International Restaurant Excellence & Training Manager

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
May perform any or all of the following duties:
Develops, coordinates, and implements procedures, training guides and operational standards for assigned restaurant tests within countries and/or regions; system rollouts of new products, technologies, equipment, and small-wares (e.g., Field Communications, menu pricing, procedure changes, etc.)
Partners with the International Operations Management team to determine training needs, review, critique, and modify operations procedures guides and job aids.
Analyzes operational and development opportunities and develops strategic international solutions that support the licensees.
Develops education sessions by providing training materials and in-person/online classroom instruction and evaluates training effectiveness and provides feedback to the appropriate departments and/or individuals.
Design training strategy plans that meet established timelines and budget parameters.
Oversees the mandated management training process for new franchisees.
Works with Franchise Business Consultants and Franchisees to certify training restaurant locations.
Coordinates and manages new restaurant opening support for new market entry. This includes both in-person support and managing support teams.
Ensures International licensees maintain current and approved Operations Manuals, training guides, and job aids (where applicable, provides translated material)
Coordinate training requests and, in some cases, lead training for new franchisee onboarding and new restaurant openings.
Participate and engage in discovery days with potential franchisees.
Consistently exercises independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance
Performs other duties and/or special projects as assigned in response to changing business conditions and/or requirements.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS/CORE COMPETENCIES
Must possess approximately three (3) to five (5) years of any combination of experience and/or education that demonstrates a commanding knowledge of training or multi-unit supervision
BA/BS Degree preferred
Must have a valid Driver’s License and an acceptable DMV report
Must have a valid Passport or be able to obtain one
Must have outstanding interpersonal relationship building and employee coaching skills
Must have excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of internal and external customers and management
Must have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office programs including (Word/Excel/PowerPoint)
Field training experience in a retail/restaurant organization preferred
Bi-lingual English and Spanish speaking preferred
Must display strong analytical and organizational skills and have the ability to identify and implement process improvement strategies with positive business results
Must have strong work ethics and a high level of confidentiality to ensure proper handling of sensitive information
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Restaurant, field and corporate environments, fast paced, high volume of activity and a deadline driven environment
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Sitting for extended periods of time, using telephone, typing and/or operating a computer and/or mouse
Frequent international travel is required up to three weeks at a time - 30%
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