Development Execution Manager: Franchise Growth & Openings

Tim Hortons; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global paid parental leave program

Free telemedicine and mental wellness

Job summary

Tim Hortons US is seeking a Manager, Development Execution to oversee the restaurant openings, renovations and closures pipeline. You will collaborate with franchisees, design and construction teams to drive growth and ensure timely, cost-effective projects.

This in-office role requires 2-5 years of relevant experience, a bachelor’s degree in Business/Real Estate/Finance, strong communication and relationship-building skills, and a proactive approach to process improvements, including automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in the fields of Business, Real Estate, or Finance.
• 2-5 years relevant work experience.
• Demonstrates effective oral and written communication and organizational skills, with strong ability to multi-task and ability to prioritize to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrates strong business acumen to maintain and grow relationships with franchise partners, internal construction/design/real estate function, internal and outside legal counsel and various other departments within the brand.
• Demonstrates ability to manage and improve processes including using automation and AI to find efficiencies.
• Advanced in Microsoft Suite (especially Excel and PowerPoint).
• Demonstrates high level of problem-solving skills, and creativity.
• Honesty, high integrity, personal accountability, and a passion for the success of the brand, the team, and personal career growth.

Responsibilities

• Enable franchisees to achieve ambitious net restaurant growth and remodel targets.
• Lead weekly internal development calls with design, real estate, and construction teams to ensure pipeline progress toward openings & remodel targets.
• Lead weekly development meetings with new franchisees to ensure progress developing new sites and overall adherence to development agreements.
• Work cross-functionally with market planning, business development and operations team to enable an efficient development process, and successful new restaurant openings.
• Actively manage closures pipeline with field and real estate teams to mitigate closures by via creative solutions to continue restaurant operations.
• Manage the process for new development site selection and real estate approval committee (REAC) including preparing the presentations and conducting analyses on site submissions from real estate managers.
• Manage relationships with vendors and processes for equipment ordering as part of the new development process.
• Routine and ad hoc reporting for pipeline progress and performance analysis for new developments and remodels.
• Managing project management software to track new development and remodel progress.

Skills

Communication

Multi-tasking

Franchise relations

Process improvement

Excel

PowerPoint

Problem solving

Integrity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business / Real Estate / Finance

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Tim Hortons US is seeking a Manager, Development Execution to oversee the restaurant openings, renovations and closures pipeline. You will collaborate with franchisees, design and construction teams to drive growth and ensure timely, cost-effective projects.

This in-office role requires 2-5 years of relevant experience, a bachelor’s degree in Business/Real Estate/Finance, strong communication and relationship-building skills, and a proactive approach to process improvements, including automation