Assistant Channel Manager

A World of Opportunity AwaitsWe are Fonterra, one of the world's largest dairy nutrition companies. Here in Australia, we collect milk from Aussie Farmers across Victoria and Tasmania, and our manufacturing sites turn this into the dairy foods you know and love in our supermarkets, including Perfect Italiano™, Mainland™, Western Star™, and Bega™. We also sell dairy ingredients to many of the world's leading food companies and partner with food services businesses across the country to get dairy foods into chefs' hands.As a Co-operative created and owned by New Zealand dairy farmers, our collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in Australia and around the world.As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.About the OpportunityWe are seeking an Assistant Channel Manager - Dining, to support delivery of the Foodservice Channel Strategy for Oceania. In this newly formed team, you will find that every day will be different, from striving for executional excellence in marketing and trade promotion initiatives, to supporting the commercialisation of insight-led innovation projects, and leading top tier asset development activity.You will report to the Channel Development Manager - Dining and you will work together to accelerate growth within this strategically important channel.Key responsibilities will include:

• Support delivery of the Dining channel strategy and annual marketing plan activities.
• Support the development and execution of integrated activation programs for key innovation launches and promotional activities.
• Lead the development and execution of best-in-class trade and customer marketing initiatives, working collaboratively with the sales team and key customers.
• Lead the development of a compelling range of sales assets, tools, and merchandise, working collaboratively with the sales team to understand their needs thus ensuring all tools that are developed are relevant and add value to our customers throughout their buying journey.

About YouA highly collaborative work style, teamed with excellent stakeholder management skills, will be key to your success in this role. We are a team of people who loving working in a fast paced, exciting environment supporting our sales teams and chefs in market.You will have the proven ability to plan and prioritise, as well as consistently achieve results that exceed expectations.You will also have:

• 3 - 5 years' working experience gained in Marketing, with FMCG or Foodservice exposure highly regarded.
• Tertiary qualifications in business or technical related field.

The benefits of life at FonterraOur people and what they bring to our Co-op shape our success. We have a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, making Fonterra a great place to work. We also offer competitive remuneration and a range of benefits, regardless of your role or location.

• We offer flexible working to ensure the job gets done whilst being there for life's important moments.
• With a global presence, a world of career opportunities awaits you.
• We support your health and wellbeing with events, discounts on wellbeing products, and employee assistance programs.
• We encourage lifelong learning and will help you develop your skills.
• Enjoy discounted health insurance based on your employment type and location.
• No matter your life stage or choices, we have leave options, including purchasing additional leave, enhanced parental benefits, and long-service leave.

Our storyWe are proud to be Fonterra, with a business enabled by everyday people doing good things together. Being part of Fonterra means being part of a unique history, realising the potential of dairy for generations to come, and solving for a better future together. Our Co-operative spirit guides us with a common purpose: caring for all our people and the land to solve for better together. We provide excellent career development opportunities, benefits, flexibility, and balance to suit everyone's lifestyles and choices.Fonterra is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.Sound good to you? Come and join us, and let's solve for better, together. You, me, us together.