Brand Manager

About The Job

Join Danone, a global leader with a health-focused portfolio in food and beverages. Shape the future of Aptamil by driving brand growth, innovation, and impactful consumer experiences across ANZ. Competitive rewards and benefits, including performance incentives and flexible hybrid working

About The Job

We are seeking an experienced and agile Brand Manager to drive sustainable growth across the Aptamil portfolio. Reporting to the Senior Brand Manager, this role will be responsible for delivering brand activation excellence, leading key innovation and renovation projects, driving consumer engagement initiatives and partnering cross-functionally to unlock growth opportunities.

The successful candidate will combine strong marketing execution capabilities with commercial acumen, analytical thinking and outstanding stakeholder management skills.

• Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to)
• Brand Strategy & Execution
• Support the development and execution of Aptamil brand strategy, positioning and communication plans, ensuring alignment with consumer needs, category opportunities and business objectives.
• Integrated Campaign Management
• Lead the planning and execution of integrated marketing campaigns with our agency village across creative, digital, media, influencer, retail and CRM channels, partnering with agency teams to deliver exceptional consumer experiences and growth outcomes.
• Innovation & Renovation Project Leadership
• Lead cross-functional innovation and renovation projects from concept through launch.
• Portfolio Performance & Insights
• Monitor brand, category and campaign performance, leveraging consumer, market and competitive insights to identify opportunities and make recommendations to accelerate growth.
• Stakeholder & Agency Management
• Build strong partnerships across Sales, Medical, Category, Finance, Supply Chain and regional teams, while effectively managing agencies to deliver integrated and impactful marketing programs.
• Budget & Marketing Operations
• Support management of the marketing budget, forecasting processes, vendor set-up, purchase orders, governance approvals and campaign administration to ensure efficient execution of brand plans.

About You

You have prior experience working in Marketing within the FMCG or Healthcare industry. You possess natural leadership with the ability to foster strong relationships, influence teams as well as coach and mentor a high performing team. You balance creativity with an analytical and commercial mindset and have the agility and ability to work through high levels of ambiguity and complexity.

Ideally you will have Strong marketing experience (preferably FMCG), with 2 plus year in a Brand Manager role. Proven track record of leading brand execution and key initiatives in a fast-paced, dynamic environmentProven track record of successful project leadership/management and stakeholder managementExperience working with media & creative agencies in the delivery of multi-channel communication campaigns.

Extensive experience working within an NPD Stage Gate process, from ideation to execution. Experience with and full understanding of P&L Experience using research and data for meaningful inputs to strategy or to drive key business decisions Previous exposure to retailer presentations and engagement ideal but not mandatory

About us

Why Join Danone?

• At Danone, purpose and performance go hand in hand.
• We offer
• Impact Shape the future of one of ANZ's most trusted infant nutrition brands
• Ownership Lead high-profile campaigns, innovation launches and growth initiatives
• Collaboration Partner with talented teams across Marketing, Sales, Medical and Supply Chain
• Growth Ongoing learning, development and career opportunities
• Flexibility Hybrid working and 3pm finishes every Friday
• Rewards Competitive salary, incentives and market-leading benefits
• Purpose Help support healthier futures for families across ANZReady to Make an Impact?

If you are ready to build brands, drive growth and shape the future of nutrition, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now and be part of something bigger.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & InclusionWe are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe diverse perspectives help us create better outcomes for our people, consumers and communities.