Manager, Development, Tim Hortons, US
Restaurant Brands International
About Restaurant Brands International:
Restaurant Brands International Inc. is one of the world's largest quick service restaurant companies with over $40 billion in annual system-wide sales and over 30,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. RBI owns four of the world's most prominent and iconic quick service restaurant brands – TIM HORTONS®, BURGER KING®, POPEYES®, and FIREHOUSE SUBS®. These independently operated brands have been serving their respective guests, franchisees and communities for decades. Through its Restaurant Brands for Good framework, RBI is improving sustainable outcomes related to its food, the planet, and people and communities.
Our Opportunity: The Manager, Development is responsible for the development and site selection of new Tim Hortons US restaurants. This person will be responsible for ensuring the team achieves its goals for net restaurant growth and restaurant remodels. This position reports directly to the Director of Development for the U.S business.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for enabling franchisees to achieve industry-leading net restaurant growth and restaurant remodels.
- Lead weekly internal development calls with design, real estate, and construction teams to ensure pipeline progress toward openings targets.
- Lead weekly development meetings with new franchisees to ensure progress sourcing new sites and overall adherence to development agreements.
- Builds relationships with franchisees, brokers, and developers to build a quality development pipelines for current and future years.
- Work cross-functionally with market planning, business development and operations team to enable an efficient development process and successful new restaurant openings.
- Conduct in-depth site analysis to present for approval to leadership team.
- Actively manage closures pipeline with field and real estate teams to mitigate closures by via creative solutions to continue restaurant operations.
- Represents the Tim Hortons US brand at national franchise development conferences.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in the fields of Business, Real Estate, or Finance
- 3-5 years relevant work experience
- Demonstrates effective communication and organizational skills.
- Demonstrates strong business acumen to maintain and grow relationships with franchisees, brokers, and developers.
- Advanced in Microsoft Suite (especially Excel and PowerPoint)
- Demonstrates high level of problem-solving skills, and creativity.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, to include formal presentation experience and the ability to prepare and present to senior leadership.
- Honesty, high integrity, personal accountability, and a passion for the success of the brand, the team, and personal career growth
Restaurant Brands International and all of its affiliated companies (collectively, RBI) are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers that do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, provincial or federal laws, rules, or regulations. RBI's policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities upon request.
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