Job Description
Brand Manager
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Application Deadline: 15 September ****
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Department: Marketing
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Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
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Location: Australia
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Description
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Great People Work Here.
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Twinings & Co has a proud history spanning over 300 years and operates on a global scale. With strong brand positioning we are viewed as a market leader in our field. The Australian operations continue to enjoy a positive growth trajectory. We are a high performing business that is focused on employing the best talent in the market to deliver on the business' clear vision for success.
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Job Purpose
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The Brand Manager – is responsible for driving Twinings' growth across priority emerging channels, including eCommerce and Out-of-Home (OOH). Reporting to the Senior Brand Manager, this role leads a broad portfolio of brand management activities, spanning portfolio strategy, commercial leadership, innovation, performance analysis, and product change initiatives across Australia and New Zealand.
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A key focus of the role is identifying and delivering long-term growth opportunities through innovation. This includes developing channel-specific portfolio strategies across the core range, NPD, gifting, and premium offerings to meet evolving consumer needs.
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The successful candidate will be a commercially minded, results-driven marketer who can seamlessly balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution. Strong consumer focus, eCommerce experience, a growth mindset, and the ability to influence and collaborate across teams are critical to success
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Key Responsibilities
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Key responsibilities Strategic and Commercial Planning
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Support the SBM in developing longer-term strategic brand plans for Twinings' growth channels, including Amazon,



OOH and Costco.
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Build deep channel understanding and define how to win across consumer, shopper, customer and company needs.
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Define the optimal five-year sequencing of initiatives across core, NPD, gifting and premium portfolios.
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NPD Project Leadership
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Work closely with the local cross-functional team and NPD team to deliver NPD and product change initiative
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Lead the development of channel-specific ideas and concepts to unlock growth, leveraging the global pantry and platforms, with bespoke Australian offers developed where required.
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Act as brand lead for the development and in-market delivery of NPD and product change initiatives.
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Partner with Insights to conduct research that validates NPD opportunities.
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Manage communication and collaboration with NPD Project Managers.
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Lead Gate paper development for key projects, ensuring alignment with the Commercial team.
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Lead development of the gifting, tea merchandise and seasonal ranges to drive recruitment, create recent occasions and build brand equity.
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Executional Excellence Working collaboratively with Sales, Finance, Category and Marketing, this role will:
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Oversee implementation of key NPD and customer marketing initiatives, including target setting, execution planning and post-implementation analysis.
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Motivate and collaborate across the Commercial team to ensure effective plan implementation.
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Partner with Sales and Category to develop compelling customer presentations and engagement tools that support delivery of the plans.
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Define success measures and apply test-and-learn approaches to scale what works and optimise where performance is off track.
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Brief the Connections team on key objectives and partner with them to define the optimal consumer experience.
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Lead commercial forums that align the cross-functional team and drive strong execution of agreed plans.
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Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
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Qualification/License or Registrations
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Tertiary Qualification in Marketing or Business Management
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Relevant experience in Brand Management, ideally with a strong NPD project management background
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Professional competencies
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Strong track record of marketing / innovation within the FMCG industry
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Demonstrated experience in developing innovation pipelines and managing innovation funnels.
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Enthused to work on both high-level strategic projects and also get involved in low-level/day-to-day execution.
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Understanding of, and enthusiasm for small team mentality i.e. high responsibility, accountability and autonomy.
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Knowledge of marketing practice and best practice innovation including agile, design-led thinking.
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Commercial experience within FMCG, successfully launching NPD.
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Benefits
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Additional 1% Superannuation
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Flexible / Hybrid working options
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Birthday Day Leave
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Discounted Twinings Co products
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Access to LinkedIn Learning
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Access to ABF Networking, connect, collaborate, and grow across the ABF Group.
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📌 Brand Manager (Victoria)
🏢 Twinings Ovaltine
📍 Victoria