Pub Investment Project Manager (Midlands)

JR United Kingdom; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an award-winning pub company as a Pub Investment Project Manager, where you will oversee a leading property investment programme that enhances the hospitality experience. This role involves collaboration across teams to ensure high-quality investment delivery while maintaining operational and safety standards. Key responsibilities include managing budgets, innovation in design, and community integration, all aimed at strengthening pub presence and value in the community.

Benefits

Pension

Private healthcare

25 Days holiday plus buy/sell options

Retail and Leisure discount scheme

Health and wellbeing suite

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of hospitality design and ability to suggest design changes.
• Ability to travel widely across the UK as required.
• Demonstrable ownership of personal development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a property investment programme for the pub estate.
• Manage capital investment budgets and provide performance reports.
• Lead the creation of a top-tier investment programme, ensuring operational standards.

Skills

Knowledge of the licensed retail sector

Capital investment experience

Hospitality design knowledge

Planning & Organising

Negotiation skill

Assertiveness

Education

Experience in FMCG property

IT literacy (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel)

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Pub Investment Project Manager (Midlands), east midlands

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Client:

Punch Pubs & Co

Location:

east midlands, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Views:

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Posted:

10.06.2025

Expiry Date:

25.07.2025

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Job Description:

Join Our Award-Winning Team as a Pub Investment Project Manager!

Are you passionate about property investment and eager to make a significant impact in the hospitality industry? Punch is an award-winning pub company seeking a dynamic and experienced Investment Project Manager to aide the delivery of our property investment programme and drive our continued success

Role Purpose

To develop and deliver a sector-leading property investment programme in our Management Partnership (MP) portfolio to ensure our pubs are well-invested and maintained to operational and safety standards at all times. Collaborating with colleagues across the business and supply chain to ensure we deliver high-quality investments. An understanding of operational, guest, and financial requirements of each project is key, working at multi-levels to ensure we make the best of each growth opportunity and invest wisely. Own the end-to-end investment process for each pub from inception to being ready to trade. Play a key role in the innovation of the design and development of customer-facing concepts – working as part of a cross-functional team

Accountabilities

Thriving together

• Successful Investment Programme: Delivering MP transfers and investments in the existing MP Pub Estate, meeting targets for time, cost, and quality in line with the MP investment strategy.

• Continuous Improvement: Contributing to ongoing improvements in the investment programme and supply chain, focusing on pub design, operational effectiveness, cost engineering, and project delivery.

• Budget Management: Managing capital investment budgets and providing monthly performance reports against the budget.

Delighting every guest

• Investment Programme Development: Leading the creation and delivery of a top-tier investment programme for the MP estate, including MP transfers and investments in the existing MP Pub Estate, meeting targets for time, cost, and quality in line with the MP investment strategy.

• Maintenance Standards: Ensuring pubs are maintained to operational and safety standards.

• Collaboration: Working with colleagues and the supply chain to deliver high-quality investments.

• Project Understanding: Grasping the operational, customer, and financial needs of each project.

• Multi-level Work: Ensuring optimal growth opportunities and wise investments.

• End-to-End Process Ownership: Managing the entire investment process from inception to readiness for trade.

• Innovation and Design: Playing a key role in innovating and developing customer-facing concepts as part of a cross-functional team.

• Sector-Leading Designs: Delivering MP concepts that meet targets and are exemplary enough to be emulated by others.

• Customer Feedback: Seeking and utilising feedback from internal and external customers to inform investment decisions.

• Community Integration: Reinforcing the position of pubs in the community through investment design and delivery, aligning with company values, and reviewing industry trends for potential benefits.

• Continuous Improvement: Contributing to ongoing improvements in the investment programme and supply chain, focusing on pub design, operational effectiveness, cost engineering, and project delivery.

• Innovation Opportunities: Exploring and testing new ideas and products through MP investments, evaluating their benefits, and integrating successful innovations into regular operations

Doing well by doing good

• Lead a focused, engaged supply chain to deliver these sector-leading investments. Building on existing success while challenging the norms to enable growth and progress.

• Be recognised as the “Property Project” expert on pub investment and design within Punch.

• Deliver low carbon and environmentally sustainable principles across Unity pubs through our investment activities, considering equipment, materials, construction methods, and ongoing operations to minimise the environmental impact of our investments

Pride in our stride

• Be recognised as a committed team player, integrated into both the Property and Operations team thinking while bringing positive challenge and support on all things investment-related.

• Work closely with Property colleagues to help the wider property team understand and best support the work in MP; identifying and resolving any conflicts to ensure seamless support to our Partners.

• Create a high-performance culture with key suppliers, delivering continuous improvements in service, innovation, and value-added relationships.

• Source and develop supplier arrangements to support our MP capex programme, working with the Commercial team to provide cost, quality, and availability of supply benefits to Punch.

Key Relationships

• Head of Investment

• Group Strategy & Commercial Director

• Contractors and Designers

Person Specification - Technical Competencies / Professional expertise

• Knowledge of the licensed retail sector (operations or estate or multi-site FMCG property experience)

• Capital investment experience covering a range and size of projects.

• Detailed knowledge of hospitality design – ability to interpret, influence and suggest design changes.

• Ability to travel widely across UK as required by programme of investments.

• IT literate – intermediate Word, Outlook and PowerPoint and advanced Excel

• Key behavioural traits required are Planning & Organising, Negotiation and Assertiveness skill,

• Thriving in a fast-paced environment

• Demonstrable ownership of personal development journey

• Location: North - flexible with location
• Bonus: Performance related
• Contract: Permanent
• Benefits: Pension, Private healthcare, 25 Days holiday plus options to buy and sell, Retail and Leisure discount scheme, health and wellbeing suite, plus many more…