Franchise Development Manager Job Description
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Franchise Development Manager Job Description
- Manage and facilitate projects as assigned in line with the global franchise store opening programme
- Survey potential new sites and report suitability, risks and recommendations, advising on dilapidation and repair issues and likely costs
- Agree realistic programmes of work with franchisees and ensure that target opening dates are met, while updating the business with timely communications
- Work with the Design, Retail and Visual Merchandising teams to ensure all requirements are communicated and met
- Steer the design process to ensure the design package is produced in a timely manner and in accordance with landlord, planning and statutory requirements in local territory
- Oversee the ordering of all necessary materials and fixtures, ensuring that payments are made in a timely manner
- Manage relations between franchisees, contractors, suppliers and consultants, ensuring they are aware of their areas of responsibilities
- Communicate the design philosophy to contractors (who are non-fluent in English in some cases) and franchise partners to ensure that each store has the impact and depth required by the design team
- Provide technical support during the entire construction process by means of site visits and weekly desktop reports, provide solutions to site specific problems and ensure that the stores are constructed strictly in accordance with the design and the standard details
- Coordinating and collaborating on the development of new creative campaigns – national and locally – with marketing and PR firms
- Experience to include a minimum of 5 years of corporate (in-house) recruiting
- Must have direct experience from the gaming, and / or entertainment industry – with a focus on the recruitment of creative talent
- Proven capabilities as a manager and great developer of talent
- Able to manage through change with little supervision and work independently
- High commitment to excellence and customer service
- In depth experience with a variety of applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management software, and / or other recruiting technologies
Franchise Development Manager Job Description
- Monitoring and compiling campaign performance data, analyze, and leverage results to recommend additional marketing techniques and campaigns
- Ensuring marketing efforts stay on time and on budget
- Reviewing, approving and managing national and local advertising plans and creative
- Closely collaborating with marketing department colleagues to ensure brand consistency across all recruitment marketing initiatives
- Developing and providing timely sales-team collateral, including PowerPoint presentations, webinar content, custom email campaigns, and more
- Maintaining and updating a library of sales resources, including brochures, trade show materials, communication templates
- Identifying external franchise development support resources to assist the sales team in accomplishing key goals
- Execute lead generation and sales strategies with development team that lead to achieving the company’s new unit goals
- Responsible for the positioning of franchise offerings and achieving sales targets and the measurement of key metrics related to franchise development
- Lead assigned consultant network relationships
- Strong project management capabilities, including project planning, budget management, scheduling and accountability management
- Ability to work with various partners and vendors to do work across various geographies/cultures that drive results
- Superb verbal and written communication (writing sample required)
- Demonstrated decision making abilities and a superior ability to integrate information and use independent, sound judgment in a rapidly growing and changing organization
- Natural curiosity for culture, travel and diversity
- A minimum of 4 consecutive years’ experience in an administrative role at the executive level
Franchise Development Manager Job Description
- Assist with the company’s FDD compliance and renewal program
- Responsible for understanding the needs, preferences, trends and practices affecting customer and market behaviors
- Develops NEW Non-Traditional restaurants to include but not limited to Airports, Universities, Military Bases, Casinos and Travel Centers for one or both IHOP and Applebee’s brands, depending on channel
- Uses industry and channel expertise to target leaders and premium long-term relationships
- Owns the development process from selling and deal closing (signed agreement)
- Assists in creating, overseeing and executing the franchise sales process – lead generation, reviewing applications, interviewing candidates, and awarding contracts to meet development goals
- Communicates and interacts with potential franchise partners in a manner which conveys detailed understanding of restaurant operations and profitability, demonstrates a strong business acumen
- Utilizes a vast amount of franchise sales lead generation tools to deliver a qualified pool of candidates to perform due diligence on our brand portfolio
- Brand ambassador hosting non-traditional candidate meetings, restaurant/market tours and overall disclosure of key benefits of the DineEquity brands
- Consistently upholds the profile of desired non-traditional franchise partners experience level, financial capabilities and business plan objectives
- Superior ability to work within an environment of ambiguity and strong desire to work within a growing division
- Demonstrated knowledge of sound training/learning principles and passion for innovative approaches to learning
- Strong analytical and consultation skills to identify areas of improvement and work with internal customers to develop appropriate solutions
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience with direct people management
- Build bottler relations by working closely with bottler constituents to develop relationships
- Proficiency using automated systems and key computer programs
Franchise Development Manager Job Description
- Works closely with the Director of Non Traditional Development to deliver in-person brand development strategies and attributes to key Non-traditional restaurant operating groups
- Stays current with industry trends as it relates to brand positioning and franchising for non-traditional restaurant portfolios
- Provides thought leadership with regards to Franchise Marketing
- Attends relevant trade shows to network for new candidates and industry information
- Create and Develop Tools
- Collect and present candidate qualification data to management team
- Travel to candidate markets to visit and inspect existing business operations
- Develop Franchise Brand Overview & Guidelines
- Meet or exceed established goals set yearly for new business
- Prospect new business clients
- 2 – 5 years minimum multi-unit experience in the rent-to-own segment with national company
- Must be articulate and able to understand the franchise screening process
- Must be “hands-on” in approach and comfortable with software applications such as Microsoft Office in general and Excel in particular
- Must possess strong phone skills and be organized so as to handle multiple tasks at once
- Knowledge of High Touch software preferred
- Head Office based with travel to stores, suppliers and partners as required
Franchise Development Manager Job Description
- Discussions with key decision-makers- learning their needs
- Effective presentations-satisfying their needs through integrated solutions
- Dynamic programs-developing new and exciting promotions
- Managing obstacles-reacting to and overcoming problems or objections
- Accurate closing-executing contract, billing, and collecting revenue
- Follow-up on all deadlines, making sure all materials are on time
- Assist and direct the implementation of promotions, develop POP displays, and arrange prizes
- Ensure proper traffic of all media
- Coordinate details of partner group nights, book dinners, arrange speakers, coordinate personnel
- Act as a liaison between partner and Community Relations Team for player/announcer appearances
- To represent franchise hospitality within the Food Group
- Accountability for developing hospitality strategy in conjunction with the Head of Franchise and team
- Accountability for developing agreed formats, specifications and communications to enable the franchise team to deliver with the partners
- Working closely with the Franchise Retail Team to ensure efficient delivery of hospitality through the partners
- No Line Reports
- Knowledge of Hospitality operations, Retail and the Franchise business