Franchise Business Consultant jobs in Colorado

Job description

As Franchise Business Consultant you will provide a broad range of supporting services to current and new franchisees to include operations, strategic business planning, marketing, and training.

● Functions as a trainer, coach and mentor for all franchisees in assigned region.
● Partners with franchisees to create an annual and formalized business plan with targeted strategies, goals and objectives related to sales, profitability and growth results.
● Consults with franchisees to achieve annual strategic initiatives related to new restaurant openings results, maximizing unit-level economics (ULE) and return on investment (ROI).
● Successfully reinforces brand standards and quality standards based on in-restaurant observations; holds franchisees accountable for brand standards, ensuring correct operational procedures are followed; works with franchisees on timely resolution of compliance issues and fosters a culture of accountability.

● Proactively influences, develops plans and improves results related to under performing restaurants related to sales, profitability and/or growth.

● Acts as liaison between the company and the franchisee to leverage resources, promotes best practices and aligns business objectives.

● Provides consultation to continuously improve operational effectiveness, guest satisfaction, sales and profitability of assigned franchisees.

● Conducts operational assessments (OPR) on each location in assigned region bi-annually.
● Utilizes reporting and tracking tools to analyze results, identify trends and provide analysis and recommendations to franchisee.
● Provides support to franchisees to ensure successful new store openings.
● Builds strong relationships with franchisees based on candor, trust and results-orientation to promote brand satisfaction and confidence.
● Assists and validates successful rollout and integration of system-wide programs and initiatives.
● Provides timely, constructive feedback for performance improvement. Recognizes and celebrate franchisee’s accomplishments and contributions.
● Identifies training needs based upon operation performance / requirements and works to develop operationally sound action plans.
● Enables profitable unit level economics by providing ongoing tools and techniques related to sales, cost management and profitability.
● Supports, promotes, and executes against all initiatives, plans, events, and activities.
● Reviews store results and reports to provide appropriate analysis and recommendations to franchisees.
● Assists franchisees with local store marketing efforts in order to increase sales.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

Responsibilities require the exercise of independent judgment, in depth knowledge of the specific area of assignment.
● Team Building: Inspire and motivate others, promote unity and morale.
● Time Management: Managing one’s own time and the time of others.
● Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals and procedures to make improvements through corrective action.
● Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new procedures or processes.
● Judgment: Ability to make practical, realistic decisions which reflect good, common sense and workability. Able to separate facts from feelings and reach solutions in a sensible manner.

● Manages the Culture: Make a concerted effort to maintain the concepts and unique core values of the Company through upholding tradition and reinforcing the historical aspects of the concepts.

● Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

● Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

● Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
● Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
● Self Presentation: Present professional image in terms of temperament, style and attitude.
● Self Development: Take initiative and assume responsibility for personal growth and development.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

● While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

● Professional appearance at all times.

REQUIREMENTS

● Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year College or university; or five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

● Certificates, Licenses, Registrations. ServSafe Certification preferred.
● Able to drive from one location to another and at times take public transportation such as planes, trains and automobiles.
● Able to travel 75% of the time, with limited overnight travel.
● Demonstrate successful and consistent execution of financial plans / results.
● Demonstrate ability to build high performing teams.
● Solid working knowledge and troubleshooting skills.
● Excellent interpersonal skills.
● Able to be flexible and effective while working with a team.
● Excellent communication and organizational skills.
● Proficiency in computer skills.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Restaurant Franchise Consultant: 3 years (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Denver, CO: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: On the road