Senior Portfolio Planner

 

Your Impact

Join our Supply Chain team in Southbank, VIC and help deliver new products and portfolio changes across our Alcohol and Non-Alcohol businesses.

As our Senior Portfolio Planner, you’ll represent Supply Chain Planning across a large portfolio of projects, taking ownership of the more complex initiatives. You’ll connect planning teams with cross-functional project teams, ensuring requirements, risks and timelines are clearly communicated and managed.

You’ll also lead a small team of Portfolio Planners and influence stakeholders across Commercial, Procurement, suppliers and manufacturing to keep projects moving towards successful delivery.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead supply chain planning across complex product launches and portfolio change projects.
• Coordinate planning requirements, timelines and information across project teams, suppliers and manufacturing sites.
• Identify and escalate risks that could affect raw materials, production or launch timing.
• Support Stage & Gate reviews with clear supply chain inputs and recommendations.
• Coordinate raw material readiness and first production orders.
• Manage product deletions, stock run-out and obsolescence within project budgets.
• Lead and develop up to two Portfolio Planners.

 

About You

You’re a confident and organised supply chain professional who can manage competing priorities, influence stakeholders and speak up when project outcomes are at risk.

• Experience in supply chain planning, NPD, portfolio planning or a similar role within FMCG.
• Experience supporting product launches or significant product changes.
• Understanding of Stage & Gate or a similar project governance process.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and maintain attention to detail.
• People leadership experience or demonstrated leadership capability.
• Working knowledge of SAP and Excel.

 

Why Asahi Beverages?

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