Job Description

Your Impact

Asahi Beverages is looking for an experienced Media Manager to join our Consumer Experience team. This is a senior paid media role focused on enabling best-in-class media strategy, planning and optimisation across a portfolio of brands. You will partner closely with brand teams, agency partners, and the broader Consumer Experience function to ensure media investment drives strong brand and commercial outcomes.

As a media subject matter expert. you will ensure plans are strategically sound, commercially focused and aligned to portfolio media principles. This role suits someone who combines strong technical media expertise with commercial judgement, stakeholder influence and the ability to lead agency partners effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage portfolio media planning, including timelines, budgets and approvals
• Act as the key link between brand teams and agency partners
• Review agency recommendations, identify shortfalls and negotiate refinements within budget
• Support portfolio media strategy, principles and planning rhythms across Marketing
• Partner with Marketing Effectiveness on MROI, insights and investment decisions
• Build media capability across brand teams through best practice and market insights

About You

You’re an experienced media specialist with strong planning, agency management and stakeholder influence capability. You understand how media drives brand growth and can connect channel strategy, investment decisions, campaign performance and commercial outcomes.

You will bring:

• 8–10 years’ relevant media experience across agency, client-side or publisher environments
• Experience planning and optimising significant media investment across multiple brands
• Advanced understanding of media channels and how they contribute to brand and commercial outcomes
• Solid knowledge of media performance metrics, ideally within FMCG or a similar environment
• Confidence engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and influencing changes in direction or investment
• Ability to translate data and campaign results into clear insights and recommendations
• FMCG or portfolio brand experience preferred but not essential

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.