About the Role
The Head of Marketing – ANZ is responsible for defining and delivering the end-to-end marketing growth agenda across Australia and New Zealand. This role leads the development of operator-centric strategies, brand and portfolio growth, digital transformation, and demand generation, ensuring UFS wins in an increasingly competitive and fast-evolving foodservice market. The role sits on the ANZ Leadership Team and is accountable for building a high-performing, future-fit marketing organisation, driving sustainable growth through insight-led innovation, market leading communication and trade activation as well as driving for data-driven decision making across the team.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the ANZ marketing strategy aligned to UFS global and regional priorities
- Own marketing inputs into Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and deliver against financial targets
- Identify and unlock new growth spaces, segments and channels
- Translate global strategy into locally relevant execution plans
- Lead the end-to-end portfolio strategy across core and growth segments
- Drive insight-led innovation pipelines and ensure strong funnel sufficiency to fuel growth
- Deliver best-in-class brand campaigns that increase penetration, reach, share and deliver against innovation business objectives
- Develop and execute integrated demand generation strategies across all operator touchpoints
- Lead customer marketing and channel strategy across key segments
- Ensure seamless end-to-end operator journeys across physical and digital touchpoints
- Commercialise the Future Menus platform in ANZ
- Own the digital marketing and eCommerce agenda across ANZ
- Lead development and execution of digital strategy, ensuring learnings and improvements are adopted to drive results
- Ensure always-on strategy delivers chef centric content that converts
- Leverage market, operator, and customer insights to inform strategy and decision-making
- Champion the use of data and analytics to drive commercial outcomes and prioritisation across the ANZ team
- Build strong category growth frameworks and support CD to represent these externally
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing marketing team across ANZ
- Build capabilities in digital, data, innovation, and commercial marketing
- Foster a culture of accountability, agility and continuous improvement
- Drive strong engagement and organisational health
Requirements
- Significant experience in senior marketing leadership role, ideally in FMCG or foodservice
- Proven track record in driving growth through brand, portfolio and innovation strategy
- Strong expertise in digital marketing, data analytics, and demand generation
- Ability to translate insights into commercial outcomes
- Experience operating in complex, matrix organisations with global/local interfaces
- Strong leadership and stakeholder influencing skills
Skills
- Digital marketing
- Data analytics
- Demand generation
- Brand strategy
- Portfolio strategy
- Innovation strategy
- Leadership
- Stakeholder influencing
Location
- Sydney, Australia
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior marketing leadership
Benefits
- Amazing discounts on external company products
- Attractive employee referral reward program
About the Company
- Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is a global leader in the foodservice industry, operating in over 76 countries with a clear ambition to serve 5 million operators by 2030 through superior products, insights and solutions.
- The core of Unilever’s culture is captured as Human, Purposeful, Accountable.
- You will be joining a dynamic, flexible, and inspiring work environment that truly cares about your wellbeing, values what you do and celebrates your success.
- This is your opportunity to be part of a purpose-led business and a global community where you can progress your career both locally and internationally.
- This is a great opportunity to work within an iconic and global organization.
- We have gained our reputation as one of the world's most admired employers by providing an environment where individuals can achieve their goals, both professionally and personally.
Equal Opportunity
- Unilever is an organization committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities.
- This means we encourage people with all backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pacific Peoples, and people with disabilities.
- At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you!
- We encourage you to advise us at the time of your application if you require any reasonable adjustment so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
