Sr. Manager, Menu Category Management - Arby's

inspirebrands; Georgia; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Inspire Brands in the United States is seeking a Sr. Manager, Menu Category Management to drive the next generation of menu innovation across Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin', Jimmy John’s and SONIC.

This role leads big ideas and partners with Culinary, Operations, Analytics, Supply Chain, Training and Marketing to develop, test and launch core and limited-time products that meet brand and business objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Marketing, Management or another related field.
• 10 years working in menu strategy for multi-unit foodservice chain(s).
• Ability to think strategically to inform and inspire big ideas.
• Innate curiosity to derive consumer and business insights.
• Strong business acumen and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, especially the ability to explain difficult concepts and insights in applicable business terms.
• Ability to collaborate and motivate across operations, supply chain, field, and marketing teams.
• Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple assignments and meet deadlines.
• Strong leadership, sales support, project management and training skills.
• Understanding of how to take products or programs through a development and testing process.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ideation of big food ideas and ways-in to stand out in the marketplace, defining short and long-term menu strategies.
• Partner with Culinary and cross-functional teams to develop core and limited-time products and support launches.
• Evaluate, test, and launch products with recommendations for brand and franchisee alignment.
• Gather consumer and market insights to inform prioritized areas of focus and strategic decisions.
• Collaborate on pricing, promotion, and calendar needs across channels with Brand Experience and Commercial Group.
• Analyze performance of core menu across channels to identify optimization opportunities.

Job description

The Sr. Manager, Menu Category Management will drive the next generation of menu innovation at Arby's. They will join a team of food-forward marketers who get satisfaction from creating and executing legendary big ideas on the national restaurant stage.

This role require s the ability to identify opportunities for game changing menu strategy, innovation, and re invention within current and future menu categories/products.

This role reports to Sr. Director, Menu Category Management. At Inspire Brands we are relentlessly focused on growing a c ompany filled with of Mavericks, Allies, Visionaries, Achievers, and Good Citizens.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead the ideation of big food ideas and ways-in to stand out in the marketplace. Create, define and refine short and long-term menu strategies via innovation, renovation and deletions in order to meet and exceed brand and business objectives.
2. Partner with the Culinary team to create, develop, optimize and qualify new core menu and limited time products. Partner with cross-functional teams such as Operations, Analytics, Supply Chain, Training, Insights, and Marketing in the development, qualification and launch process.
3. Evaluate, test, and launch product s- evaluating results and develop ing recommendations on path forward for brand and franchisee alignment.
4. Partner with the Consumer Insights and Brand Analytics teams to gather information to understand current customer and growth target needs, market trends, competitive landscape, product screener results, positioning and product testing to develop recommendations based on prioritized areas of focus.
5. Partner with cross-functional teams, including Brand Experience and Commercial Group, on pricing, promotion, calendar needs, and positioning recommendations across channels.
6. Analyze ongoing performance of the core menu across channels (at the restaurant and in digital channels) to identify opportunities to optimize.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in business administration, Marketing, Management or another related field.

10 years working in menu strategy for multi-unit foodservice chain(s)

Ability to think strategically to inform and inspire big ideas

Innate curiosity to derive consumer and business insights

Possess strong business acumen and leadership skills.

Excellent communication and presentation skills, especially the ability to explain difficult concepts and insights in applicable business terms. Strong ability to summarize insights into PowerPoint presentations in clear and understandable calls to action.

Ability to collaborate and motivate across the operations, supply chain, field, and marketing teams.

Self-starter with the ability to project manage and handle multiple assignments simultaneously and meet all desired deadlines.

Strong leadership, sales support, project management and training skills.

Understanding of how to take products or programs through a development and testing process.

Effective problem-solving skills and ability to listen and translate details attentively.

Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,300 Arby's, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin', Jimmy John's, 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's an experience. At Inspire, that's our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.