Menu Specification Executive - Drinks

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.  

Job Description

Your role as Menu Specification Executive

• Produce all Drinks Spec books across Core, Seasonal and Campaign menus for Managed brands, ensuring they are delivered in line with targets.
• Work alongside the Drinks Category and GNFR trading teams to capture glassware, garnish, ingredients and methodology details to ensure the accuracy and consistency of the specification books.
• Manage the in-office Drinks glassware inventory, and source ingredients and garnish on behalf of the Drinks team
• Liaise between Drinks Category, Food & Drinks Operations & Commercial Marketing to send out and receive feedback and make the required changes to Spec books
• Produce, categorise and organise the specification photography and maintain the photo library
• Collaborate with internal content teams (such as the App team) on photography
• Actively pursue continuous improvement in own processes and cross-functionally 
• Support the Drinks Excellence Manager with work on programmes that improve Drinks quality and consistency throughout the business
• Respond to relevant Pub Query System enquiries

What you'll bring.....

• You will have a passion for and an understanding of Drinks – with experience of bar work highly desirable
• Organisation, consistency and an attention to detail, in both written and creative work
• Able to apply well developed reasoning and commercial awareness when making decisions, while always considering the offer through the operational and customer lens.
• Ability to work as part of a team and to demonstrate decision making for the benefit of the greater good. 
• Highly resilient and works with pace, focus and optimism to overcome obstacles and deliver against tight timelines using own initiative without specific instruction
• Excellent communication skills, able to collaborate effectively across internal and external departments
• IT literate, Microsoft Office experience an advantage. 
• Passion for and meticulous at creating great photography

We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…

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…