Woolworths Group Looking for Marketing Manager – Good for New Zealand at Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

• 12 month fixed term opportunity!
• Huge opportunity to connect customers with the Countdown brand
• Drive change and build momentum across the business
• Support strategic thinking about the role of Countdown as a responsible corporate citizen

Ready to make an impact? We are!

Countdown is New Zealand’s leading supermarket brand, serving more than 3 million customers every week. We’re committed to providing our customers with choice, value and convenience, so they’ll enjoy the best overall shopping experience. Our purpose is to make Kiwis’ lives a little better every day.

With 189 supermarkets across New Zealand supported by 21,000+ team members, we give our customers a choice of more than 20,000 different products in each of our stores.

While we’re known as Countdown, we form part of Woolworths New Zealand, a subsidiary of the publicly-listed Australian company, Woolworths Limited.

About the Role | Mō te Tūranga

Reporting to the Chapter Lead Brand, you will shape how we will engage with our customers about our relationship with the economic growth of New Zealand, our communities, sustainability and meeting our 2025 Committments towards People, Planet & Prosperity. These issues contribute significantly to our Brand NPS and a significant part of our corporate reputation and connect you to all areas in the business and impact significantly on all customer segments.

About You | Mōu

We are looking for an experienced marketer who is familiar with creating awareness for products, initiatives and campaigns, understands the complexities of retail, has strong commercial acumen and is able to balance both long-term brand aspirations as well as short-term sales goals. You strive in a fast-paced environment and you are an excellent communicator with the ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders. You are passionate about sustainability, and its impact on the economy and its people, you care for communities and understand what role big organisations could and should play across Aotearoa. You put the customer first and you are not afraid to challenge ideas and push boundaries to deliver successfully, manage priorities and have some comfort in working within an agile working environment (squads, tribes or chapters) or be prepared to operate within such ways of workings.

A degree level qualification in Marketing would be highly desirable.

Your Specific Experience Will Likely Reflect

• Demonstrate experience operating within a team to deliver brand and product campaigns
• Exceptional collaboration, influencing and communication skills across the full business and group to drive transformational and customer-centric change
• A deep understanding of customer lifecycles, buying behaviour and customer personas
• Financial management experience: forecasting budgeting and reporting
• The ability to build and grow trusted partnerships

Working with Countdown | Te Mahi ki Countdown

Our purpose is to make Kiwis’ lives a little better every day.

We’re friendly, down-to-earth, and energetic – we work hard but we have a great time doing it, and we love what we do. There is plenty of scope for new ideas, lots of room for you to add value, and importantly, you’ll be working with a business that touches the lives of three million New Zealanders a week.

Come as you are | Haere mai rā

We’re an equal-opportunity employer and are committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all.

If you’re smart and good at what you do, come as you are.