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Director – International Strategic Development & Analysis
Wendy's UK
Director – International Strategic Development & Analysis
Wendy's UK
Full Time
Hybrid remote
5
Years
Experience
Competitive salary
Full Time
Hybrid remote
5
Years
Experience
Competitive salary
Skills
strategy
Description
Overview: The development team is responsible for accelerating International new unit growth executing our real estate strategy to provide more access to Wendy’s through development, incentive programs, and innovation. This role acts as a critical business partner to the International Development functions to lead and support key strategic initiatives aimed at driving sustainable growth including, but not limited to Real Estate Market Analysis and Development Strategy to identify market gaps and competitive positioning in existing markets, and develop strategies to optimize asset plans based on local market insights and to partner with finance to review new restaurant opening sales performance, cannibalization and sales by channels and recommend pivots or innovation based on learnings. As a strategic partner to Development Leadership Team, this role will provide data-driven insights, craft actionable development strategies and programs for development and oversee the execution of high-impact development projects. This role works directly with the International Chief Development Officer to ensure that the development of strategic initiatives align with the AOP and LRP growth objectives and includes projects with acceptable financial returns. This includes validating key assumptions for finance to evaluate return on investment to recommend projects for approval. This role partners with the Directors or Development and Finance team to validate assumptions on the restaurant economic model, and with the Design & Construction team on project capital budgets and asset strategy.
Responsibilities:
Market Planning & Location Intelligence
Drive successful, scalable growth and re-investment through strong analytics, strategic frameworks, and optimized market planning. Lead analysis and creation of development strategies, processes and policy in partnership with cross-functional teams. Evolve and enhance International Market Planning Capabilities to support key initiatives:
• Accelerate new unit development through data-based, insight-driven analytics
• Provide insight for systems optimization, closure assessments, and network consolidation
• Develop and monitor KPI and ROI metrics with finance team to refine insights and future strategiesData, Systems & Reporting
Develop and manage reporting strategy to track leading indicators and key results, sharing updates and recommendations to ILT on a regular basis. Identify opportunities to improve usability of development systems (including in-house project management tool Microsoft Dynamics 365, ESRI GIS and other third-party GIS platforms) and drive creation of data roadmap to inform strategic initiatives. Works closely with consumer insights, finance and IT to derive holistic view of development initiatives.Strategic Initiatives
Lead the ideation, strategic alignment and execution of projects for the Development Team (Small Town, Urban, Fuel, etc.). Responsible for validating key assumptions for opportunities and making recommendations on which projects to approve, and further to monitor the success of implementation (on time, and on budget). Conduct industry and competitor analysis to identify development trends, risks, benchmarking, and new opportunities. Oversees Encroachment / Impact analytics and uses results to define overall Development Strategy as part of the Global New Restaurant Development Policy.Strategic Materials & Presentations
Prepare and present strategic recommendations to International Development Team, Senior Leadership and Franchisees ensuring alignment of business goals and project outcomes. Provide support on strategic development updates and presentations. Key partner to ILT for planning, business reviews, and ad hoc projects.Strategic Planning & Execution
Develops and informs AOP planning and forecast, and International Development long-range plan, annual budget and forecast process for T&E (strategic regional team deployment), projects and capital investments.Ad Hoc Analysis
Leads analysis pertaining to new builds, closures, net new units, incentives, key development programs, trade areas, and transactions and capital adequacy. Prepares and provides reports for review by SLT, ILT, Development Leadership Team, business units, and external partners to drive key initiatives, ensuring alignment and clear communication on objectives, progress, and outcomes.Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business (Finance or Economics) with high academic achievement; MBA preferred.
- 3 to 5 years of experience of business strategy, development planning, and management consulting experience, ideally with a top-tier management consulting firm (McKinsey, BCG, Bain or similar); with a strong understanding of real estate development, investment strategies, and the financial drivers behind the industry. Real estate experience and corporate development are preferred.
- Excellent finance and analytical skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage complex projects while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication and PowerPoint mastery skills necessary to effectively interpret results and communicate them to senior leadership.
