We have a fantastic opportunity for a Pricing & Commercial Analyst to join our Commercial Marketing team at Marston’s. This is a varied role where you will be responsible for the evaluation of the pricing and promotional strategy across the business, as well as the analysis of the commercial activity made by the business.
We need you to be passionate about data, have sound commercial understanding and experience working with complex data sets to solve unique and varied problems as well as strong written and verbal communication skills.
This is a broad role that influences key decisions across Marston’s Pubs and Bars and as such you need to be able to confidently and concisely deliver views and recommendations to all levels of the business in a timely and professional manner.
Key Attributes & Responsibilities:
- Complete commercial modelling of various menus across the business, working closely with the Food Category and Retail Marketing teams during the development process
- Providing timely analysis and monitoring of marketing activity to ensure the impact of activity is known and future decisions can be accurately guided by past results helping us raise the bar and grow
- Monitoring competitor pricing patterns and reviewing promotional activity
- Driving Guest obsessed through collaborating with the Guest Experience & Insight team to develop the analysis of hard and soft Guest metrics and their impact on improving commercial performance
- Working with the Drinks Category team to review pricing across drinks categories for the formats
- Work with the Information Team to ensure that all data required is available, accurate and relevant
- Involvement in other ad hoc projects requiring pricing and/or analytical involvement
The Ideal Candidate:
- A love of all things data! Have previous experience working with large sets of data with the goal of manipulating it to help influence business decisions
- Have a confident and engaging personality with the courage to challenge decisions and be trusted in their capabilities
- Have strong excel and mathematical ability
- Enjoy being inquisitive and using initiative to develop their own and the teams work
- Be proactive and committed in building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
- Sees the importance of self-development, keen to learn from others and to share knowledge to grow personally.
What You Get In Return:
- 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) with the ability to buy and sell holiday
- 20% off in Marston’s pubs and accommodation through our Privilege Card
- Marston’s Rewards Programme (discounts on many high street and online major retailers)
- Share Save Incentive Scheme
- Company Contributory Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance programme
- Various wellbeing support services, such as a completely confidential 24/7 telephone helplines and access to online services
- Provision of up to 6 counselling sessions will be offered, as part of our wellbeing support services
- Apprenticeship Programme – we offer training & development at any stage of your career
- Long service Recognition
- Bonus Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- A fun, inclusive working environment
Our Company:
At Marston’s we’re on a journey to create pubs to be proud of through being guest obsessed, continually raising the bar and driving growth across the business. It’s an incredibly exciting time to be joining us, and we’re looking for people who can inspire others through their passion for guest experience and driving performance.As a dedicated pub business, we have clear and bold aspirations for the future. Working together we aim to create more happy, memorable, moments that truly matter for our guests and people every day.
We’ve been running pubs and brewing beer in one form or another for nearly 200 years. Now we’ve got c1,400 pubs, and around 12,000 teammates working in our pubs, bars, lodges and offices across the UK, who all share our passion and now we’re looking for more like-minded people to join our family! Our commitment to our colleagues is underpinned by a very clear set of values and behaviours, which are at the heart of everything we do. It’s these that makes working here the very special place that - Marston’s is known to be.
We are Guest Obsessed- we put our guests first always, aiming to delight them when they’re in our pubs.
We Raise the Bar- we’re committed to each other, the business and being the best version of ourselves.
We will Grow- we question ourselves and each other, to ensure we’re always being the best we can possibly be.
At Marston’s we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. We know people are happiest when they can be themselves at work. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave.