Shape Lion's future across ANZ, exploring long-term growth opportunities and turning complex strategic questions into clear business choices.
Lion is one of Australasia's leading beverage companies, with a portfolio of some of Australia and New Zealand's most recognised and loved brands, including
XXXX, Hahn, Stone & Wood, Kirin Hyoketsu and Steinlager
,
Behind our brands is a diverse and complex ANZ business spanning brewing, supply chain, sales, marketing, innovation and more.
As part of the Kirin Group, we also have the opportunity to think beyond our current business and explore how Lion and Kirin's capabilities, assets and relationships can create new sources of growth.
We're looking for a
Senior Strategy Manager
to join our Strategy team in Sydney and help shape some of the bigger choices that will influence Lion's future.
This is a genuinely
ANZ-focused role
, working across Australia and New Zealand and taking an enterprise-wide view of where Lion goes next.
You'll work with senior leaders across Lion, alongside Kirin and external partners, exploring new markets, partnerships, business models, technologies and capabilities.
Your role is to investigate the opportunity, connect the dots, build the commercial case and take the thinking to a explicit decision point before transitioning it into the business.
What you'll be doing
Explore medium and long-term growth and performance opportunities across our Australian and New Zealand businesses
Lead the discovery and definition of complex strategic projects
Build business cases that assess value creation,



investment, risks and trade-offs
Explore future scenarios and challenge assumptions to strengthen decision making
Connect opportunities and capabilities across Lion, Kirin and external partners
Turn strategic choices into clear priorities, roadmaps and actions
Partner with senior stakeholders across Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, Technology, Insights and Planning
What you'll bring
Strong strategic and structured problem-solving capability
Commercial and financial acumen, with an ability to understand what creates value
Experience working within a complex business environment, ideally FMCG; experience from other relevant consumer industries such as pharma may also translate well
A background or strong exposure to Finance or Supply Chain would be valuable
The ability to think enterprise-wide, understand how different parts of a business connect and identify opportunities others may not see
Confidence working with and constructively challenging senior stakeholders
Strong collaboration and influencing skills, balanced with the ability to work independently and drive your own work
The ability to simplify complexity and communicate a compelling recommendation
This is an opportunity to step beyond today's priorities and work on questions that could shape
Lion across Australia and New Zealand for the next 3–10 years
.
You'll have exposure across our business and the opportunity to influence strategic choices that can deliver sustainable, long-term value.
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📌 Senior Strategy Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Lion
📍 Sydney