- High proficiency in Excel, including demonstrated ability to build financial models using advanced formulas and work with large data sets.
Overview: The development team is responsible for accelerating International new unit growth executing our real estate strategy to provide more access to Wendy’s through development, incentive programs, and innovation. This role acts as a critical business partner to the International Development functions to lead and support key strategic initiatives aimed at driving sustainable growth including, but not limited to Real Estate Market Analysis and Development Strategy to identify market gaps and competitive positioning in existing markets, and develop strategies to optimize asset plans based on local market insights and to partner with finance to review new restaurant opening sales performance, cannibalization and sales by channels and recommend pivots or innovation based on learnings. As a strategic partner to Development Leadership Team, this role will provide data-driven insights, craft actionable development strategies and programs for development and oversee the execution of high-impact development projects. This role works directly with the International Chief Development Officer to ensure that the development of strategic initiatives align with the AOP and LRP growth objectives and includes projects with acceptable financial returns. This includes validating key assumptions for finance to evaluate return on investment to recommend projects for approval. This role partners with the Directors or Development and Finance team to validate assumptions on the restaurant economic model, and with the Design & Construction team on project capital budgets and asset strategy.
Responsibilities:
Market Planning & Location Intelligence
Drive successful, scalable growth and re-investment through strong analytics, strategic frameworks, and optimized market planning. Lead analysis and creation of development strategies, processes and policy in partnership with cross-functional teams. Evolve and enhance International Market Planning Capabilities to support key initiatives:
• Accelerate new unit development through data-based, insight-driven analytics
• Provide insight for systems optimization, closure assessments, and network consolidation
• Develop and monitor KPI and ROI metrics with finance team to refine insights and future strategiesData, Systems & Reporting
Develop and manage reporting strategy to track leading indicators and key results, sharing updates and recommendations to ILT on a regular basis. Identify opportunities to improve usability of development systems (including in-house project management tool Microsoft Dynamics 365, ESRI GIS and other third-party GIS platforms) and drive creation of data roadmap to inform strategic initiatives. Works closely with consumer insights, finance and IT to derive holistic view of development initiatives.Strategic Initiatives
Lead the ideation, strategic alignment and execution of projects for the Development Team (Small Town, Urban, Fuel, etc.). Responsible for validating key assumptions for opportunities and making recommendations on which projects to approve, and further to monitor the success of implementation (on time, and on budget). Conduct industry and competitor analysis to identify development trends, risks, benchmarking, and new opportunities. Oversees Encroachment / Impact analytics and uses results to define overall Development Strategy as part of the Global New Restaurant Development Policy.Strategic Materials & Presentations
Prepare and present strategic recommendations to International Development Team, Senior Leadership and Franchisees ensuring alignment of business goals and project outcomes. Provide support on strategic development updates and presentations. Key partner to ILT for planning, business reviews, and ad hoc projects.Strategic Planning & Execution
Develops and informs AOP planning and forecast, and International Development long-range plan, annual budget and forecast process for T&E (strategic regional team deployment), projects and capital investments.Ad Hoc Analysis
Leads analysis pertaining to new builds, closures, net new units, incentives, key development programs, trade areas, and transactions and capital adequacy. Prepares and provides reports for review by SLT, ILT, Development Leadership Team, business units, and external partners to drive key initiatives, ensuring alignment and clear communication on objectives, progress, and outcomes.Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business (Finance or Economics) with high academic achievement; MBA preferred.
- 3 to 5 years of experience of business strategy, development planning, and management consulting experience, ideally with a top-tier management consulting firm (McKinsey, BCG, Bain or similar); with a strong understanding of real estate development, investment strategies, and the financial drivers behind the industry. Real estate experience and corporate development are preferred.
- Excellent finance and analytical skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage complex projects while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication and PowerPoint mastery skills necessary to effectively interpret results and communicate them to senior leadership.
- High proficiency in Excel, including demonstrated ability to build financial models using advanced formulas and work with large data sets.
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Director – International Strategic Development & Analysis
Full Time
Hybrid remote
5
Years
Experience
Competitive salary
Skills
strategy
London, UK