One of your primary functions will be to manage the listing and delisting of products within our pub estate. You’ll be the person who manages changes to cost or price, taking ownership of the processes and critical timelines that go along with them. Helping us keep a perfect audit, you’ll use our supplier management platform to capture any reporting on government legislation and/or company initiatives, changes to contracts or rebates, as well as supplier reporting in general.

You’ll make sure we provide accurate reporting on tenders, familiarising yourself with supplier agreements so that correct rebates are raised, ensuring what we’re raising is inline with budget. You’ll be able to highlight where we are against supplier targets, as well as sharing reporting suites that show the cost benefits we’ve achieved as a team. You will be the person that lets us know where we are against key deliverables.

It’s not all drink and you’ll support in managing any of the suppliers which fall under the Commercial remit, including Sky/TNT and other consumables, controlling invoicing, as well as assiting Operations Managers and Business Support on queries which arise.

As part of this role, you’ll be the person who ensures the changes we make are communicated effectively. Keeping publicans front and centre, you’ll understand that time is of the essence when communicating on anything which impacts product, service, or price.

Location: Burton-on-Trent

Benefits: 

• Competitive salary
• Annual Company Bonus Scheme
• Company pension
• 25 Annual holiday days (Option to buy and sell)
• Free pay-day drinks
• Retail & Leisure discount scheme
• and much more……

 

We Believe In Thriving Together

Our business is rooted in partnership and shared success. We recognise excellent performance and celebrate personal wins. We are a business that empowers our People, Publicans and Management Partners to be the best they can be because by working together, we thrive together.

– Work with internal and external stakeholders to manage the new listing process and ensure timely product setup
– Work closely with Distribution to review range and manage delists as per minimum throughput criteria
– Understand category margins and introduce a period report which highlights margin by subcategory, providing detail on brands that deliver below average profit.
– Manage supplier agreements so that all rebates are raised on time and to the correct value.
– Challenge appropriately with suppliers to keep new product listings on track-
– Builds effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders

We Believe In Doing Well By Doing Good

It’s not only what you do, but how you do it that matters. At Punch, positive performance is driven by building trust through open communication and transparency and by putting the needs of people, planet and pub first.

– Invests time to ensure we remain compliant with the Pubs Code and other government legistlation which impacts price
– Introduce new or improved processes which build greater efficiencies

We Believe In Pride In Our Stride

Our people are what make us. We encourage our Punch family to take pride in their differences, show up as themselves and be unafraid to make things happen and make their mark in the world.

– Introduce new or improved processes which build greater efficiencies
Provide reporting suites so that team budgets are achieved
– Maximise your development to improve understanding of each of the functions which fall into the Commercial team’s remit
– Takes ownership of queries and follows them through to completion

We Believe In Delighting Every Guest

We’re passionate about hospitality and dedicated to creating exceptional guest experiences that matter. Working together to grow successful pubs, we provide unwavering support that empowers our Publicans and Management Partners to do their best work, ensuring the happiness of every guest.

– Resolve publican, supplier, and internal queries which have been escalated to the team
Communicate to publicans where product delists, pricing, or duty changes take place
– Understands the importance of pace when communicating key messages to publicans
– Understands the impact to pubs where products aren’t listed on time or where product price lists aren’t correc

 

Accountabilities:

– Work with internal and external stakeholders to manage the new listing process and ensure timely product setup
– Work closely with Distribution to review range and manage delists as per minimum throughput criteria
– Communicate to publicans where product delists and changes to product or price take place
– Manage the cost savings and rebate tracker and provide reporting suites to give visibility of team budgets
– Introduce a period report which highlights margin prohibitive brands
– Take ownership of Sky & BT invoicing and manage ad-hoc publican queries
– Resolve certain publican, supplier, and internal queries
– Manage supplier agreements so that all rebates are raised on time and to the correct value
– Provides reporting which helps us to mitigate stock challenges in depot
– Maximise your development by familiarising yourself with each of the Commercial functions
– Ensures we remain compliant with the Pubs Code and other government legistlation

 

Technical Competencies / Professional Expertise:

Naturally a people person at heart, you’ll have no challenges working confidently with suppliers, unafraid to challenge and push back so that products are listed on time or delisted with appropriate communication.

Analytical by nature, you’ll already have strong excel skills that allow you to analyse and visualise large amounts of data quickly and easily. Your comprehensive understanding of Excel will help you tackle complex tasks and make informed decisions. These skills will give you confidence that you can report accurately on commercial budgets, cost centres, cost savings, and other reporting suites which will allow us to understand where we are against key measurables.

Your previous experience will show you’re comfortable working with multiple stakeholders and can manage changes which follow critical timelines.

 

Key Relationships:

This role involves working with many stakeholders

– Commercial Services & Procurement Director
– Commercial Manager (line manager)
– Distribution Operations Manager
– Head of Drinks
– Suppliers & Distributors
– Data Admin
– Credit & Finance
– Marketing
– Digital
– Business Support

 

Closing date: Sunday 13th April 2025