About this role
The Opportunity
Nestlé has a unique and exciting opportunity for a Marketing Manager to join our Confectionery team in a contract role until Dec 2026.
You will play a pivotal role in driving the marketing agenda for our Confectionery Australia and New Zealand, including iconic brands like Allen’s, Butter Menthol, Quick-Eze & Soothers.
This is a critical role so we're looking for someone with big ambition, energised and future focused with high stakeholder management skills and a passion for coaching and development
A Day in the Life…
Confectionery is never boring in this dynamic role:
- Develop and implement comprehensive marketing strategies and plans across a diverse portfolio of brands.
- Drive strategic planning and development initiatives.
- Lead the creation and execution of communication plans to enhance brand visibility and engagement.
- Ensure the successful execution of the annual marketing plan, with a focus on delivering all marketing initiatives on time and in alignment with key objectives.
- Oversee end-to-end innovation planning and development, ensuring local initiatives align with global goals.
- Manage stakeholder relationships, including the local leadership team, agency partners, and internal stakeholders across the organization.
- Leading a highly motivated passionate brand team overseeing functional competency development and succession planning for the marketing team.
What will make you successful:
- A minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a Marketing Manager role, with team responsibility.
- Proven track record in creating and implementing marketing strategies, including experience in NPD and ATL campaign management.
- Strong business and commercial acumen, ideally within the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector.
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams and engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills, with a passion for people development and fostering talent within the team.
- Tertiary qualifications in Marketing or Business.
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.
Please note that this role may close earlier than the advertised deadline at our discretion, so we encourage early applications.
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.
In addition, we offer:
- Hybrid working model
- Access to 5 additional days of leave to support your health and wellbeing
- Varied career experiences and personalised development support
- Wellbeing benefits including vaccinations and health insurance discounts
- Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and program
- Paid parental and partner leave
- Purchase Leave Scheme
- Volunteering leave, Sports leave, Emergency Services leave
- Discounted Nestlé products
- 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 [email protected]
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Other facts
About Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA
As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Our culture is based on our values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future.
We can trace our origin back to 1866, when the first European condensed milk factory was opened in Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. One year later, Henri Nestlé, a trained pharmacist, launched one of the world’s first prepared infant cereals ‘Farine lactée’ in Vevey, Switzerland.
Today, we employ around 273,000 people and have factories or operations in almost every country in the world. With our headquarters still based in the Swiss town of Vevey, we had sales of CHF 84.3 billion in 2020.
Our portfolio covers almost every food and beverage category – offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families.
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What you'll do
- The Marketing Manager will develop and implement marketing strategies for a diverse portfolio of confectionery brands and ensure the successful execution of the annual marketing plan. This role also involves managing stakeholder relationships and leading a brand team.
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