At Asahi Beverages, we're investing in the future of our manufacturing and supply chain network, and procurement plays a critical role in making that happen.
Due to an internal promotion, we're looking for a Regional Category Manager to join our Procurement team. This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a highly visible role where you'll partner with Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain leaders, lead complex sourcing initiatives and drive meaningful commercial outcomes.
We're open to a range of backgrounds and experiences. Whether you've built your career in procurement, engineering, maintenance, construction, infrastructure or major capital projects, we'd love to hear from you.
This role is responsible for developing and delivering category strategies across engineering, maintenance and capital-related spend categories.
You'll lead sourcing projects from end to end, build strong supplier partnerships and work closely with stakeholders to identify opportunities that improve performance, manage risk and create long-term value.
This is a role for someone who enjoys solving problems, influencing stakeholders and making things happen.
We're looking for someone who brings strong commercial thinking, excellent stakeholder skills and a passion for delivering results.
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Why Asahi?
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.
Asahi Beverages is one of the leading beverage companies in Australia and New Zealand, producing an extensive range of alcohol and non-alcohol beverages.
Our non-alcohol portfolio extends across soft drinks, mixers, mineral water, water, juice, tea, energy and sports drinks, with iconic and well-loved brands such as Schweppes, Cool Ridge and Pepsi.
Our alcohol portfolio includes both local craft and international beers such as Asahi Super Dry and Peroni, as well as cider, ready-to-drink and spirits brands.
Asahi Beverages formed in 2014 through the integration of the Schweppes Australia and Asahi Premium Beverages businesses in Australia and Independent Liquor in New Zealand. Our Group also includes The Better Drinks Co, a NZ based juice and organic soft drink business and craft brewer, Mountain Goat.
We work in a category with rapidly changing consumer wants and needs, which fuels our entrepreneurial spirit and our thirst for category-growing innovation. Our company has grown enormously over the past decade, and as we continue to evolve, we’re looking for people who thrive on collaborating, connection and building high performing teams and who are agile, adventurous and always willing to jump in and give it their all.
It’s an exciting time to join our company. We believe that with us, you’ll get the experiences you need to develop to the next stage of your career as together we build the Asahi Beverages and the beverages category of the future.
Keen to explore our current vacant positions? Visit our Careers Page:
https://www.asahi.com.au/careers/careers
