AddressAbout Restaurant Brands International:
Restaurant Brands International Inc. is one of the world's largest quick service restaurant companies with over $40 billion in annual system-wide sales and over 30,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. RBI owns four of the world's most prominent and iconic quick service restaurant brands – TIM HORTONS®, BURGER KING®, POPEYES®, and FIREHOUSE SUBS®. These independently operated brands have been serving their respective guests, franchisees and communities for decades. Through its Restaurant Brands for Good framework, RBI is improving sustainable outcomes related to its food, the planet, and people and communities.
Job Overview:
RBI is the global owner of 4 amazing brands – Burger King, Popeyes, Tim Hortons and Firehouse Subs. The International RBI team supports all our brands outside of the United States & Canada.
This position’s role is to manage equipment design and development related to priority projects for the International Operations team. This includes discussion with high level members of vendor teams, explaining status to International RBI Leadership & regional teams, and development of execution plans with regional RBI & Franchisee teams.
The ideal candidate for this role has significant experience with QSR and with equipment and/or engineering. The person in this role needs the technical skills to understand the equipment work, the organizational skills to coordinate it, and the communication skills to explain it.
This position sits within the International Operations structure, which is responsible for strategic Ops projects for all RBI brands internationally. This position reports directly to the Director, Equipment & Kitchen Design, International
Responsibilities:
- Be the international vendor contact for key RBI equipment
- Own priority projects specific to operational equipment internationally
- Explain to internal stakeholders status and objective of projects
- Support regional teams on initial priority project execution
- Create compelling materials for communicating and convincing others of project value
- Work with the Director, Kitchen Equipment & Layouts to plan cross-functionally and cross-regionally - to build plans robust enough to be flawlessly executed internationally
- Work closely with regional equipment teams to support regional priorities
- Work closely with brand marketing teams to support brand priorities
- Engage with Ops Standards and QA teams to ensure new equipment is encoded into official documentation and validated - ensuring restaurant safety
- Continuously improve equipment for more efficiency, consistency, improved guest experience and profitability
Desired qualifications & skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering field (Mechanical, Industrial, or similar)
- 3+ years' experience as Quick Service Restaurant Manager
- 3+ years’ experience in project management
- Basic business and financial acumen
- Solid problem-solving skills and analytical capabilities
- Capable interpersonal and communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office stack
- Experience working on global/international team is preferable
- Fluent English is required
Restaurant Brands International and all of its affiliated companies (collectively, RBI) are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers that do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, provincial or federal laws, rules, or regulations. RBI's policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities upon request.
