Commercial Executive

Working in the Commercial marketing team, the role of the Commercial Executive is responsible for supporting the Commercial Manager in delivering the commercial Strategy for Destination Brands division & being a key player in delivering our overall ambition to Serve more customers, Delight them every time, profitably.

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.  

You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:
 

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career.
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
• Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn £1,500 for referring them!
• Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…

18 Month FTC 

Your role as a Commercial Executive

• Support the Commercial Manager in development and implementation of all food & drink ranges changes, menu development projects and range trials
• Keep up to date with key food & drink trends in the marketplace and competitive ranges
• Work with key departments to make sure menu development process and timelines are being followed – and assist in the preparation of documents for key meetings
• Work with Food and Drinks teams to secure and maximising supplier income opportunities for all menus
• Work with Integrated Marketing team and Marketing Managers to support on food & drink campaigns and launches
• Be the key point of contact for all commercial marketing related queries and have a core understand of all format propositions
• Support food & drink bench marking and auditing process and help develop process and training for improvement of delivery for customers.
• Support commercial analysis to provide key data for menu development – volumes, margin, spend, and support trials to test and learn
• Act as an ambassador for the Destination Brands Commercial Team, understanding the customer, their behaviour and key market trends is paramount, as is keeping this at the heart of food and drink development

What you'll bring......

• Ideally one year's experience in a retail/hospitality Marketing
• High level of passion for the Hospitality industry. 
• Commercially aware and able to integrate company agenda into thinking
• Good communicator with ability to engage the business
• Forward thinking with strong planning & process skills
• Brand literate with a strong affinity for the Guest and their motivations
• Analytical ability to identify key issues and opportunities
• Team player - able to work well with internal (e.g. Marketing, Operations, Purchasing, finance etc.) and external (e.g. agencies, logistics) teams

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