Hybrid Assistant Business Planning Manager, FMCG & NPD

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

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.