Manager - International Construction (Canada)

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.

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 franchisee 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 materials
• Ensure adherence to Wendy’s standards and design approved by the Wendy’s design team

Cost management and VE support – Work with the franchisee construction team on budget reviews and value engineering support

• Prepare and upload budget forms to the Wendy’s document control software reports with detailed CAPEX cost information
• Ability to analyze FZ CAPEX cost and benchmark with competitors in the region
• Overall budgeting and value engineering support services for Wendy’s current and upcoming designs

On 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 team

Supply chain support – Assist on the management of the international supply chain and procurement of additional suppliers for equipment, finishes and furniture to increase supplier pool

Franchisee 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 business

Review & adjust of franchisee overall project schedule

Review & adjust franchisees construction budgets

Construction quality and FOH & BOH design/brand compliance

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

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

Proficiency in English language (spoken and written)

“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.

The base pay range for this position is listed below. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and budget for the open position and also may vary depending on the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other relevant factors. This range does not include an estimated value for any benefits, bonus, or other incentives that may be applicable based on position. * The target annual bonus for this role is XX% of annualized base salary, based on actual company and personal performance.

Our square burgers make us different and so do our benefits! Our restaurant support roles are eligible for a wide array of benefits, including things such as parental leave, free EAP sessions, company 401k match and other great offerings. For more details about our benefits, including an overview of eligibility and terms for certain benefits, please visit our benefits website,www.wendysbenefits.com.*

• NOTE: Wendy’s benefits, bonus, and other incentives are governed by the applicable legal plans and policies and, where appropriate, may be subject to Board approval an individual award agreement terms. Those documents supersede all other information regarding Wendy’s benefits, bonus, and other incentives. Wendy’s retains the right to amend or terminate its plans and policies at its sole discretion, in accordance with applicable plans, policies and laws.”

Education: Bachelor's Degree

Travel: 40%

Pay Range: $105,000 - $184,000 Annually