Why Wendy's When our square shaped burgers made their first sizzle on the scene more than 50 years ago, people knew our approach wasn’t like any other. Same goes for the way we support our employees. Our culture of openness, flexibility, and inclusiveness allows everybody to flourish in their own way. If you’re looking for a career where you can be part of the action as we continue to grow our iconic brand – We got you! Support restaurant growth by helping and influencing franchisees, driving restaurant completion timely and at the highest quality. Manage and oversee the Regional restaurant development process, for new builds and reimages, from planning and design to construction and post construction. Timely completion of the Wendy’s restaurants ensuring strong brand awareness and compliance. Lead strategic regional and global initiatives around the broader business needs, process enhancement, KPIs improvement, cost savings, supply chain, design and others. #LI-Remote Responsibilities Overall project schedule management and reports for the region – By T-Minus management of project pipeline and biweekly projects’ progress update reports. Guide and influence franchise on timely completion and accurate reporting. Manage and enter Project milestones into Wendy’s project management system.Relationship management with franchisee & Wendy’s design team – Work with the franchisees’ construction, design and operations teams during the construction and post construction phases, scheduling and facilitating the necessary meetings.Manage the overall project workflow with meetings as key preestablished milestones Assist the Wendy’s design team on the submittal process for approval of alternate materialsEnsure adherence to Wendy’s standards and design approved by the Wendy’s design teamCost management and VE support – Work with the franchisee construction team on budget reviews and value engineering supportPrepare and upload budget forms to the Wendy’s document control software reports with detailed CAPEX cost informationAbility to analyze FZ CAPEX cost and benchmark with competitors in the regionOverall budgeting and value engineering support services for Wendy’s current and upcoming designsOn site QA/QC – Perform onsite construction and post construction reviews to ensure completion per the approved drawings, on schedule and per the brand’s quality requirements. Ability to capture corrections and inform opportunities to franchisee and internal design teamSupply chain support – Assist on the management of the international supply chain and procurement of additional suppliers for equipment, finishes and furniture to increase supplier poolFranchisee support activities – Support preparation of construction and project management manuals, processes, workflows and perform regional Franchisee’s training sessions Brand support and Strategic initiatives – Assist on the preparation and update of brand standard guidelines and strategic regional and global projects to support the broader businessReview of franchisee overall project schedule Review franchisees construction budgets Approve construction quality and FOH & BOH design/brand compliance Approve modifications and updates to construction manuals Recommend alternate/innovative suppliers for materials, furniture and equipment Recommend new brand standards and manual updates both FOH & BOH
What we expect from you Education: Bachelors Degree Construction management, Architecture or Engineering Additional education information (major, etc.): Minimum 5 years of experience on F&B construction management International business experience Revit and Autocad knowledge Proficiency with Excel, Power Point and Visio Proficiency in the main language of the region (Spanish): speaking, writing, and reading. Proficiency in English language (spoken and written) Position can be located anywhere in the U.S. Must have ability to travel to locations in Latin America on a monthly basis. Wendy’s was built on the premise, "Quality is our Recipe®," which remains the guidepost of the Wendy's system. Today, Wendy's and its franchisees employ hundreds of thousands of people across more than 7,000 restaurants worldwide with a vision of becoming the world's most thriving and beloved restaurant brand.Travel: 25%Pay Range: $96,000 - $168,000 Annually
Wendy's is an equal employment opportunity employer who may provide reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
