# Country Director at AB InBev | Growth Group

Country Director at AB InBev | Growth Group in Melbourne, AU. Posted September 30, 2026.

- Company: AB InBev | Growth Group
- Location: Melbourne, AU
- Experience: 15+ years
- Posted: 2026-09-30
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/abinbev/jobs/8857817002
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/country-director-ab-inbev-growth-group-qn41mw

## 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)