This is your opportunity to join a highly collaborative and motivated team as a Communication Manager as Asahi Beverages embarks upon a multi-year Transformation journey that will see our already successful organization step-change its growth, efficiency and productivity to set us up for continued growth in the future. 

Your impact

Reporting to the Group Head Internal Communications, and partnering extensively with the Change Management and Transformation teams this is a fantastic opportunity for a talented professional to lead communications on this critical transformation change program.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Leading the management, governance and execution of our Transformation Customer Communications, across multiple channels and stakeholder groups
• Leading communications and execution (customer and internal) for our biggest Transformation Initiative
• Management of the enterprise-wide Transformation communications requirements strategy, plan and calendar
• Leading engagement with internal business partners to advise and manage messaging, channels, content, and approaches with the goal of driving engagement internally and enhancing the company’s employer value proposition (EVP) with customers.
• Counselling and supporting senior leaders on key functional program-related communications as required to assist in delivering senior leader’s communications tools and messages

About you

You’re a seasoned Transformation/Change Comms expert, who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is comfortable with ambiguity and competing priorities.  You’re brilliant at managing stakeholders and love helping to make sense of complex programs.  You’re all about the end-user experience and get a real kick of out of working with great people to deliver amazing results.

You will also have:

• Degree qualified in business management, marketing or communications 
• Vast communication experience in a corporate environment, with demonstrated internal/employee communications
• Experience in customer communications is ideal
• Change communications experience, ideally within the context of major transformation initiatives
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities and managing budgets
• Experience in using a wide variety of communication tools including traditional and digital communications
• Excellent planning and project management experience
• Strong influencing and coaching skills & the ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity
• Strong collaboration skills, able to build relationships with all levels of the organization

If you think you’ve got what it takes and are keen to co-create our future, then give us a shout and tell us what makes you a fantastic fit!

Why Asahi Beverages?

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