General Manager, Auckland
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Tribe (New Zealand) Limited

General Manager - Category & Insights

  • Posted 1d ago
  • On Site
  • Full Time

Auckland

Job Description

About the Opportunity:


Indevin is one of New Zealand’s leading wine companies, with a global customer base and a portfolio spanning consumer brands, wine supply and strategic partnerships. Home to the iconic Villa Maria brand alongside Esk Valley, Leftfield and other brands, the business combines significant New Zealand production capability with an increasingly international commercial footprint.


Reporting to the Chief Customer Officer, this newly established role will lead Indevin’s Category & Insights agenda as the business continues its shift towards a more customer led and commercially focused strategy. The opportunity is to connect insight, analytics and category thinking to sharper commercial decisions and stronger customer partnerships.

  • Develop category strategy and translate insight into clear commercial priorities
  • Build Indevin’s insight and analytics capability, including emerging AI opportunities
  • Translate data and market intelligence into actionable customer and category plans
  • Support portfolio, innovation and commercial decisions through robust insight
  • Strengthen category capability and become a strategic partner to key customers
  • Build strong relationships across Sales, Marketing, Finance and the wider ELT


What You’ll Bring:


  • Proven senior category, insights, strategy or commercial leadership experience within FMCG, CPG, retail or consumer businesses
  • Strong track record translating data, research and insight into commercial strategy and growth
  • Deep understanding of category management, customer strategy and portfolio optimization
  • Experience operating across complex or international markets, with global exposure highly valued
  • Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to connect insight to revenue, margin and investment decisions
  • Forward thinking approach to data, analytics, technology and emerging AI capabilities
  • Executive presence and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and challenge thinking constructively
  • Hands on and adaptable leadership style, comfortable building capability while delivering outcomes


What’s on Offer:


  • Senior leadership role shaping a newly established strategic capability within Indevin
  • Opportunity to influence how Indevin partners with major global customers
  • Genuine mandate to build category, insight and analytics capability
  • Global exposure across customers, markets and the wider wine industry
  • Opportunity to bring new thinking, technology and analytics into commercial decision making
  • Join a New Zealand owned business with global reach and significant growth ambition


Next Steps?


To keep things simple, we ask that all applications are submitted through this advert. We’ll review applications as they come in and be in touch.


For any questions give Cameron King a call on 0220731320 and quote Job ID: 18480 for a confidential chat.


To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.


At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.


Tribe is a group of specialist teams, each of who truly understand their world, and together they partner to understand yours. Whether you’re looking for your next opportunity or recruiting, we’re all about bringing people together for a shared purpose. Find your people.

Desired Hard Skills

  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Data Analysis
  • Category Management
  • Commercial Strategy
  • Customer Strategy

Desired Soft Skills

  • Adaptability
  • Executive Presence
  • Influencing
  • Leadership
  • Strategic Thinking

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