Country Director

Job description

**About us** AB InBev is the leading global brewer and one of the world’s top 5 consumer product companies. With over 500 beer brands, we’re number one or two in many of the world’s top beer markets, including North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. **About the role** The Country Director, Australia and region will be ABI's senior accountable leader for the Australia business. The role owns the full P&L, leads the AOP and commercial strategy, and is responsible for translating ABI's growth ambition into a sustainable, partner-led operating model across this country. The Country Director has one clear country agenda, stronger senior relationships with 3 local partners and new partners, improved route-to-market execution, and a scalable commercial model for Corona and future ABI portfolio growth. **What you'll do:** - Owns the full country economics and makes choices that improve sustainable growth and profitability. - Builds senior relationships, negotiates priorities and holds partners accountable for performance. - Turns ABI ambition into clear market choices across brands, packs, customers, channels and investments. - Designs routes to market and customer models that improve access, control and execution quality. - Builds long-term brand equity while delivering annual volume, revenue and margin commitments. - Builds teams, decision rights and routines that raise market capability over time. - Frames decisions, risks and trade-offs clearly for ABI leadership and partner executives **What you'll need:** - 15+ years of senior commercial, country management, general management, sales leadership or partner-led market leadership experience, ideally in beer, beverages, FMCG or premium consumer goods. - Proven full P&L ownership, including ability to manage revenue, volume, margin, trade investment and financial delivery across annual and multi-year horizons. - Strong experience managing strategic partners, distributors, retailers or route-to-market partners at senior executive level. - Deep commercial capability across AOP, customer strategy, RGM, trade marketing, RTM, portfolio, innovation and performance management. - Experience leading teams and matrix organizations where influence, governance and clear decision rights are required. - Australia market experience is strongly preferred; experience with alcohol, regulated consumer categories or partner-led operating models is a strong advantage. - Executive communication capability, high ownership, strong judgment and ability to create clarity in complex, partner-dependent markets. **What We Offer:** - Competitive salary + annual bonus - Employer retirement contributions (Superannuation)