Assistant Business Planning Manager

Pinnacle Drinks; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exclusive discount cards on Endeavour/

Health & wellbeing benefits

Learning & development opportunities

Staff discounts at partner brands

Job summary

Pinnacle Drinks, part of Endeavour Group, is seeking an Assistant Business Planning Manager to support customer-centric category plans for the Spirits portfolio, spanning Endeavour’s owned brands and International Exclusive Partners.

Based in Sydney or Melbourne with hybrid working, the role involves commercial and financial planning, forecasting, NPD collaboration, and cross-functional engagement to drive category performance and profitability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of category, pricing, and/or promotional management experience.
• Extended commercial experience, particularly in FMCG manufacturing and/or retail roles.
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of retail fundamentals, including P&L management and translating customer data into actionable insights.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and lead without authority across a complex organisation.
• Advanced Google/MS Office proficiency, with knowledge of SAP, JDA, or GCP (Power BI or WSET qualifications are a plus!).

Responsibilities

• Commercial & Financial Support: Assist in achieving sales, profit, and working capital targets through effective portfolio, pricing, and promotional planning, as well as category analysis.
• Reporting & Forecasting: Deliver and maintain standardised reporting and planning tools, partnering with Merchandise and Supply teams to build accurate demand forecasts.
• Process Improvement: Lead process and reporting enhancements to improve the efficiency of NPD tracking, promotional execution, and category performance management.
• Category & Portfolio Development: Collaborate across teams to support category reviews, NPD initiatives, product lifecycle management, range optimisation, and in-store execution.
• Cross-Functional & Supplier Engagement: Foster effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders across matrix teams through a collaborative approach.

Skills

Category management

Pricing

Promotional management

Stakeholder management

Excel / Power BI

SAP

JDA

GCP

Tools

Power BI

SAP

JDA

GCP

Job description

Established in 2012, Pinnacle Drinks exclusively partners with winemakers, growers, brewers and distillers to deliver some of the world’s leading brands across the wine, beer and spirits categories.

We are proud to be part of the Endeavour Group – Australia's leading retail drinks and hospitality business united around the common purpose of ‘creating a more sociable future together.

About the Role

• Global brands exposure with exclusive involvement in Australia
• Assist in NPD development and with exclusive brand launches into National retailers (BWS and Dan Murphy’s)
• Hybrid working role - based in Sydney or Melbourne

The Assistant Business Planning Manager will support the execution and delivery of customer-centric category plans for the Pinnacle Drinks Spirits portfolio, covering Endeavour’s owned brands and International Exclusive Partners Brands.

Working closely with Business Planning, Sourcing, Supply Planning, Exclusive Brand Partners, and the BWS and Dan Murphy’s Merchandise teams, this role is key to translating strategic goals into actionable commercial and retail promotional initiatives that drive performance, profitability, and brand growth.

Sound good? Read on.

Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role:

• Commercial & Financial Support: Assist in achieving sales, profit, and working capital targets through effective portfolio, pricing, and promotional planning, as well as category analysis.
• Reporting & Forecasting: Deliver and maintain standardised reporting and planning tools, partnering with Merchandise and Supply teams to build accurate demand forecasts.
• Process Improvement: Lead process and reporting enhancements to improve the efficiency of NPD tracking, promotional execution, and category performance management.
• Category & Portfolio Development: Collaborate across teams to support category reviews, NPD initiatives, product lifecycle management, range optimisation, and in-store execution.
• Cross-Functional & Supplier Engagement: Foster effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders across matrix teams through a collaborative approach.

What do we need from you

Now let’s talk about you:

• 5+ years of category, pricing, and/or promotional management experience.
• Extended commercial experience, particularly in FMCG manufacturing and/or retail roles.
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of retail fundamentals, including P&L management and translating customer data into actionable insights.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and lead without authority across a complex organisation.
• Advanced Google/MS Office proficiency, with knowledge of SAP, JDA, or GCP (Power BI or WSET qualifications are a plus!).

The benefits are good too!

• An exclusive discount card for our ALH Hotels pubs & accommodation, BWS, Dan Murphy’s and other Endeavour Group brands. Through our partnership with Woolworths, you'll also enjoy discounts at Woolies supermarkets and BIG W
• As a valued member of the team, your health and wellbeing is our top priority. You will have access to a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big
• Find out more about our range of benefits and discounts here

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

What's in it for you?

We are together creators

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or atendeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

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