Assistant Brand Manager

**Assistant Brand Manager Sports NZ**
- NZ’s leading sports nutrition brands
- Full marketing mix role with development potential
- Exposure to strong and high growth categories
- Flexible hybrid workplace

**Our Story**

Vitaco is the home of an outstanding collection of leading New Zealand and Australian, health food, sports nutrition and supplements brands. Our four power brands, **Nutra-Life, Healtheries, Aussie Bodies and Musashi** have been empowering healthier lives in Australia, New Zealand, and over 30 countries world-wide for over 100 years.

Health and wellness is our passion. From our best-in-class manufacturing capabilities to our dedicated customer service team, Vitaco employs over 500 team members in New Zealand and Australia dedicated to providing the highest quality products for consumers all over the world.

**Your Opportunity**

We’re on a mission to fuel athletes of all levels to be ready for game day. Significant market leaders in sports nutrition, spearheaded by Musashi, we are driving growth in one of the fastest growing categories in NZ. Driven by daring growth ambitions we’re expanding our team to ensure we can fuel the growth trajectory our business is on. We’re seeking a highly motivated marketer to take hold of this is a rare opportunity to contribute to the success of Vitaco’s esteemed sports brands - Musashi, Balance, and Aussie Bodies. This dynamic multifaceted role offers exposure to the full marketing mix with an opportunity to input into how we execute in the NZ market across media, sampling, partnerships, NPD & more.

This role presents exceptional opportunities for professional development and career advancement within a thriving local manufacturing business. Join us in shaping the future of sports nutrition in New Zealand while propelling your career to new heights.

**Reporting to the Senior Brand Manager Sports NZ, this role will**:

- Play a key role in implementing the New Zealand brand plan, across relevant channels delivering the brand and category objectives.
- Lead and coordinate the sports influencer, sampling, and digital media programmes.
- Contribute to the development and execution of the partnership strategy through to execution.
- Support the sports product portfolio from building a case for NZ New Product Development (NPD) through to launch.

**About you**:
You will possess strong project management skills and not be afraid to manage multiple projects at once, while collaborating and working cross functionally. Experience in new product development and launch execution, as well as some digital expertise, will be beneficial. You will demonstrate strong commercial acumen, and importantly be an energetic, enthusiastic, and proactive team player that can successfully build strong working relationships. Lastly, a passion for sports or nutrition would be a plus.

**Why is this the next great opportunity for you?**

This position is very important to delivering our mission to empower healthier lives, offering challenge and the opportunity to be part of the ongoing growth and success of Vitaco. We believe diversity in our business is an asset that impacts the way we think and the way we work together. We are committed to an inclusive workplace that respects all cultures, different ways of thinking, and supports our people to perform at their best and develop to their full potential.

**What we offer**:

- Competitive Salary
- Annual salary reviews
- Flexible working arrangements that offer work life harmony
- Great discounts on our products
- Access to discounted health insurance
- Subsidised on-site café
- A day off on your birthday
- Wellness initiatives
- Access to naturopathic advice from our in-house experts
- A fun and supportive work environment

In return, you’ll be working on Vitaco’s fastest growing brands, with substantial budgets and exposure to the full marketing scope. You’ll benefit from strong mentoring to help you move to the next level. Not to mention, you’ll also get a chance to rub shoulders with some of NZs top athletes & teams

**Aplications will be considered before the closing date