Field Training Growth Manager - Dunkin'

Inspire; Tennessee; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High travel requirements

Job summary

Inspire seeks a Field Training Growth Manager to strengthen franchisee training systems across emerging markets, partnering with Franchisee Growth Consultants, Field Operations, New Restaurant Opening, Marketing, Development, and Analytics to build scalable onboarding, leadership development, and execution excellence.

The role focuses on developing franchisees’ people, training, and operating disciplines to enable stronger openings and faster stabilization, while delivering a consistent guest

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in restaurant/retail management with Training or HR experience.
• 5–7 years in restaurant/retail training or multi-unit operations.
• Proven ability to work independently in fast-paced settings.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Franchisee Capability Building: Assess needs and help establish onboarding, certification, coaching, and leadership-development systems.
• Emerging Market Training Strategy: Translate growth plans into training priorities, support plans, milestones, and routines.
• New Restaurant Readiness: Partner with opening teams on pre-opening preparation, leadership readiness, and post-opening stabilization.
• Operational Performance Enablement: Use observations and data to identify gaps and propose solutions.
• Leadership and Bench Development: Strengthen network leaders through coaching and development planning.
• Training System Sustainability: Move franchisees toward self-sustaining training with clear ownership and tools.
• Program Activation: Lead or support training for national initiatives including products, guest experience, and safety.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Act as training liaison across Franchisee Growth, Operations, Marketing, Development, New Restaurant Opening, Analytics.

Skills

Franchise Training

Leadership Development

Project Management

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business/Management

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

This critical role helps Dunkin' build sustainable, profitable growth in new and emerging markets by strengthening franchisee training systems, leadership capability, operational readiness, and execution. The Field Training Growth Manager serves as the high-touch training partner within the Emerging Markets support model, working alongside Franchisee Growth Consultants, Field Operations, New Restaurant Opening, Marketing, Development, and Analytics partners. The role helps franchisees build the people, training, and operating disciplines required to open stronger, stabilize faster, deliver a consistent guest experience, and scale with confidence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Franchisee Capability Building: Assess organizational and training needs, then help franchisees establish scalable onboarding, certification, coaching, and leadership-development systems.
• Emerging Market Training Strategy: Translate market and network growth plans into focused training priorities, support plans, milestones, and routines that build long-term capability.
• New Restaurant Readiness: Partner with New Restaurant Opening teams and franchisees on pre-opening preparation, training plans, leadership readiness, opening execution, and post-opening stabilization.
• Operational Performance Enablement: Use restaurant observations, business reviews, guest and operational insights, and training data to identify capability gaps and recommend practical solutions.
• Leadership and Bench Development: Strengthen the capability of franchisees, Above Restaurant Leaders, Restaurant Managers, Shift Leaders, and Network Trainers through coaching, facilitation, and development planning.
• Training System Sustainability: Help franchisees move from brand-led support toward self-sustaining training systems with clear ownership, standards, tools, and accountability.
• Program Activation: Lead or support training for national and regional initiatives, including products, technology, guest experience, food safety, operational processes, and leadership programs.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Serve as the training connection point across Franchisee Growth, Operations, Marketing, Development, New Restaurant Opening, and Analytics to provide one coordinated support plan.

• Measurement and Continuous Improvement: Track adoption, readiness, certification, and performance indicators; share insights; and adjust support based on results and market maturity.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree and/or equivalent experience in restaurant and/or retail management with Training, Human Resource, or multi-unit management experience

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION

• 5-7 years experience in restaurant or retail training, multi-unit operations, franchise consulting, organizational development, new restaurant openings, or related work. Experience coaching franchisees and above-restaurant leaders is preferred.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS or ABILITIES

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and prioritize tasks accordingly

• Ability to work in a fast-paced setting

• Must be able to build credibility and trusting relationships

• Good oral, written and interpersonal skills

• Project Management skills

• Strong organizational, planning and time management skills

• Ability to influence & persuade without authority

• Demonstrates strategic thinking with strong problem-solving skills

• Strong technical skills in Microsoft Office products including Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook or equivalent

• Ability to conduct meetings and facilitate effective and engaging trainings in person and virtually.

• Sound business judgement and decision-making skills

• Change management

• Strong presentation skills

• Recognizes and provides feedback on better and innovative ways to accomplish objectives

• Helps identify and resolve project related risks and issues

Travel

• Approximately 70-90% travel will be required in support of the position’s responsibilities. It could be up to 5 consecutive nights away from home to support training.

Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,300 Arbys, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin', Jimmy Johns, and SONIC restaurants worldwide. We're made up of some of the world's most iconic restaurant brands, but we're much more than just a restaurant company. We're a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple - it is an experience. At Inspire, that's our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.