Innovation Manager

**About us**

Established in 2012, Pinnacle Drinks exclusively partners with winemakers, growers, brewers and distillers to deliver some of the world's leading brands across the wine, beer and spirit categories.
- **Location is flexible - Sydney, Melbourne or Adelaide (with some travel required)**:

- **Competitive salary package**:

- **Be part of the Pinnacle village**

**What you’ll do**:
Your role is responsible for developing an Innovation culture identifying, developing and driving innovation opportunities in the Vinpac beverage business.

Responsibilities include:

- Interpret business strategy and determine innovative solutions aligned to strategic objectives
- Manage and evaluate a portfolio of ideas through the innovation pipeline, assisting strategic decision-making and design of go-to-market strategies
- Drive new revenue and innovations streams for Pinnacle Drinks and external beverage customers building a competitive advantage in the market.
- Delivery of technical components for new product development projects and ensure technical and regulatory compliance standards are met.
- Delivery of sustainability components for new product development projects and ensure sustainability standards are met.
- Develop and use innovation tools and templates (such as lean canvas, design thinking, and prototyping) to turn ideas into testable hypotheses.
- Bring stakeholders together to research, test and integrate concepts, stimulating innovative ideas and testing of new approaches.
- Proactively develop innovative practices and educate stakeholders to foster an innovative culture.
- Prepare high-impact documents with high-quality written communication and visual design to showcase opportunities, insights and learnings.

**Your background**:
To be successful in this role, you will come with an ability to problem solve, prioritise and want to have fun
Ideally you will demonstrate considerable experience in the following key areas:

- Experience in a similar role in a fast moving environment
- Technology and creative experience
- Experience in adjacent industries
- Created and operated in a Customer Centric environment adding value to the customer and revenue for the business
- Be known for the ability to drive commercialisation of new products.
- Demonstrated commercial capability.

**What we are looking for**:

- Bachelor or Masters degree in Business, Marketing or Engineering
- 10+ years commercial experience
- Demonstrated commercial capability
- Entrepreneurial mindset with strategic and business planning experience.
- (Desirable) Packaging or relevant manufacturing industry experience

**Whats in it for you?**
- **Excellent remuneration package and flexible working in every sense. We value our people**:

- **Everyday Rewards plus card - access exclusive employee discounts across Woolworths, BigW and Endeavour Group brands (BWS, Dan Murphy’s etc) and 50% off food at ALH venues.**:

- **Our innovative ways of working include headspace mornings once a month (no meetings company-wide), opportunity to partner alongside bright minds and genuine investment in leading technologies**:

- **Paid learning & development opportunities**:

- **Career progression to help you realise your potential. As our business grows so do the opportunities for our people**:

- **Access to our Endeavour Group Employee Share Scheme**:

- **Wine education: Bronze, Silver & Gold certifications**:

- **Work with an industry-leading team and be a part of one of the most exciting retail transformations in Australia**

**Grow with Endeavour Group**

Endeavour Group comprises a diverse range of drinks and hospitality businesses including BWS, Dan Murphy’s, ALH Hotels and Pinnacle Drinks. We are focused on growing and transforming our businesses to meet the changing needs of customers and we’re driven by a culture that puts our customers and team first.

As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do. We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation. At Endeavour Group we value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and for each other.

**We’d love to hear from You**

Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.