Brand Manager - Nestlé Pacific Islands
At a glance
Manager-level Brand Marketing role at Nestlé. Rhodes.
Pay not stated Brand Manager salary
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What you'll do
- Set annual plans for the brands and categories, using consumer, shopper and market insight to find growth opportunities
- Build campaigns that strengthen brand preference and create demand across Confectionery and Infant Nutrition
- Take new products from early concept through launch, coordinating work across functions and local markets
- Work with local sales and marketing teams to deliver plans, manage investment returns and support profitable growth
What you bring
- A degree in business, marketing or a related discipline
- At least five years of successful marketing work in consumer packaged goods or FMCG
- Experience handling budgets and leading cross-functional brand, campaign, innovation or portfolio projects
- You understand Pacific Island life and culture, and can work across geographically dispersed markets
Who this fits
This manager role suits a commercially minded marketer who can turn varied market insight into focused growth plans and influence teams across countries and functions. Travel to Pacific markets is required, and you need full Australian working rights.
From the employer
Position Summary - Accelerate growth across some of the Pacific’s most loved brands.
At Nestlé Pacific Islands, we grow iconic brands across diverse markets, from Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Solomon Islands to New Caledonia and French Polynesia. We are looking for a commercially minded Brand Manager who combines strong marketing capability with Pacific Islands market knowledge.
Reporting to the Head of Marketing Pacific Islands, you will lead growth across the Confectionery and Infant Nutrition portfolios. You will turn insight into category and brand strategies, deliver compelling campaigns and innovation, and partner with local market teams to drive profitable growth.
A day in the life…
This is a rare opportunity to work across multiple brands, categories, and markets while building deep regional expertise. You will be close to consumers and customers, partner with committed local teams and help shape the future of important Nestlé categories across the Pacific.
- Lead the development and execution of annual brand and category plans.
- Identify growth opportunities through consumers, shoppers, and market understanding.
- Develop and execute communication campaigns that build brand equity and generate demand.
- Lead new product projects from concept to launch.
- Partner closely with local Sales and Marketing activation teams to drive execution excellence.
- Marketing investments to maximise ROI and profitable growth.
- Influence stakeholders across multiple markets and functions.
- Champion consumer-centric decision making across the business.
What will make you successful
You bring curiosity, commercial judgement, and the ability to translate diverse market realities into focused growth plans.
- A degree in Business, Marketing, or related discipline.
- 5+ years of demonstrated success in consumer-packaged goods or FMCG marketing.
- Understanding Pacific Island life and culture, with curiosity to learn from consumers, shoppers, competitors, and trade customers.
- Proven ability to operate effectively across complex, geographically dispersed markets.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience managing budgets and driving profitable growth.
- Experience leading cross-functional brands, communication, innovation, or portfolio projects.
- Resilience, resourcefulness, and the ability to influence stakeholders across countries and functions.
- Experience across food and beverage categories highly regarded.
- Energised by the opportunity to be on the ground in Pacific markets — leading consumer immersions, uncovering local insights and continuously building deep market knowledge. Travel to the Pacific markets is a requirement for this role.
Full Australian working rights and applicants may be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including but not limited to health checks, prior to appointment to this role.
Benefits
You will have the chance to work with an outstanding and highly engaged team, build and grow your career with an inclusive, global FMCG leader.
- Competitive salary + attractive bonus program
- Up to 5 ‘KitKat Days’ each year to rest, recharge and support your wellbeing
- Personalised development and varied career opportunities within a global FMCG leader
- Wellbeing perks including free flu vaccinations, discounted private health insurance, and discounted gym memberships
- Access to Purchased Leave, Volunteering Leave, Sports Leave and Emergency Services Leave
- Up to 18 weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Discounts on Nestlé products and offers from our retail and service partners
- Novated leasing options
- Salary sacrifice to superannuation
Our Story
At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering an inclusive, diverse, and collaborative environment, embracing innovation, and empowering people and teams to win.
We aim to hire respectful, curious, value driven and inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.
Be a force for good.
For more information, please visit our website Nestlé Australia Home | Nestlé Australia (nestle.com.au)
We want to make finding your dream job possible. If you require additional support with your application, please contact us at careers@au.nestle.com
Apply today!
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