Category Manager - Range | Beverages

ALH Recruitment; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exclusive discount card for ALH Hotels

Wellbeing and health services

Learning and development options

Discounts with Endeavour Group brands

Job summary

ALH Hotels is seeking a Category Manager - Range | Beverages to lead the beverage range strategy across our 350+ venues. You will optimize venue ranges, negotiate high-value supplier terms, and drive profit with a data-driven approach.

Partnering with Hospitality Operations, Marketing, and Executive Chefs, you will guide seasonal range reviews, craft renewal beverage lists, and develop a high-performing team focused on commercial accountability and on-premise excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years driving beverage strategy or category management in multisite hospitality.
• Proven ability to manage complex P&Ls, supplier negotiations, and margin optimisation.
• Strong data translation and storytelling with executive presentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or related field.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across matrix organisations.
• Desirable: SQL and Google Cloud Platform for insights.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category and segmentation strategies across 350+ venues.
• Lead range optimisation, supplier terms, and renewal programs for profitability.
• Analyse sales data and guest trends to inform beverage decisions.
• Align beverage with food strategies for a unified customer experience.
• Lead and develop ACM Range and broader hospitality team.

Skills

Beverage strategy

Stakeholder management

Data storytelling

Presentation skills

SQL

Google Cloud Platform

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/marketing

Tools

SQL

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Company Description

Let’s go to the pub!” Chances are, it’s one of ours. The cornerstone of over 350 Australian communities, ALH owns and operates more pubs than anyone. In every community, the pub is where stories are made and retold. A place to escape, and feel at home. With passion on tap, our team adds to every pub’s story. A great local is made up of great people. And together, both sides of the bar create something special.

Calling all experience creators!

Let’s go to the pub!” Chances are, it’s one of ours. The cornerstone of over 350 Australian communities, ALH owns and operates more pubs than anyone. In every community, the pub is where stories are made and retold. A place to escape, and feel at home. With passion on tap, our team adds to every pub’s story. A great local is made up of great people. And together, both sides of the bar create something special.

Job Description

• Write your story, leave your mark
• Join us in this strategic role, leading the beverage range strategy for our network of 350+ venues
• Bring your passion for hospitality & range experience to this rare opportunity

As the Category Manager - Range | Beverages you will lead and develop a commercial, customer-led beverage range strategy across our ALH Hotels network.

Working collaboratively with Hospitality Operations, Marketing, Executive Chefs, and our trading partners, you will optimise venue-specific ranges, negotiate high-value supplier agreements, and drive the bottom line across our portfolio.

You will also lead rigorous seasonal range reviews, engineer beverage offerings for major refurbishments, and develop a high-performing, commercially astute team.

Sound good? Read on.

Here's a taste of the responsibilities:

• Category Strategy & Margin Management: Develop, embed, and execute comprehensive category and segmentation strategies to drive trend leadership, innovation, and differentiation across our beverage offer.
• Range Optimisation & Reviews: Lead robust, data-backed biannual range reviews. Negotiate commercial terms, pouring agreements, and preferred supplier programs that drive guest experience and commercial success.
• Insights Leadership: Partnering with suppliers and retail insights teams to analyse sales data, guest behavior and market trends to inform range decisions.
• Food & Beverage Alignment: Collaborate closely with Executive Chefs and the food team to integrate beverage and food category strategies for a unified F&B guest experience.
• Renewal Venues: Design and embed tailored beverage lists for renewal venues in partnership with the Hospitality Operations and the Renewals team.
• Leadership & Talent Development: Lead, inspire, and develop direct reports (ACM Range), fostering a culture of commercial accountability and on-premise excellence.

Qualifications

Now let’s talk about you:

• Experience: 5+ years driving beverage strategy or category management, preferably within large-scale, multisite hospitality groups.
• Commercial Rigor: A proven track record of managing complex P&Ls, driving margin optimisation, and executing high-stakes supplier negotiations.
• Data Translation & Storytelling: Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to turn raw venue data into revenue-generating range decisions. You must be capable of building compelling presentations to clearly communicate the “why” behind your strategies to executive and operational stakeholders.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field.
• Stakeholder Management & Leadership: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with proven success building relationships across complex matrix organisations and inspiring high-performing teams.
• Desirable Extras: Hands‑on experience querying databases using SQL and/or working within Google Cloud Platform environments to extract and analyse commercial insights.

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.

Additional Information

We are together creators

We’re big, but part of something much bigger. ALH is in good company, sitting alongside the likes of Dan Murphy’s, BWS, Pinnacle Drinks within the Endeavour Group. 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 having a good time - creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to. We’re all about creating a more sociable future, together - for our customers and each other.

#WeAreTogetherCreators #ComeAsYouAre #DreamBig #FeelTheEnergy #LeaveYourMark #ALH #EndeavourGroup

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