Head of Strategic Change, Commercial & Corporate

Asahi Beverages; Melbourne; Vor Ort; AUD 180.000 - 260.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Asahi Beverages Group is seeking a Head of Strategic Change to lead transformation across Commercial and Corporate functions, partnering with senior leaders to shape priorities, workforce, capability and operating model change.

You will align strategy with execution, build organisational readiness, sponsor executives, and direct a high-performing change team delivering lasting value for customers and the business.

Qualifikationen

• Substantial senior transformation, change leadership or strategic partnering experience across complex programs.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives and shape major business decisions.
• Strong commercial acumen with ability to connect strategy to value.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering large-scale change.
• Experience across operating model design, workforce transition and governance.
• Enterprise mindset with ability to navigate ambiguity and build trusted relationships.

Aufgaben

• Partner with senior leaders to shape transformation strategy and prioritize the portfolio.
• Translate strategy into workforce impacts, readiness and adoption plans.
• Build executive alignment and sponsor accountability across initiatives.
• Provide integrated view of priorities, capacity and change impacts to guide sequencing.
• Shape operating model choices, workforce transition and capability initiatives.
• Lead and develop the change team, focusing on high-value and high-risk programs.

Kenntnisse

Senior transformation leadership

Influence senior executives

Commercial acumen

Change management leadership

Organisational design

Portfolio governance

Jobbeschreibung

Head of Strategic Change, Commercial & Corporate

A pivotal senior leadership opportunity to shape transformation at scale and make a lasting organisational impact.

This is a strategic leadership opportunity to shape how Asahi Beverages delivers transformational change across its Commercial and Corporate functions. Partnering with senior leaders, you’ll influence transformation priorities, help shape organisational choices, workforce, capability and operating model change, and build the organisational readiness needed to realise sustainable business value.

You'll play a key role in ensuring transformation delivers meaningful outcomes for the business and its customers, connecting strategic priorities with improvements in how we operate, collaborate and serve our customers. From strengthening commercial capabilities to enabling more effective customer engagement and experiences, you'll help ensure change delivers lasting value.

Reporting to the General Manager, People Experience & Operations, the Head of Strategic Change will lead the Commercial and Corporate change capability supporting a significant portfolio of strategic initiatives. You’ll bring executive stakeholders together, challenge and navigate competing priorities, and ensure the organisation is equipped to adopt and sustain change.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to shape transformation strategy, challenge and prioritise the portfolio, and influence implementation approaches.
• Influence executive decisions by translating business strategy into workforce impacts, organisational readiness and adoption plans.
• Build executive alignment and sponsor accountability, coaching leaders to own and sustain change.
• Provide an integrated view of portfolio priorities, dependencies, organisational capacity and change impacts to shape sequencing, investment and resource allocation decisions.
• Shape the organisational and people implications of transformation, including operating model choices, workforce transition and capability.
• Lead and develop the change team, setting clear direction and deploying capability to initiatives with the greatest strategic value and risk.

About You

You’re a strategic transformation leader with strong commercial judgement, a customer-focused mindset and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders. You connect business strategy with practical execution, understand how organisational change impacts customers and commercial performance, and build the leadership commitment needed to deliver sustainable outcomes.

• Substantial senior transformation, change leadership or strategic partnering experience across complex enterprise transformations and portfolios.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives, constructively challenge assumptions and shape material business decisions.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to connect business strategy, portfolio investment, operating model choices and workforce impacts.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and developing organisational change capability.
• Strong experience across organisational design, workforce transition, portfolio prioritisation and governance.
• A progressive, enterprise mindset with the ability to navigate ambiguity, build trusted relationships and bring fresh thinking to complex transformation challenges.

At Asahi Beverages, we're passionate about crafting more than just drinks – we craft moments of connection, celebration and shared enjoyment. We bring together a diverse portfolio of iconic beverage brands, a commitment to quality and a drive to constantly innovate. Headquartered in Melbourne and with facilities right across Australia and New Zealand, you'll find Asahi is a place where talent is nurtured and ambition is rewarded. If you're ready to toast your future, we're ready to meet you.

• Advertised: 06 November 2026 AEST