Business Planning, Transformation, Strategic Projects or Management Consulting and looking for an opportunity to move closer to business ownership and delivery. Experience within FMCG is beneficial but not essential
- Experience in commercial strategy, business planning, transformation, strategic initiatives, commercial operations or portfolio planning
- Strong structured thinking and the ability to create clarity from ambiguity
- Excellent written communication, executive synthesis and storytelling skills
- Confidence working with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
- Strong delivery discipline, with the ability to maintain pace and follow-through
- Commercial judgement and the confidence to challenge assumptions and make trade-offs clear
- FMCG, B2B, customer, digital, route-to-market or commercial transformation experience would be highly regarded
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